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  • Tree Fruit Pests and Diseases
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  • Apple Variety Workshop

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Tree Fruit Publications

• Tree Fruit Production
• Tree Fruit Replant Information
• Industry Development
• Industry Overviews
• Tree Fruit Pests and Diseases
• Newsletters
• Home Garden Factsheets

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Tree Fruit Production

• Tree Fruit Production Guide 2007 edition
• Replanting Cherries in British Columbia (PDF, 3006KB)
• Farm Practices in B.C. Reference Guide - Tree Fruit (PDF, 143KB)
• Fertigation Guidelines (PDF, 253KB)
• Support Systems for High-Density Orchards (PDF, 1935KB)
• Tree Fruit Blossom & Harvest Schedule
• Tree Fruit Variety Information (PDF, 543KB)
  • Ambrosia
  • Aurora Golden Gala™ (8S6923)
  • ‘SPA440’ (NICOLA™)
• Tree Fruit Home Nurseries (PDF, 2517KB)

Tree Fruit Replant Information

• Replanting Cherries in British Columbia (PDF, 3006KB)
• Replant Seminar Proceedings January 2002 (PDF, 689KB)
• BCMAL Financial Planning Budgets
• Assessing the Economic Impact and Establishment Cost of Replanting Orchards (PDF, 240KB)
• OVTFA Yield and Price Survey
  • Executive Summary (PDF, 41KB)
  • Final Report (PDF, 83KB)
• Orchard Replant / Tree Fruit Industry Revitalization Plan, March 2000 - Report on the Recommendations of the Industry Roundtable (PDF, 52KB)
• Steps to Success in Replanting (PDF, 1157KB)
• Tree Fruit Home Nurseries (PDF, 2517KB)
• Soil Fumigation for Orchards - an Overview, 1994 (PDF, 1.6 MB)

Industry Development

• New Variety Introduction Workshop April 2003 (PDF, 60KB)
• New Variety Development Council for Tree Fruit Growers, Final Report (PDF, 61KB)
• Ambrosia Workshop Proceedings (PDF, 1839KB)

Industry Overviews

• Industry Overview - Apples and Pears in British Columbia (PDF, 206KB)
• An Overview of British Columbia’s Peach, Nectarine, Apricot, Plum and Prune Industries (PDF, 182KB)

Tree Fruit Pests and Diseases

• Tree Fruit Diseases
• Tree Fruit Insect Pests
• Harmful and Beneficial Insects and Mites of Tree Fruits - Field Guide
• Postharvest Handling of Pome Fruits, Soft Fruits, and Grapes - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (PDF, 2 MB)
• Bird Control
• Grower Pest Management Record Forms (PDF, 128KB)
• Pesticide Safety (PDF, 562KB)
• Orchard Spray Drift Management (PDF, 133KB)
• Drift Sensitive Areas (PDF, 151KB)
• Soil Fumigation for Orchards - an Overview, 1994 (PDF, 1.6 MB)

Newsletters

Tree Fruit and Grape Industry News

• May 2001
  • Little Cherry Survey Update
  • Update and Expanded Budget
     
• February 2001 (PDF, 495KB)
   
• February 2000 (PDF, 378KB)
   
• October 2000
  • Notes from Australia trip
  • 4th International Symposium on Mineral Nutrition
     
• July 2000
  • Notes from New Zealand trip
  • Take Care of Your Spray Nozzles
  • Spraying Etiquette
     
• October 1999
  • Comparison Fertigation vs Broadcast NPK part II
  • Tree Fruit Awards
     
• July 1999
  • Bacterial Canker
  • Using Propane Cannons
  • Comparison Fertigation vs Broadcast NPK part 1
     
• March 1999
  • Mating Disruption of Codling Moth
  • Results of 1998 Tentiform Leafminer Survey
  • Apple Scab
     
• April 1998
  • Newly Planted Trees - Don't plant problems in your orchard

  • Suggested Training Strategies for Sweet Cherries

Tree Fruit Leader

• Vol. 5(2) Nov. 1996
  • Nematodes - A big factor in replanting
  • Symposium on enhanced performance of orchard systems
  • How effective is your early season weed control?
     
• Vol. 5(1) Apr. 1996
  • Pruning and Thinning Fuji
  • High Density Cherry Systems
  • Peach and Nectarine Systems Trial
  • 1995 Spray Thinning Research
  • B.9 and O.3: Dwarfing Rootstocks for Cold Sites
     
• Vol. 4(2) Dec. 1995
  • About Weeds, Spartan, Fuji, Deep Ripping and Density
     
• Vol. 4(1) Mar. 1995
  • Consumer preference, ATS, Tree Response
  • Reasons and Cures for Russet
  • Sanitation for Apple Scab Control
  • Bees and pollination
     
• Vol. 3(2) July 1994
  • Improve Returns by Improving Grades
  • Scab Resistant Apple Varieties
  • Siberian C Rootstock
  • All About Cherry Cracking
  • How Environmentally Friendly are Your Pest Management Practices?
     
• Vol. 3(1) Jan. 1994
  • Getting Trees to Grow
  • Little Trees, Big Yields
     
• Vol. 2(2) Aug. 1993
  • Report on the International Symposium on Replant Problems
  • Replant Problem Hard on the Pocketbook
     
• Vol. 2(1) Feb. 1993
  • Ammonium Thiosulphate (ATS)
  • Increasing Fruit Size of Royal Gala
     
• Vol. 1(1) Feb. 1992
  • Apple Shading to Reduce Heat Damage
  • What is Bt?
  • The Home Nursery - Ordering

Home Garden Factsheets

• Apples
• Apricots
• Cherries
• Grapes
• Pears
• Plums
• Hardy Fruit Trees for Northern BC
• Pollination
• A Guide to Fruit Tree Sprays for the Home Garden
• BC Home and Garden Pest Management Guide, 2009 edition
• Okanagan and Southern Interior Tree Fruit Blossom & Harvest Schedule