- Apple Cultivars for Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin recommended cultivars, including a list of disease-resistant strains.
- Apples and More
Links to various apple related items, and lists of apple related facts, compiled by the University of Illinois extension.
- Arizona Master Gardener Manual: Fruit Trees
General information on home growing fruit trees in Arizona. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension.
- Ask the Berry Man
Features cultivation guides, recipes, climate chart, and links
- Berries in Ontario
Information for both the commercial and home grower. Cultivation practices, cultivar recommendations. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
- Brevard Rare Fruit Council
A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the propagation and distribution of new species. Meetings, membership, fruit species profiles, and recipes.
- California Backyard Orchard
Includes gardening calendars, general orchard preparation and maintenance tips, specific fruit species information, and glossary.
- California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc.
Membership information, seed bank, book reviews, local chapter information, plant descriptions, member nurseries and fruit sources.
- Cape Trib Exotic Fruit Farm: Tropical Fruit
Provides a list of more than 60 different exotic fruit, and each is linked to another page providing detail on how to recognise each fruit, grow them, eat them, and some recipes
- Cherimoya
Cultivation and nutrient information about the fruit.
- Citrus in the Garden
Factsheet that describes types of citrus trees and cultivation information.
- Cornell Minor Fruits
Information about gooseberries, currants, juneberries, elderberries, persimmons, hardy kiwifruit, pawpaws, mulberries, quinces, high bush cranberries, Cornelian cherries, and buffaloberries.
- Currants and Gooseberries
Extensive factsheet on the cultivation of the fruits from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
- Currants and Gooseberries in the Home Garden
Article on cultivating white, red and black currants and gooseberries in the demanding Minnesota environment.
- Dumfries and Galloway Orchard Network
Fruit growing and eating information for South West Scotland. Includes forum, fact sheets, suppliers, and links.
- Durian OnLine
Gives recipes, links, photos, information, art, news, articles, nutrition, cultivation, market, books, and statistics.
- Durian Palace
Description of the legendary Asian fruit, botany, cultivation, selecting, eating, festivals, news, links, message board, classifieds and photogallery.
- Eastern Chapter of the Ontario Nut Growers
Information of the chapter plus a detailed cultivation manual and list of nut tree sources.
- Edible Landscaping & Gardening
Index of edible perennial plants, both common and uncommon, including fruits, nuts, vegetables and herbs.
- European Collection of Minor Fruit Trees
Associated with the University of Florence, this European Union project collects varieties of minor fruits cultivated around the Mediterranean. Holdings include cornelian cherry, figs, loquat, medlar, pomegranate, sorbus, strawberry tree. Description of project, database of holdings, descriptions and photographs of plants.
- Florida Subtropical and Tropical Fruit Crops
Factsheets from the University of Florida extension on a cultivation of a variety of fruits and nuts in Florida.
- Frank's Strawberry Patch
Description of the benefits of growing strawberries in raised beds protected by thick plastic. Specific directions and photographs of crop.
- Fruit for the Home
Backyardgardener.com's tips on home fruit growing. Species covered include apple, pear, peach/apricot/nectarine, cherries, plums, currants, brambles and strawberries.
- Fruit Tree Tips
Eleven tips for growing fruit trees including pollination, pruning and harvesting from an Oregon nurseryman.
- Fruits of Warm Climates
List and description of lesser-known fruits that grow in warmer climates.
- Gooseberries
Information about aspects of gooseberry cultivation (botanical and horticultural) and a variety list.
- GrapeSeek.com
A directory of selected grape growing and wines sites. Gives information on table grape varieties.
- Grow Fruit and Nuts in the Suburbs and Homesteads
Index of fruit species with descriptions and links.
- Grow Fruits and Nuts in Temperate Areas
Cultivation summaries for fruit and nut bearing plants from the common to the exotic.
- Growing PawPaws (Purdue University)
Cultivation hints and list of sources. PDF file.
- Growing Peaches and Nectarines in the Home Landscape
Factsheet from Ohio State University.
- Guide to Growing Fruit
Introduction to growing a variety fruit trees and other plants.
- Heirloom Fruits
Links and information relating to the history and cultivation of old-fashioned fruit varieties.
- Home Citrus Growers
Information on growing citrus in the UK. Includes varieties, plant sources, and cultural advice.
- Home Orchard Society
Oregon-based organization promoting the growing of fruit at home. Membership information, excerpts from the organization's journal and links to other fruit-interest sites.
- Jeannie and Berry's Native Plants Page: Pawpaws, Persimmons and Elderberries
Information from self-reliant Kentuckians about using native edibles, particularly pawpaws, persimmons, elderberries and mayapples. Recipes and cultivation hints.
- Kentucky State University Pawpaw Research Project
Information on buying and growing pawpaw trees (Asimina triloba), nutritional content of pawpaw fruit, recipes using pawpaws, research and the Pawpaw Foundation, bibliography of pawpaw articles, photos of pawpaw trees and fruit.
- Kiwifruit
Information on fuzzy kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa), culture, and cultivars. Photographs of some cultivars.
- Louisiana Fruit Tree Growing Guide
Information on growing fruits and berries in Louisiana, including cultivar recommendations. Presented by the Louisiana Nursery and Landscape Association and Bracy's Nursery.
- Mark Reiger's Fruit Crops Home Page
Information on major and minor fruit and nut crops from a University of Georgia horticulture professor. Provides a botanical description, historical information, photographs, cultural notes and nutritional information.
- MidFEx (Midwest Fruit Explorers)
A Northern-Illinois based group of backyard fruitgrowers. List of recommended cultivars for the Chicagoland area and information on grafting fruit trees and growing paw paws (Asimina triloba).
