Fruit and Nut Information

All of the Categories by Fruits & Nuts: Apple

General Sources

• Commercial Apple Growing in California
Ronald H. Tyler, UCCE Santa Cruz (ret.) 1992 (28 pp.) UC ANR Pub. 2456. Link to ANR Catalog for purchase
• Organic Apple Production Manual
Essential guide by UC scientists. 2000 (72 pp.) UC ANR Pub. 3403. Link to ANR Catalog for purchase

Production Management

• Apple Production Management in Northern California
publications by Paul Vossen, UCCE Farm Advisor, Sonoma Co.
• Apple Thinning Sprays
UC IPM Online
• Biological Control of Codling Moth: Parasitoid Releases in Walnuts, Apples and Pears (pdf)
Janet Caprile, UCCE Contra Costa Co., Nick Mills, Dept. of Insect Biology, UC Berkeley. 2004 (1 pp.)
• Physiological Disorder Fact Sheets: Apple, Grape, Olive, Pear, Persimmon, Pomegranate, Stonefruit
Carlos Crisosto, (ed.) Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis, UC Postharvest Technology Research and Information Center
• Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality: Apple 'Fugi'
Elizabeth J. Mitcham, Carlos H. Crisosto and Adel A. Kader Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis
• Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality: Apple 'Gala'
Elizabeth J. Mitcham, Carlos H. Crisosto and Adel A. Kader Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis
• Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality: Apple 'Golden Delicious'
Elizabeth J. Mitcham, Carlos H. Crisosto and Adel A. Kader Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis
• Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality: Apple 'Granny Smith'
Elizabeth J. Mitcham, Carlos H. Crisosto, and Adel A. Kader Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis
• Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality: Apple 'Red Delicious'
Elizabeth J. Mitcham, Carlos H. Crisosto, and Adel A. Kader Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis
• Resources for Apple Production (pdf)
Cindy Fake, UCCE Nevada & Placer Co. 2005 (2 pp.) UC Pub. 31-020C
• UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines: Apple
UC IPM Online

Models

• Fireblight (Erwinia amylovora): Disease Model for Pear and Apple
UC IPM Online
• Phenology Model: Codling Moth
UC IPM Online

Farm Advisors' Newsletters & Blogs: Current Topics & Meetings

• Foothill Farms & Orchard News - Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, and Tuolumne Counties
Newsletter by Lynn Wunderlich, Farm Advisor, El Dorado and Amador Counties. Orchard crops in Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, and Tuolumne counties. Apple, pear, stone fruit, cherry, grape, walnut
• Orchard Notes - Tulare County
Newsletter by Kevin Day, Farm Advisor, Tulare County. Primarily stone fruit production and culture, some coverage of apples, pears, cherries, apricots, kiwifruit, persimmons and pomegranates.
• Tree Pest Updates: Codling Moth - Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
Newsletter by Janet Caprile, Farm Advisor, Alameda & Contra Costa Counties. Primarily apple, pear and walnut.
• Tree Topics (newsletters (2002-2012) - San Benito County
Newsletter by Bill Coates, Farm Advisor Emeritus, San Benito County. Central coast fruitnand nut orchard production, principally walnut, cherry, apricot, apple

non-University of California Resources

• Apple Replant: Treating the Cause, Not the Symptoms
USDA Agricultural Research Service
• Crop Profile for Apples in California (pdf)
USDA National Science Foundation Center for IPM. 1999 (41 pp.)
• Texas Plant Disease Handbook: Apple
Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University
• University of Vermont Apple Program
University of Vermont
• Washington State University: Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center
Washington State University

Organizations

• Apple Hill Growers
Camino, CA
• Apple Hill Growers Association
Camino and Placerville, CA
• California Apple Commission
Fresno, CA
• Oak Glen Apple Growers Association
Yucaipa, CA
• Washington State Apple Commission
Wenatchee, WA

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