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Apple (14)
All About Apples - About the science, production, and health benefits of apples.
Apple: Malus domestica - Information on this crop, its taxonomy, history, world production, botanical description, culture, harvesting and nutrition.
Apple Trees - Instructions on choosing and growing these fruit trees with information on rootstocks, varieties, pollination, pruning and care.
Apples, Pears and Other Pome Fruit - Information on these fruit including fertilizers, rootstocks, varieties, crab apples as pollinators, cider apples, and the pests, diseases and other disorders that affect them.
Crop Profiles for Apples in New England - General production information on this crop, the cultural practices involved in growing apples and specific directions for controlling the insect pests, diseases, nematodes and weeds that affect them. [PDF]
Fruit Trees in our Orchard at Attiswil - Description of apples and other fruit trees in an orchard in Switzerland.
Growing Apples - Various information on this fruit crop including pruning, fireblight, controlling maggots, non-bearing trees, animal damage and storage.
Insect IPM in Apples: Kaolin Clay - Article discussing the spraying of apple trees with this harmless product to control and suppress attack by harmful insects.
Malus domestica - Information on the apple tree, its biology and morphology, distribution in the former USSR, ecology, utilization and economic value.
Oil and Other Early Season Sprays for Apple and Pear Trees - Article on how and when to apply pesticides to fruit trees in the spring.
Okanagan Specialty Fruits - This Canadian agricultural biotechnology company is developing new commercial tree fruit varieties, including a non-browning apple that should be of interest to the fresh-cut market.
Plant Disease Control: Apple - Detailed information on about thirty diseases which can affect this crop and the control methods available.
UVM Apple Orchard - Extension and research for the commercial tree fruit grower in Vermont and beyond.
Zinc Deficiency in Apples - Information on the causes of this condition, the symptoms, prevention and treatment. [PDF]
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