- Minnesota Home Fruitgrowing Materials
Newsletters, factsheets and other information from the University of Minnesota cooperative extension.
- Minor Small Fruit Crops for New Mexico Gardens
Extension publication covering tayberry, currants and gooseberries, elderberries and Nanking cherries.
- Missouri Apple Varieties and Their Uses
Recommended varieties for the Missouri climate, including a table of disease resistance and pros and cons of each variety.
- Nafex Fig Page
Includes the history of fig growing, varieties, and cultivation information.
- National Clonal Germplasm Repository, Corvallis - Temperate Fruit Genebank
Information on holdings, scans of antique prints and watercolors of fruit and plants.
- Nebraska Horticulture
Online publications of the University of Nebraska cooperative extension targeted at homegrowers. Articles on strawberries, brambles and fruit trees including Nebraska-specific cultivar recommendations.
- North American Fruit Explorers
An organization of amateur growers of fruits and nuts. Description of organization and membership information, links to local and plant-specific interest groups, list of nurserymen.
- North Carolina Home Fruit Growing
A series of leaflets from the North Carolina extension service, in HTML and PDF format. Apple, bramble, muscadine grape, blueberry and strawberry cultivation and cultivar recommendations.
- North Dakota Fruitgrowing
Answers to commonly asked questions about growing apples, grapes, brambles and strawberries in North Dakota. North Dakota State University Extension.
- Northern Nut Growers Association
American-based group provides information on cultivation of almond, chestnut, hazelnut (filbert), pecan, pistachio, and Persian (English, Carpathian) walnut trees as well as of American native fruits the persimmonn and pawpaw.
- Northumberland Berry Works
Hobbyist's experimental planting of various gooseberry and black, red and white currants in central Pennsylvania. Cultivar recommendations, recipes, new cultivation practices.
- Nutgrowers Ring
Webring featuring amateur grower organizations and specialist nut nurseries.
- Ohioline Fruit
A list of online articles from the Ohio State University Extension Service which are of interest to the temperate home fruitgrower generally and Ohioans in particular.
- Oklahoma Fruit and Nuts
Leaflets on cultivation of fruits and nuts, for both the commercial and home grower.
- Pennsylvania Back Yard Fruit Growers
A Pennsylvania based group of amateur growers. Cultivar recommendations and photographs, photographs of espaliered fruit trees, bibliography.
- Pennsylvania Small Scale Fruit Production
A number of tree fruit and other resources from the Penn State University Horticulture Department. Tree pruning illustrated, tree fruit fact sheets for the small-scale and backyard grower.
- Pineapple News and Information
Features information on growing pineapples at home, pineapple cultivation in Hawaii, and links.
- Planning a Subtropic Fruit Garden
Notes by Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery on planning a home fruit garden in subtropical areas. Oriented to Australia, universally applicable in the subtropics.
- Pollination Home Page, The
Pollination management information for both home and professional fruit and vegetable growers, gardeners, beekeepers and others involved in pollination.
- Pomology
Information and pictures of a large number of apple, pear, peach, cherry and strawberry cultivars. Site in French and English, with some materials French only. Frames.
- Pruning Persimmons
Instructions from New Zealand on pruning the Asian persimmon tree (Diospyros kaki) to produce high quality fruit.
- Quince Growing
Factsheet discussing cultivation, varieties, diseases, and harvesting of quinces.
- Rarefruit - Rare Fruit News Online
Homepage of an e-newsletter covering rare, primarily tropical and sub-tropical, home fruit cultivation. Subscription information and back issues archive.
- Saskatoon (Juneberry)
A fact sheet on the cultivation and care of the saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia) from the Alberta, Canada extension service.
- Small Fruit Crops for the Backyard
Information for gardeners from the University of Illinois.
- Southwestern Michigan Fruit Information
Information for the commercial grower which is of use to the home grower as well. Cultivation hints, pest information. Michigan State University, Van Buren County Extension.
- Strawberries
A guide to growing strawberries, strawberry farms, selection and care, history, recipes and festivals. University of Illinois Extension.
- Suite 101: Fruit Garden
Green guide to the selection, culture, and uses of fruits.
- Tampa Bay Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International
Information on growing and enjoying tropical rare fruit and exotic nut trees.
- The Pits-The Rare Pit and Plant Council
New York City group dedicated to growing seeds and tubers of edible plants found in local and ethnic markets. List of publications, contact information and copy of current newsletter with cultivation tips.
- The Virtual Orchard
Directory of fruit production links and resources.
- Third Annual Ohio Pawpaw Festival
An Albany, Ohio festival devoted to the pawpaw (Asimina triloba). Pawpaw cookoff, pawpaw contests, sanctioned atlatl throwing contest. Although festival is over, site still exists.
- Trees and Fruit in East Anglia
An amateur gardener's account of growing apples, plums, pears, cherries and various nut trees. Time-of-ripeness schedule for apples, pears and plums.
- Tropical Fruit - Casimiroa, Black Persimmon and Mabola
Unusual tropical fruits, including varieties, and recipes.
- Tropical Fruit Database
Uses, cultivation, and origin. Sorted by scientific and common names.
- University of Kentucky Home Fruit Gardener Information
Pest control leaflets and other cultivation information for Kentucky homegrowers.
- Virginia Home Fruit Growing
A variety of articles from the Virginia Tech cooperative extension relating to growing berry bushes and fruit trees.
- West Virginia University's Kearneysville Tree Fruit Research and Education Center
Research institution specializing in plant pathology and entomology of deciduous fruit trees. Includes photographs of fruit trees afflicted by numerous plagues.
- Wye College National Fruit Collections
The United Kingdom's national fruit collection. Listing of holdings, including appearance, blooming and ripeness times.
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