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California Backyard Orchard - http://homeorchard.ucdavis.edu/
Includes gardening calendars, general orchard preparation and maintenance tips, specific fruit species information, and glossary. |
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North Dakota Fruitgrowing - http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extnews/askext/fruits.htm
Answers to commonly asked questions about growing apples, grapes, brambles and strawberries in North Dakota. North Dakota State University Extension. |
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Florida Subtropical and Tropical Fruit Crops - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Fruit_and_Nuts
Factsheets from the University of Florida extension on a cultivation of a variety of fruits and nuts in Florida. |
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California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc. - http://www.crfg.org/
Membership information, seed bank, book reviews, local chapter information, plant descriptions, member nurseries and fruit sources. |
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Pennsylvania Small Scale Fruit Production - http://ssfruit.cas.psu.edu/
A number of tree fruit and other resources from the Penn State University Horticulture Department. Tree pruning illustrated, tree fruit fact sheets for the small-scale and backyard grower. |
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Small Fruit Crops for the Backyard - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/fruit/
Information for gardeners from the University of Illinois. |
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Strawberries - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/strawberries/
A guide to growing strawberries, strawberry farms, selection and care, history, recipes and festivals. University of Illinois Extension. |
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North American Fruit Explorers - http://www.nafex.org/
An organization of amateur growers of fruits and nuts. Description of organization and membership information, links to local and plant-specific interest groups, list of nurserymen. |
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Kentucky State University Pawpaw Research Project - http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/
Information on buying and growing pawpaw trees (Asimina triloba), nutritional content of pawpaw fruit, recipes using pawpaws, research and the Pawpaw Foundation, bibliography of pawpaw articles, photos of pawpaw trees and fruit. |
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The Virtual Orchard - http://www.virtualorchard.net/
Directory of fruit production links and resources. |
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Apples and More - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/apples/index.html
Links to various apple related items, and lists of apple related facts, compiled by the University of Illinois extension. |
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Pollination Home Page, The - http://www.pollinator.com/
Pollination management information for both home and professional fruit and vegetable growers, gardeners, beekeepers and others involved in pollination. |
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Home Orchard Society - http://www.homeorchardsociety.org/
Oregon-based organization promoting the growing of fruit at home. Membership information, excerpts from the organization's journal and links to other fruit-interest sites. |
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Mark Reiger's Fruit Crops Home Page - http://www.uga.edu/fruit/
Information on major and minor fruit and nut crops from a University of Georgia horticulture professor. Provides a botanical description, historical information, photographs, cultural notes and nutritional information. |
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Ohioline Fruit - http://ohioline.osu.edu/lines/fruit.html
A list of online articles from the Ohio State University Extension Service which are of interest to the temperate home fruitgrower generally and Ohioans in particular. |
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Fruits of Warm Climates - http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/
List and description of fruits, including lesser-known varieties, that grow in tropical and subtropical climates. |
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National Clonal Germplasm Repository, Corvallis - Temperate Fruit Genebank - http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=53581500
Information on holdings, scans of antique prints and watercolors of fruit and plants. |
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Pennsylvania Back Yard Fruit Growers - http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dailey/byfg.html
A Pennsylvania based group of amateur growers. Cultivar recommendations and photographs, photographs of espaliered fruit trees, bibliography. |
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Rarefruit - Rare Fruit News Online - http://www.rarefruit.com/
Homepage of an e-newsletter covering rare, primarily tropical and sub-tropical, home fruit cultivation. Subscription information and back issues archive. |
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MidFEx (Midwest Fruit Explorers) - http://www.midfex.org/
A Northern-Illinois based group of backyard fruitgrowers. List of recommended cultivars for the Chicagoland area and information on grafting fruit trees and growing paw paws (Asimina triloba). |
