Information for Fruit Growers

SOURCES FOR OTHER PRODUCTS and Related Links

Strawberry Tyme Farms, Simcoe, Ontario email  - styme@kwic.com  website www.strawberrytyme.com  phone 519-426-3099   for Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, Asparagus, Horseradish, Rhubarb

Richardson's Pineneedle Farms, Pontypool Ontario                                          email    pineneedle@bellnet.ca  phone 1-888-621-8980   for deciduous and evergreen seedlings

Verbinnen's Nursery , Dundas Ontario for deciduous and coniferous seedlings and containers phone 905-659-7072  email john@verbinnens.com

Winter hardy grapes contact Bert Dunn, Tottenham, Ontario

Nut Trees - Grimo Nut Tree Nursery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario phone 905-934-6887

Getting Started

Omafra factsheet - Fruit Trees in the Home Garden

Penn State     The Home Fruit Planting: Getting Started

Penn State  Pome Fruits - Apples and Pears

Virginia Co-op extention - Tree Fruit in the Home Garden

General Information

Omafra-Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Home Page

Ohio State/Ohioline Yard and Garden Homepage

Pruning

Penn State Slide Presentation

Penn State pruning info on apple and pear-(includes line drawings and a section on renovating old fruit trees)

Omafra fact sheet

Ohio State pruning mature apples and pears

Pest Control

SILOAM ORCHARDS FRUIT TREE FOCUS- APPLE SCAB

SILOAM ORCHARDS FRUIT TREE FOCUS - DORMANT OIL SPRAY

Ohio State University

Penn State pome fruits

Penn State factsheets

Omafra factsheets

West Virginia University-Kearneysville Tree Fruit Research Center

Penn State Home Page of Fruit Pathology

Grafting

Cornell University website

Organic Growing

Omafra links page

Michigan State University Organic Apple Spray Program

Natural Insect Control

Acorn - East Coast Organic Growers

Thinning Fruit

Fruit Storage

COMMON QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS