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Storey's guide to growing organic orchard fruits : market or home production site & crop selection planting, care & harvesting business basics / Danny Barney.

Barney, Danny L. (Author).

Summary:

This straightforward, easy-to-follow guide will have you enjoying a thriving orchard and a profitable business.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781603425704
  • Physical Description: 543 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Chapter 1 Where We Came From and Where We Are 5 -- Where We Came From -- Developing Definitions and Standards -- What Does "Organic" Mean for Orchardists? -- Chapter 2 Selecting a Winning Site and Crops to Match 17 -- Climate -- Soils -- Irrigation -- Topography -- Site History and Neighborhood -- Pests and Diseases -- Access and Utilities -- Labor and the Law -- Chapter 3 Designing or Redesigning Your Orchard 42 -- Tree Size -- Training Systems -- Orchard Layout Design -- Sample Orchard Design -- Chapter 4 Preparing or Upgrading Your Orchard Site 76 -- Drainage -- Staking the Orchard -- Setting Your Soil Standards -- Mineral Nutrients -- Organic Amendments -- Microorganisms -- Other Soil Amendments -- Weed and Pest Control -- Chapter 5 Selecting Pome Fruit Crops and Varieties 118 -- Apple -- Pear -- Quince -- Medlar -- Mayhaws -- Loquat or Japanese Medlar -- Saskatoon -- Chapter 6 Selecting Stone Fruit Crops and Varieties 177 -- Apricot -- Cherry -- Peach -- Nectarine -- Plum -- Chapter 7 Obtaining and Planting Your Trees 229 -- Purchasing and Handling Your Trees -- Preparing for Planting -- Planting and Training -- First Year Care and Management -- Chapter 8 Nutrient Management 249 -- Essential Elements -- Determining the Nutrient Status of Your Crop -- Approved Materials -- Applying Fertilizers -- Chapter 9 Orchard Floor Management 286 -- History of Orchard Management -- Soil Organic Matter -- Controlling Weeds -- Cover Crops -- Managing Fruit Crop Rows -- Chapter 10 Disease Management 325 -- Disease Management Strategies -- Pome Fruit Diseases -- Stone Fruit Diseases -- Diseases of Both Pome and Stone Fruits -- Root Diseases -- Chapter 11 Pest Management 368 -- Survey of Pests -- Pest Management Strategies -- Insect and Mite Pests -- Chapter 12 Pruning and Training 408 -- Types of Pruning Cuts and Plant Responses to Them -- Where Should You Make Pruning Cuts? -- Pruning Tools -- Training Systems -- Training Trees, Crop by Crop -- Chapter 13 Fruit Thinning and Harvesting 465 -- Types of Thinning -- Thinning, Crop by Crop -- Harvesting -- Chapter 14 Marketing an Orchard Business 493 -- Selecting Products -- Selecting a Farm Design and Selling Venue -- Setting Prices and Terms of Sales -- Creating an Enterprise Budget -- Publicizing Your Enterprise -- Packaging and Selling -- Developing a Business Plan.
Subject:
Fruit.
Organic gardening.
Orchards.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Public Note: DONATED BY FRIENDS OF THE SNEADS FERRY LIBRARY
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