UVM Apple Orchard: Horticulture

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• Apple Orchard Information for Beginners...

• "Before You Start an Apple Orchard"  -- very informative resource from the University of Minnesota on the important considerations, commitment, and cost of starting a commercial apple orchard

• Home Orchard Considerations --  If you are a home orchardist,  the University of Minnesota has information regarding apples and pears in home gardens which may be applicable to your site. 

• Labs to send Soil and Leaf Samples for Analysis - The following are potential options of labs for soil and leaf analysis.  It is recommended that you contact the lab for instructions and costs before samples are sent. Plus, it is important to confirm that they will send recommendations along with the analysis.        (1)   University of Maine Analytical Lab:   http://anlab.umesci.maine.edu/  (2)  University of Massachusetts Soil and Tissue Testing Lab: http://www.umass.edu/plsoils/soiltest/   (3) Cornell Nutrient Analysis Lab:   http://cnal.cals.cornell.edu/   [Unfortunately,  UVM cannot provide analysis and recommendations.]

• Dr. Terence Robinson's 2006 VTFGA presentation on Apple Varieties and Rootstocks - note that this is a large file and will take some time to download.

• Dr. Terence Robinson's 2006 VTFGA presentation on Modern Apple Training Systems- note that this is a large file and will take some time to download.

• Horticulture Presentations by Dr. M. Elena Garcia -  Apple Botany and History; Calcium Uses in Apples; Cold Hardiness;  Light Interception of Apple Tree Canopies; Pruning;  Topworking Apple Trees

• Summary of UVM Apple Cultivar Evaluation (1995 NE-183 planting):  1998-2000

• Summary of UVM Apple Rootstock Evaluation (1992 NC-140 planting)

• Orchard Nutrition prepared by Dr. M. Elena Garcia

• Potential Apple Rootstocks for Vermont, prepared by Dr. M. Elena Garcia

• Potential Apple Cultivars for Vermont, prepared by Dr. M. Elena Garcia

• Scab-resistant Apple Cultivars.

• Newsletters

Critical Temperatures (F) for Tree Fruit Bud Stages¹(WSU)

                  ¹For Red Delicious, Golden Delicious and Winesap approximately one degree hardier;  Rome Beauty, two degrees hardier;

                                                except after petal fall when all varieties are equally tender                   

                            ² Avg temperatures found by research at the WSU Res. and Ext. Center, Prosser,  to result in 10% and 90% kill

Archives

• 1998 Archive of bud stages at the UVM Horticulture Research Center
• 1997 Archive of bud stages at the UVM Horticultural Research Center

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