UVM Apple Orchard: Horticulture

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• Apple Orchard Information for Beginners...

• 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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