Growing Fruits at Home

Introduction<br /> <br /> Home-grown grapes make excellent fresh eating, juices, jellies, raisins, and wine. A small home vineyard with even just a ...

Introduction<br /> <br /> Low winter temperatures and a short growing season generally limit grape production to the southern half of New Hampshire....

Fertilizing Fruit Trees<br /> <br /> Before planting fruit trees, we recommend that gardeners test their soil before planting to de­termine the amou...

Plums, cherries and apricots, which along with peaches and nec- tarines are often called “stone” fruits, are flavorful additions to the home orchard i...

Fire blight, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora, is found to some extent almost every year in New Hampshire and other major apple and pear grow...

Apple scab is a fungus disease that occurs worldwide wherever apples are grown. It is most severe in areas where the weather is cool and moist in the ...

The apple maggot (Rhagoletis pomonella) is one of the most important economic insect pests of apples in New Hampshire. This native insect is also know...

The plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar) is the most serious insect pest of apples and among the most destructive insect pests of peaches. It also a...

Two species of small rodents regularly damage orchard trees and blueberries in New Hampshire. Orchardists frequently call them mice, but they are vole...

Although there are plenty of references on insect pests, there are relatively few references that feature beneficial insects. I wrote this publication...