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• West Virginia Items
  • WVU Extension no longer has a tree fruit horticulture specialist at KTFREC - questions on home and backyard horticultural topics should be directed to Lewis W. Jett, 304-293-6131 ext. 4240, Horticulture Specialist, WVU Extension Service, or John W. Jett, 304-293-6131 ext. 4224, Horticulture Specialist, WVU Extension Service, Morgantown, W.Va.
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  • "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Michael Pollan.
  • West Virginia Fruit Facts
  • Crop Profile for Apples in West Virginia (02/01/99)

• Tree Fruit (In General)
  • Rejuvenating an old apple tree
  • Beginning an Orchard Nutrition Program:  Determining the Nutritional Status of Apple and Peach, by Dr. Steve Miller, USDA, Appalachian Fruit Research Station
  • Nutrient deficiency and toxicity symptoms on apple and peach (Penn State)
  • Virtual Orchard
  • New Jersey Fruit Focus Web Page
  • Virginia Tech. Fruit Horticulture Page
    • Fruit Notes, a fruit newsletter from Dr. Rich Marini of the Department of Horticulture at Virginia Tech
  • Data on critical temperatures for tree fruit buds (University of Vermont, and Mid-Atlantic Orchard Monitoring Guide).  This chart at Michigan State has critical temperatures for all deciduous fruit trees.
  • Information on home fruit production:
    • Tree fruits in the home garden (Virginia Tech)
    • Small fruits in the home garden (Virginia Tech)
  • Penn State Tree Fruit Production Guide
  • Guide for Small-scale Fruit Production (Penn State, for hobbyists and homeowners)
  • Tree planting from the Great Lakes Fruit Growers News
• Apples
  • Hot Apple Topics (Va. Tech)
  • Apple Varieties and Their Uses (Iowa State Univ.)
  • Apples - A Guide to Selection and Use (Ohio State Univ.)
  • Starch-Iodine Test for Determining Maturity and Harvest Dates of Empire, Idared and Spartan Apples (Ontario)
  • Physiological Disorders of Apples (USDA-TFRL)
  • Apple fruit thinning, using two approaches: (Virginia Tech)
    • Discussion of history and factors affecting thinning, with VA-WV-MD recommendations
    • Thinning based on fruit size estimated from average weight
  • Information of Scab Resistant Cultivars (SRC's) (New York)
  • Apogee Page - Label, press release, research reports, water hardness issues (Virtual Orchard)
• Pears
  • Hot Pear Topics (Va. Tech)
  • Pear varieties for the home orchard (Virginia Tech)
  • Physiological Disorders of Pears (USDA-TFRL)
• Peaches and Nectarines
  • Hot Peach Topics (Va. Tech)
  • Peaches and Nectarines - A Guide to Selection and Use (Ohio State Univ.)
  • Peach Science at Rutgers
• Plums and Prunes
  • Plums - A Guide to Selection and Use (Ohio State Univ.)
• Cherries
  • Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Station
• Small Fruit and Grapes
  • Pruning Grapevines
  • Mid-West Small Fruit and Grape Net (Ohio State Univ.)
  • Mid-West Small Fruit Pest Management Handbook (Ohio State Univ.)
  • Diseases
• Honey Bees and Pollination

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