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See also: This category in other languages: - Links to various apple related items, and lists of apple related facts, compiled by the University of Illinois extension. - General information on home growing fruit trees in Arizona. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. - Features cultivation guides, recipes, climate chart, and links - A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the propagation and distribution of new species. Meetings, membership, fruit species profiles, and recipes. - Includes gardening calendars, general orchard preparation and maintenance tips, specific fruit species information, and glossary. - Membership information, seed bank, book reviews, local chapter information, plant descriptions, member nurseries and fruit sources. - Provides support to gardeners interested in growing tropical and sub-tropical rare fruits and other exotic plants via meetings, field tips and a monthly newsletter which includes articles, activities, links, newsletters and photographs. - 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. - Article on cultivating white, red and black currants and gooseberries in the demanding Minnesota environment. - Information on the chapter plus a detailed cultivation manual and list of nut tree sources. - Index of edible perennial plants, both common and uncommon, including fruits, nuts, vegetables and herbs. - Information about cultivation of elderberries, and the nutritional and health benefits of the fruit. Interactive site with forum. - 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. - Event by the California Rare Fruit Growers organization, presented by a different chapter every year. Information about classes, speakers, and tours, with event photos. - Factsheets from the University of Florida extension on a cultivation of a variety of fruits and nuts in Florida. - 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. - Eleven tips for growing fruit trees including pollination, pruning and harvesting from an Oregon nurseryman. - List and description of fruits, including lesser-known varieties, that grow in tropical and subtropical climates. - Information about aspects of gooseberry cultivation (botanical and horticultural) and a variety list. - Index of fruit species with descriptions and links. - Cultivation summaries for fruit and nut bearing plants from the common to the exotic. - Cultivation hints and list of sources. PDF file. [PDF] - Factsheet from Ohio State University. - Introduction to growing a variety fruit trees and other plants. - Information on growing citrus in the UK. Includes varieties, plant sources, and cultural advice. - 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. - 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. - Information on fuzzy kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa), culture, and cultivars. Photographs of some cultivars. - 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). - Newsletters, factsheets and other information from the University of Minnesota cooperative extension. - Extension publication covering tayberry, currants and gooseberries, elderberries and Nanking cherries. - Recommended varieties for the Missouri climate, including a table of disease resistance and pros and cons of each variety. - Information on holdings, scans of antique prints and watercolors of fruit and plants. - 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. - 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. - Answers to commonly asked questions about growing apples, grapes, brambles and strawberries in North Dakota. North Dakota State University Extension. - An Albany, Ohio festival devoted to the pawpaw (Asimina triloba). Events include a cookoff and other contests. History and visitor information. - 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. - Collection of leaflets on cultivation of fruits and nuts, for both commercial and home growers. - Newsletter article with a few illustrations and links to other pawpaw resources. - A Pennsylvania based group of amateur growers. Cultivar recommendations and photographs, photographs of espaliered fruit trees, bibliography. - 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. - Notes by Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery on planning a home fruit garden in subtropical areas. Oriented to Australia, universally applicable in the subtropics. - 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. - Instructions from New Zealand on pruning the Asian persimmon tree (Diospyros kaki) to produce high quality fruit. - Factsheet discussing cultivation, varieties, diseases, and harvesting of quinces. - 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, photo gallery and links. Some areas members only. - Homepage of an e-newsletter covering rare, primarily tropical and sub-tropical, home fruit cultivation. Subscription information and back issues archive. - Pruning, trellising, and fertilizing tips. Recommends everbearing varieties in raised beds. From Kitchen Gardener magazine. - A fact sheet on the cultivation and care of the saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia) from the Alberta, Canada extension service. - Information for gardeners from the University of Illinois. - A guide to growing strawberries, strawberry farms, selection and care, history, recipes and festivals. University of Illinois Extension. - Overview of species and cultivars, with notes on bearing season, flavor, and disease resistance. - Articles on the selection, culture, and uses of fruits, written by feature writer Chris McLaughlin and contributing writers. - Information on growing and enjoying tropical rare fruit and exotic nut trees. - 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. - Directory of fruit production links and resources. - Article from the Virginia Tech cooperative extension relating to growing fruit trees. - An amateur gardener's account of growing apples, plums, pears, cherries and various nut trees. Time-of-ripeness schedule for apples, pears and plums. - Pest control leaflets and other cultivation information for Kentucky homegrowers. - Research institution specializing in plant pathology and entomology of deciduous fruit trees. Includes photographs of fruit trees afflicted by numerous plagues. - The United Kingdom's national fruit collection. Listing of holdings, including appearance, blooming and ripeness times.
