Fruit & Vegetable Crops

Resource Category Topic Type
Growing Vegetables: Asparagus [fact sheet]
Asparagus is a perennial crop that produces spears year after year for 10 to 15 years or longer if the plants are given adequate care. Because it rema...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Yard & Garden vegetable crops
Growing Sweetpotatoes in New Hampshire [fact sheet]
Sweetpotato* (Ipomoea batatas) is a member of the morning glory (Convolvulaceae) family. The sweetpotato is not related to the Irish potato, which bel...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Yard & Garden vegetable crops
Growing Fruit: Grafting Fruit Trees in the Home Orchard [fact sheet]
Grafting as a means of propagating fruit trees dates back several thousand years or more. Grafting is used for two principal reasons: most fruit trees...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Yard & Garden, Homesteading tree fruit crops & orchards Fact Sheet
Three-Lined Potato Beetle [fact sheet]
Three-lined potato beetles are found on plants in the family Solanaceae, including potato, tomato and relatives. They are uncommon on potato, rare on ...
Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Agriculture & Gardens
Growing Fruits: Wild Lowbush Blueberries [fact sheet]
Wild lowbush blueberries have always called New Hampshire home. These small, flavor and antioxidant-packed fruits are common in abandoned fields, in s...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops Berry Crops Fact Sheet
Fertilizing Trees and Shrubs [fact sheet]
Why fertilize?<br /> <br /> Fertilizer provides a source of essential nutrients that plants need to grow normally and be healthy. Nutrients are also...
Agriculture & Gardens, Landscape Installation & Maintenance, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Yard & Garden Agriculture & Gardens
Research Report: High tunnel cucumber variety trial, 2010
In 2010, we evaluated fourteen varieties of cucumbers in a replicated trial in an unheated high tunnel at the NH Agricultural Experiment Station in Du...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops vegetable crops Research Report
Research Report: Zucchini variety trial, 2010-2011
In 2010 and 2011, we evaluated eleven green and five yellow zucchini cultivars in replicated field trials at the NH Agricultural Experiment Station in...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops vegetable crops Research Report
Research Report: Summer squash variety trial, 2010-2011
In 2010 and 2011, we evaluated ten yellow summer squash cultivars (eight in each year; six in both years) in replicated field trials at the NH Agricul...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops vegetable crops Research Report
Research Report: Winter sprouting broccoli research report, 2010
Sprouting broccoli is a traditional English crop for fresh market and home gardeners. Sprouting broccoli produces many small shoots, rather than a sin...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops vegetable crops Research Report