Posted by steven on June 01, 19100 at 15:58:20:
In Reply to: Care, pruning and spraying apple trees. posted by Greer F on May 31, 19100 at 23:12:50:
: I have just purchased a five-acre apple
orchard and have no idea how to care for, prune, and spray apple trees.
These links will give you a start to finding some helpful information:
http://mastergardeners.org/recommend/treecalendar.pdf (University Of California Extension Service Fruit Tree Care Calendar in Adobe Acrobat Reader Format)
Growing Apple Trees in the Home Orchard
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-8301.html
Training and Pruning Fruit Trees North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/ag29.html
Disease and Insect Management in the Home Orchard
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/pp/notes/Fruit/fdin002/fdin002.htm
http://www.enteract.com/~midfex/yale/quest.html GENES BACKYARD ORCHARD
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-12/09/147l-120999-idx.html Washington Post 12/9/99 Winter Care Fruit Trees
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/champaign/homeowners/000122.html (Article On Why Fruit Trees Fail To Bloom)
http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/plantsci/hortcrop/h327w.htm (North Dakata State University Extension Service, Tree Fruit Culture And Varieties in North Dakota)
best wishes,
steven