I am interested in buying this book, does anyone of you guys know or can suggest wether it is a good book or not?! My main purpose is to have detailed and updated information on citrus nutrition, climate rquirements and container cultivation.

Thanks in advance, Ivan

Hume's book was quite good when it was written, but now it's very much out of date.

Its current equivalent is Citrus Growing in Florida, by Frederick S. Davies and Larry K. Jackson.

Beware!
This is an interesting book but only if you are interested in citrus history!
It was originally published up to 1911 and is up-to-date only to that year!
There is an increasing trend to re-publish paperback copies of historic books without really making clear what is being offered. They are offered as 'new' but are actually scanned or OCR'd copies of the original, and printed 'on demand'.
I guess this is what you have seen.
If you visit a web bookseller like abe.com you will find lots of copies of this 'new' book, with a few original copies mixed in. The content is the same.
Mike/Citrange

Thank you both for the precious info! I'm not going to buy it then...
Any suggestion on books that discuss in depth the argument of citrus growing in container?! Does Citrus Growing in Florida discuss this topic?!

Thanks again!

Jackson and Davies' book certainly does not emphasize container-growing -- it's really about the Florida commercial industry. But much of the basic information would be the same. Still, if you specifically want a book on how to grow containerized citrus, this is likely not the one you want.

I have the book "Citrus Growing in Florida", by Frederick S. Davies and Larry K. Jackson. I would rate it as -- helpful -- but personally I would give it a rating as being just fair+. Currently in my library, are 35 books on citrus. I would rate the book "Biology Of Citrus" by P. Spiegel Roy, and E.E. Goldschmidt as the best of them all, giving it a rating of excellent. As far as I know there is no book of any real value written for container citrus growing. However, Dr. Carl E. Whitcomb PhD has published a 1,129 page book titled "Plant Production In Containers-II" which is the best book that I have read concerning the growing of trees in containers. Although the book does not deal with citrus per se, it does provide the full spectrum of growing trees in containers. Dr. Whitcomb's book is a little self serving, but still it is EXCELLENT. I have learned more from this particular book, on the growth of trees in containers, than from all the other books on container growing that I have ever read. Dr. Whitcomb's book advises what to do, but more importantly WHY it should be done. - Millet 748-)

Both Dr. Whitcomb's and P. Spiegel Roy/ E.E. Goldschmidt's book are expensive books, most text books are expensive. Generally, all text books very expensive. I just purchased a text book priced just under $200.00 US dealing with the science of growing grapevines. Both Dr. Whitcomb's book and the Roy/Goldschmidt book are outstanding, for me it would be very difficult to choose which book I would rather own. Because you are particularly interested in citrus, I would lean toward The Biology Of Citrus. The Biology Of Citrus is not the type of book that tell you how many grams of fertilizer to apply, how often to water, or what insecticides to use. The book explains the how and why what a citrus tree does and why it does it: = flowering, leaf activity, branch development, root system, biotic stress, diseases, polypoidy, hybridization, breeding, mineral nutrition, under stocks, the method of fruit development, productivity, etc. NOTE: The Biology Of Citrus is not an easy book to read. - Millet (748-)

PS: P. Spiegel Roy and E.E. Goldschmidt have done a LOT of research. Looking their names up on the Internet, you could spend a week reading about all they have accomplished.

To add a little more about the old books and Hume's book in particular, there are some great resources for such books...The Internet Archive, The Biodiversity Library and Google Books.

http://www.archive.org/details/citrusfruitsthei00humerich

A list of some more titles available at the Internet Archive

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Citrus+fruits%22

Yes, the books may be dated, but there is plenty of still valid information in them...Hume, in particular, has a pretty good chapter on grafting, you just have to realize that not everything is still current or valid information.

And you can't beat the price.

Another thing, if you don't mind used books, P. Speigel-Roy and E. E. Goldschmidt's book can be found on sites that deal with used college textbooks. I picked up a used paperback edition pretty cheaply (a lot better than the $87 Amazon wants for a new copy) that way. It's in pretty decent shape and as a working reference, it suits my needs rather nicely.