Category: Crops
Descriptions of Cultivars
Ever wonder what a variety you’ve run across is like? Here’s a listing of places that can help you find almost any variety. Apple Sleuths Get a Boost from DNA Testing , by Jacob Mentlik, in the summer 2021 issue of the MOF&G. Maine State Pomological Society list of apple…
Honeyberry (Haskap)
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…
Quince
GrowQuince Facebook Page is an initiative to explore and encourage the cultivation and usage of Quince, cydonia oblonga, in New England.
Grapes
Starting a Wine Vinyard in the Northeast by Andy Farmer of Northeastern Vine Supply , West Pawlet, VT. These folks know their grapes; varieties for red and white wines, table and juice. Mostly covers wine varieties but it is a pretty good reference for a few table varieties. Gives a…
Apples
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 (Actinidia)
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…
Chestnuts
American Chestnut Foundation is doing tremendous work in bringing back the American chestnut tree. It has a Maine Chapter and there is a lot going on all around the state. Here is their news page . Dennis Fulbright – Biological Control of Chestnut Blight You Tube video of Dennis…
Butternuts
Carol Hanken, October 2019 Butternuts? I have a tree that’s about 35+ years old and this is the first time we’ve had more than a dozen or so nuts. Not sure what I need to do with them. The sticky green covering is pretty labor intensive to remove. Do I…
Walnuts
Landscaping and Gardening Around Walnuts and Other Juglone Producing Plants Presents a comprehensive list of woody and non woody plants that appear to be compatible around walnut and hickory trees. Harvesting David Spahr, November 2019 I got a big bag of black walnuts from a place where they grow randomly and un-managed. There…