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European Collection of Minor Fruit Trees - http://www.unifi.it/project/ueresgen29/
Associated with the University of Florence, this European Union project collects varieties of minor fruits cultivated around the Mediterranean. Holdings include cornelian cherry, figs, loquat, medlar, pomegranate, sorbus, strawberry tree. Description of project, database of holdings, descriptions and photographs of plants. |
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Edible Landscaping & Gardening - http://www.efn.org/~bsharvy/edible.html
Index of edible perennial plants, both common and uncommon, including fruits, nuts, vegetables and herbs. |
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Growing Peaches and Nectarines in the Home Landscape - http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1406.html
Factsheet from Ohio State University. |
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West Virginia University's Kearneysville Tree Fruit Research and Education Center - http://www.caf.wvu.edu/kearneysville/wvufarm1.html
Research institution specializing in plant pathology and entomology of deciduous fruit trees. Includes photographs of fruit trees afflicted by numerous plagues. |
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Growing PawPaws (Purdue University) - http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/HO-220.pdf
Cultivation hints and list of sources. PDF file. |
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Missouri Apple Varieties and Their Uses - http://extension.missouri.edu/xplor/agguides/hort/g06022.htm
Recommended varieties for the Missouri climate, including a table of disease resistance and pros and cons of each variety. |
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North Carolina Home Fruit Growing - http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hfruitnew.html
A series of leaflets from the North Carolina extension service, in HTML and PDF format. Apple, bramble, muscadine grape, blueberry and strawberry cultivation and cultivar recommendations. |
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Arizona Master Gardener Manual: Fruit Trees - http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/fruit/
General information on home growing fruit trees in Arizona. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. |
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Planning a Subtropic Fruit Garden - http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/
Notes by Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery on planning a home fruit garden in subtropical areas. Oriented to Australia, universally applicable in the subtropics. |
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Virginia Home Fruit Growing - http://www.ext.vt.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Docs.woa/wa/getcat?cat=ir-fv-frh
A variety of articles from the Virginia Tech cooperative extension relating to growing berry bushes and fruit trees. |
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Ask the Berry Man - http://asktheberryman.com/
Features cultivation guides, recipes, climate chart, and links |
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Cornell Minor Fruits - http://www.hort.cornell.edu/extension/commercial/fruit/mfruit/index.html
Information about gooseberries, currants, juneberries, elderberries, persimmons, hardy kiwifruit, pawpaws, mulberries, quinces, high bush cranberries, Cornelian cherries, and buffaloberries. |
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Northumberland Berry Works - http://www.currants.com/
Hobbyist's experimental planting of various gooseberry and black, red and white currants in central Pennsylvania. Cultivar recommendations, recipes, new cultivation practices. |
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Rare Fruit Society of South Australia - http://www.rarefruit-sa.org.au/
An amateur organization of fruit tree growers who preserve heritage varieties, explore climate limitations and study propagation, pruning and grafting techniques. Announcements, meeting and membership details, photogallery and links. Some areas members only. |
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Southwestern Michigan Fruit Information - http://www.canr.msu.edu/vanburen/vbfruit.htm
Information for the commercial grower which is of use to the home grower as well. Cultivation hints, pest information. Michigan State University, Van Buren County Extension. |
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Ohio Pawpaw Festival - http://www.ohiopawpawfest.com
An Albany, Ohio festival devoted to the pawpaw (Asimina triloba). Events include a cookoff and other contests. History and visitor information. |
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Oklahoma State University: Fruits & Nuts - http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-176
Collection of leaflets on cultivation of fruits and nuts, for both commercial and home growers. |
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California Rare Fruit Growers, San Diego Chapter - http://crfgsandiego.org
Articles, activities, links, newsletters, photographs, etc. |
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Currants and Gooseberries in the Home Garden - http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture/DG1122.html
Article on cultivating white, red and black currants and gooseberries in the demanding Minnesota environment. |
