Fruit Growing

Cornell University Fruit Resources - http://www.hort.cornell.edu/extension/commercial/fruit/index.html Features information for scientists, gardeners, and commercial growers, including fact sheets and programs.

 

Mark Rieger's Fruit Crop Home Page - http://www.uga.edu/fruit/index.html Horticulture professor's survey of the taxonomy and culture of the world's major fruit crops.

 

The Breadfruit Institute - http://www.breadfruit.org/ Project of the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawaii. Includes uses, research, varieties, mission, and resources

 

Texas A&M Stone Fruit Breeding Program - http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/stonefruit/ Includes cultivar evaluations, articles, and news.

 

Penn State Fruit Research and Extension Center - http://frec.cas.psu.edu/ Includes production guides and newsletters.

 

Pennsylvania Tree Fruit Production Guide - http://tfpg.cas.psu.edu/ Online information on diseases, pests, natural enemies, chemical management, integrated pest management, harvest and postharvest handling, cider production and farm management, establishing an orchard, choosing a tree fruit nursery, caring for nonbearing trees, and maintaining bearing orchards.

 

Small-Scale Fruit Production - a Comprehensive Guide - http://ssfruit.cas.psu.edu/ An online resource for people who wish to produce fruit on a small scale and who are not legally licensed to use pesticides. From Pennsylvania State University.

 

Fruits of Warm Climates - http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/index.html Detailed descriptions of the fruits that grow in warmer and tropical climates. An online book.

 

North American Blueberry Council - http://blueberry.org/ Promoting highbush blueberry growing. Information on the plant, growth, and the product.

 

The American Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) - http://www.library.wisc.edu/guides/agnic/cranberry/cranhome.html Cranberry history, images, associations, publications, recipes, genetics, statistics, market information, news, pests, weeds, diseases, and reference resources

 

The Cranberry Institute - http://www.cranberryinstitute.org/ Conducts research into the crop. Includes brief details of recent work and findings.

 

Texas A&M Horticultural Extension - Fruit - http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/fruit/fruit.html Features publications, research, newsletters, and links.

 

University of Florida's Strawberry Lab - http://strawberry.ifas.ufl.edu For research concerning strawberry growing, particularly in Florida

AvocadoSource.com - http://www.avocadosource.com News, information, links and chat for avocado growers in many of the leading growing nations.

 

Quebec Fruit Breeding and Physiology Laboratory - http://www.pgris.com/index.htm Research center and online reference for apple and strawberry growers, also with information about wine grapes and ginseng.

 

Persimmon Index: Crop Information - http://fruitsandnuts.ucdavis.edu/crops/persimmon.shtml Tips on growing, picking and protecting a planting of persimmons.

 

International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Fruits - http://www.actahort.org/books/575/index.htm Online scientific papers concerning fruit and fruit cultivation.

 

Tamarind - http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/tamarind.html Detailed account of Tamarindus indica, including its origin, cultivation, uses

 

Rutgers Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension Center - http://cook.rutgers.edu/~bluecran/homepage.htm Includes information on the history of these crops, cultivation methods and techniques.

 

New Jersey Fruit Focus - http://www.virtualorchard.net/rce/ Includes newsletter, research reports, news, and commercial tree fruit production guide