| | - The Virginia Fruit Page
Fruit Production in the midAtlantic region has a long history, dating to Colonial times in Virginia with pomological and viticultural efforts by founders such as Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. Today, Virginia ranks approximately sixth in the ...
http://www.virginiafruit.ento.vt.edu/
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- The Collection of Minor Fruit Trees
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 a ...
http://www.unifi.it/project/ueresgen29/
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- The Kiwi Fruit
The kiwifruit is borne on a vigorous, woody, twining vine or climbing shrub reaching 30 ft 9 m. Its alternate, longpetioled, deciduous leaves are oval to nearly circular, cordate at the base, 3 to 5 in 7.512.5 cm long. Young leaves and shoots are coa ...
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/kiwifruit_ars.html
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- The Coconut
In coconut, seedling vigour is highly correlated with adult palm characters such as early flowering, nut yield and copra production. Coconut, being a crossfertilized palm, does not breed to true to type. Through a series of selections made at differe ...
http://cpcri.nic.in/nursery.htm
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- The Growing Rhubarb
Once you have established your plants the first basic principle of rhubarb growing is that plants should be kept dry in winter and moist in summer. A covering of leaves applied in October and removed in February will help in winter and a mulch of com ...
http://www.nvsuk.org.uk/growing_show_vegetables_1/growing-rhubarb.php
| | - The Cranberries Grow
Cranberry bogs are flooded from late December through mid March depending on the weather, to protect the vines and buds from winter injury. Since there are fewer than 1,000 cranberry growers in North America, large companies do not manufacture farm e ...
http://www.cranberries.org/cranberries/grow_winter.html
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- The Pruning and Training
Information on these techniques to help maximise production from the orchard, including how to deal with abandoned or neglected trees. ...
http://homeorchard.ucdavis.edu/general-pruning.html
| | - The Australian summerfruit
This downloadable manual provides information on the practical options available for controlling pests and diseases in orchards. This manual outlines the integrated pest and disease management IPDM strategy for Australian summerfruit. From its initi ...
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/horticulture/stone-fruit/summerfruit-...
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- Plants for Florida Blueberry
In 1948, University of Florida horticulturist Ralph Sharpe noted that the market for fresh blueberries in the U.S. was expanding rapidly, but that no blueberries were available until late May when harvest began in eastern North Carolina. Sharpe also ...
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AG206
| | - The CABI Commodities
CABI aims to help smallholder farmers make a sustainable living from growing and selling their crops. Information and services for growers of coffee and cocoa. ...
http://www.cabi-commodities.org/
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