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Fruit Tree Tips - http://www.rodsgarden.50megs.com/fruittips.htm
Eleven tips for growing fruit trees including pollination, pruning and harvesting from an Oregon nurseryman. |
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Eastern Chapter of the Society of Ontario Nut Growers - http://www.ecsong.org/
Information on the chapter plus a detailed cultivation manual and list of nut tree sources. |
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Wye College National Fruit Collections - http://www.nfc.u-net.com/
The United Kingdom's national fruit collection. Listing of holdings, including appearance, blooming and ripeness times. |
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Pomology - http://www.pomologie.com/
Information and pictures of a large number of apple, pear, peach, cherry and strawberry cultivars. Site in French and English, with some materials French only. Frames. |
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Persimmonpudding.com - http://www.persimmonpudding.com
Dedicated to Diospyros virginiana, the American persimmon: information about growing, botany, natural history, and culinary uses, with listing of sources for fruit pulp and trees. |
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Suite 101: Fruit Garden - http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/fruit_garden
Green guide to the selection, culture, and uses of fruits. |
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Quince Growing - http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/horticulture/pomes/other/quince-growing
Factsheet discussing cultivation, varieties, diseases, and harvesting of quinces. |
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Jeannie and Berry's Native Plants Page: Pawpaws, Persimmons and Elderberries - http://members.aol.com/blaneky/
Information from self-reliant Kentuckians about using native edibles, particularly pawpaws, persimmons, elderberries and mayapples. Recipes and cultivation hints. |
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Brevard Rare Fruit Council - http://www.brevardrarefruit.org
A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the propagation and distribution of new species. Meetings, membership, fruit species profiles, and recipes. |
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Pruning Persimmons - http://www.hortnet.co.nz/publications/science/pers13.htm
Instructions from New Zealand on pruning the Asian persimmon tree (Diospyros kaki) to produce high quality fruit. |
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Citrus Collection By Petr Broza - http://www.citrus-collection.wz.cz/
Enthusiast from the Czech Republic presents his experiences growing a large variety of citrus fruits, and shares photos of his garden and greenhouse, many citrus, and other subtropical fruits. Site in Czech and English. |
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Gooseberries - http://users.myonline.be/~tdn12074/
Information about aspects of gooseberry cultivation (botanical and horticultural) and a variety list. |
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The Pits-The Rare Pit and Plant Council - http://the_pits_web.tripod.com/
New York City group dedicated to growing seeds and tubers of edible plants found in local and ethnic markets. List of publications, contact information and copy of current newsletter with cultivation tips. |
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Kiwifruit - http://searchenginez.com/kiwifruit/
Information on fuzzy kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa), culture, and cultivars. Photographs of some cultivars. |
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Reliable Raspberries - http://www.taunton.com/finegardening/plants/articles/reliable-raspberries.aspx
Pruning, trellising, and fertilizing tips. Recommends everbearing varieties in raised beds. From Kitchen Gardener magazine. |
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About Apricots - http://www.sardi.sa.gov.au/pages/hort/hort_crops/apricots/about_apricots.htm:sectID=1121&tempID=1
Information about the fruit and growing it in Australia. |
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Saskatoons in Alberta - http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex811
A fact sheet on the cultivation and care of the saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia) from the Alberta, Canada extension service. |
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Trees and Fruit in East Anglia - http://www.btinternet.com/~treesandfruit/
An amateur gardener's account of growing apples, plums, pears, cherries and various nut trees. Time-of-ripeness schedule for apples, pears and plums. |
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Frank's Strawberry Patch - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/1444/berry-b.htm
Description of the benefits of growing strawberries in raised beds protected by thick plastic. Specific directions and photographs of crop. |
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Minnesota Home Fruitgrowing Materials - http://www.extension.umn.edu/listing_source.html?topic=6&subcat=40
Newsletters, factsheets and other information from the University of Minnesota cooperative extension. |
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Guide to Growing Fruit - http://www.powen.freeserve.co.uk/fruit/Fruitintro.htm
Introduction to growing a variety fruit trees and other plants. |