This is a list of interesting and useful fruiting plant related articles that can be accessed by clicking on the links provided. We will continue to update this page. (Let us know if a link fails to work)
Gleaning
The Great Fig Hunt by Alastair Bland – A fabulous story about gleaning fruit from a bike in California. http://www.metroactive.com/bohemian/09.24.08/eats-0839.html
Pruning
Training & Pruning Fruit Trees – An excellent guide from North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/ag29.html
Apple
Apple Pollination Chart – used with permission from Adams County Nursery. This nicely organized chart does not list all of the varieties, but will give you an idea about pollination possibilities. Additional charts and information specific to individual cultivars can usually be found by doing some research on the web, etc. http://lawrencefruittreeproject.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/apple-pollination-chart-adams-county.pdf
Characteristics of Apple Rootstocks and Interstem Combinations by Paul Domoto and Jim Cummins. http://www.ars.usda.gov/Aboutus/docs.htm?docid=6162 and at this location http://mars.ark.com/~squeeze/roots.html
Apple Rootstock Fact Sheets, Cornell University NY State Ag Experiment Station - http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/hort/breeders/appleroots/Factsheets/FSAccess.htm
Evaluation of Apple Cultivars for Hard Cider Production - Washington State Research & Extension, Mt. Vernon - http://mountvernon.wsu.edu/FruitHorticulture/Cider04.html
Harvesting and Storing Apples – Iowa State - http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1078.pdf
Organic and Low-Spray Apple Production – ATTRA http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/apple.pdf
Blueberry
Blueberries in Pots Project, Colorado State Horticulture and Landscape Architecture -Click here
Blueberries: Organic Production – ATTRA http://www.attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/blueberry.pdf
How to Grow Blueberries - http://www.gardening-guides.com/pdf-library/how-to-grow-blueberries.pdf
Pear
Organic Pear Production – ATTRA http://www.attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/pear.html
Growing Pears in Virginia – good comprehensive article – Click Here
Pecans
Growing Pecans in Kansas – Very good publication http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/hort2/mf1025.pdf
Pecan Cultivars – This is an excellent document on Pecan cultivars http://extension-horticulture.tamu.edu/carya/pecans/cvintro.htm
Plum
Plums – Prunus domestica, Prunus salicina – University of Georgia http://www.uga.edu/fruit/plum.html
Plum Cultivars and Rootstocks – Rutgers Cooperative Extension http://njaes.rutgers.edu/pubs/plantandpestadvisory/2002/FR0212.pdf
Miscellaneous Fruits
Pawpaw Production – ATTRA http://www.attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/pawpaw.pdf
Sea Buckthorn by E. Small, P.M. Catling, and T.S.C. Li -basic information. http://www.tc-biodiversity.org/sample-buckthorn.pdf
Sea Buckthorn from British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture - http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/speccrop/publications/documents/seabuckthorn_may2001.pdf
Turkish Filbert – USDA Forest Service http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/trees/CORCOLA.pdf
USDA Sylvics Manual Vol 2 Hardwoods (Ag Handbook #654, 1990) – Contains information on a wide range of trees and included within are some fruit trees native to North America. Good information. An index is available and clicking on individual species brings up an information sheet. Click Here for Index For a PDF file click here The PDF File is large 8.8MB
Pests & Diseases
Disease Factsheets from Cornell - http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/pp/extension/tfabp/disindx.shtml
K-State Plant Diseases Library – Publications - http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/plant2/
Apple Scab - Geneva NY State Agricultural Experimental Station, Cornell - http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/pp/extension/tfabp/apscpm.shtml
Canker Diseases of Trees – K-State – Click here for 1MB PDF file
Cedar Apple Rust and Related Diseases – K-State – Click here
Codling Moth (primarily attacks apples) K-State - Click here for PDF file
Diseases of Apple and Flowering Crab – K-State – Click here for PDF file
Fireblight – Geneva NY State Agricultural Experimental Station, Cornell - http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/pp/extension/tfabp/firepm.shtml
Plum Curculio – Michigan State University Extension – Very good article. http://www.canr.msu.edu/vanburen/plumcurc.htm
Grafting (including video)
Missouri Extension – Very good grafting brochure PDF file Click here
CRFG elements of Grafting – Click here
Notes on Ancient Grafting by Arthur Stanley Pease – interesting ancient history Click here
Video - Dave Wilson Grafting Fruit Trees – Whip and tongue grafting located at time code 3:58 Click Here
Video - Fruitwise apple tree grafting guide, rind grafting – Click here
Video - Fruitwise apple tree grafting, the cleft graft – Click here
Propagation
Asexual Propagation of Plants, from Master Gardener, Ohio State University Extension - http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/mg/manual/prop2.htm
Home Propagation of Garden and Landscape Plants, MU Extension - http://extension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/hort/g06970.htm
Propagation by Seed from Master Gardener, Ohio State University Extension - http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/mg/manual/prop.htm
Purdue Plant Propagation website link page - http://www.hort.purdue.edu/plantprop/weblinks.htm
Fruit Storage
Postharvest Handling of Fruits and Vegetables – ATTRA http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/postharvest.pdf
Other
[Black] Walnut and It’s Toxicity Explored by Tom Rood, Cornell Cooperative Extension. A good list of plants that are tolerant. - http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/yates/MG4.25.01.htm
Black Walnut Toxicity to Plants, Humans and Horses by Richard Funt and Jane Martin - Ohio State University Extension. Another good article on the topic. http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1148.html
Historic Documents
Growing an Orchard in Kansas – 1931, Bulletin #254 Click Here 2.6MB
Additional Link Pages
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