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Dear reader: If you have discovered a new apple, please record it here along with as much info that you have about it. If you have more details about varieties already listed, please add that, too. There is a second page to this sheet with some naming suggestions for naming…
Honeyberry / Hascap Growing & Info. Private Facebook group, Derek Jundt is admin. “Group for providing honeyberry/haskap information, pictures and support for growers and consumers.” Love Honeyberry Orchards . “We would very much like to introduce you to the Honeyberry or Haskap berry and happily inform you that this fruit…
Useful links for apple growers. Frost and Cold Hardiness Considerations in Vermont Apple Orchards , a Univ. of Vermont page. Unfortunately the page itself has almost no formatting, making it difficult to read. Maine Heritage Orchard Apple Varieties are listed here . Each variety has a photo which is a…
Kiwi related articles The Nutritional and Health Benefits of Kiwiberry (Actinidia arguta) – a Review , by Piotr Lotocha of Mini Kiwi (cited below) from October, 2017, in the journal Plant Foods for Human Nutrition . Also downloadable as a PDF . Carya. Nursery for uncommon fruit plants . Nowy…
An ever-expanding list of articles from around the web related to tree crops. Floating fields tree and plant production . 10 page PDF from Indonesia. “The challenge of lowering tree production costs to address depletion in global forest cover and timber supply is addressed. Research was driven by the desire…
Mulberry (Morus) Mulberry Preamble Blog about Mulberry rubra-alba hybridization in the US over the past 400 years. Trail-breaking independent research into the adaptability of the Morus species, which she compares to that of apple (Malus) species. A 2019 article by Eliza Greenman who has been obsessed with learning about growing…
Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas) “Elegant” and “Pioneer” have done well in Sidney, ME for decades and are sold by Fedco. Jesse Stevens is heading up a project to trial many cultivars, check back in a decade or so for more detailed recommendations. From Jack Kertesz Dec 2020Dwarf Sour Cherries: This…
From Jack Kertesz via email Dec. 2020: Ken Asmus recommends seedlings for their colonizing ability. Pretty convincing article. https://oikostreecrops.com/time-to-prune-stem-density-and-the-life-of-the-pawpaw-colony/ 100 3-6″ seedlings are $134. I would be interested in seeing these spread around, or potted and greenhouse grown for a year. From Tom Vigue, Dec 2020: :I have a bunch…
American Persimmon ( Diospyros virginiana ) Two Promising Fruit Plants for Northern Landscapes (pdf) by EDWARD GOODELL of the Arnold Arboretum in Boston in the late 1980s. This was an article in the publication Arnoldia, pages 103-133. Discussion of Persimmons and Kiwis as viable alternative commercial crops in the northeast….
