Horticultural Practices

Links to information about horticultural practices:

• County fruit acreages, with access to county agents
• Information on variety selection
• Information on home fruit production:
• Growing apples in Virginia
• Training and pruning apple trees
• Crop load management in apples
  
• Growing pears in Virginia
  
• Growing peaches and nectarines in Virginia
• Pruning peach trees
  
• Growing cherries in Virginia
• A survey of strawberry production practices in Virginia
  
• Weed management update for small fruit
• Off-season management tasks for small fruit
  
• Specialty crop profile: Blueberry
  
• North Carolina State University Fruit Newsletter
• Data on critical temperatures for tree fruit buds (University of Vermont, and Mid-Atlantic Orchard Monitoring Guide)
• USDA Hardiness Zones. (for Virginia)