Resources
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| Identifying Choke Cherry: A Source of X Disease [fact sheet] Choke cherry identification is important for peach and sweet cherry growers. This is because choke cherry (Prunus virginiana L.) is important in…
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Using Traps to Monitor Blueberry Fruit Fly in New Hampshire [fact sheet] Blueberry fruit fly, Rhagoletis mendax Curran is a native insect that looks almost identical to apple maggot, except that it attacks blueberries,…
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Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) | Berry Crops | Fact Sheet | |
| Pruning Tomato Plants [fact sheet] Why prune tomatoes?
Pruning, or selectively removing some of the tomato plant growth, can improve harvestable yields and prolong the harvest…
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Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Yard & Garden | vegetable crops | Fact Sheet | |
| How Insecticides Work [fact sheet] The variety of insecticides available today is much greater than it was 20 years ago. It includes some made from bacteria, insect-killing fungi or…
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Soil Testing for Environmental Contaminants - Interpreting Your Heavy Metals Test Results [fact sheet] What Are Heavy Metals?
Heavy metals are a class of elements that include lead, copper, arsenic, and cadmium, and can be toxic to humans and plants…
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Agriculture & Gardens, Dairy, Livestock & Forage Crops, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Soil Testing Services | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Growing Fruits: Care of Mature Backyard Apple Trees [fact sheet] Backyard apple trees can be valued additions to the home garden, offering fresh, flavorful and healthful fruit,
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| New England Tree Fruit Management Guide The guide was created by a collaboration of tree fruit specialists in all six New England states, and is intended for commercial farmers. It…
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Growing Fruit: Raspberry and Blackberry Varieties for New Hampshire [fact sheet] The printable version of this resource available for download was developed to help New Hampshire growers select among the many raspberry and…
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Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops | Berry Crops | Fact Sheet | |
| Growing Fruit: Training and Pruning Young Apple and Pear Trees [fact sheet] Proper training and pruning are essential for development of structurally strong, productive apple and pear trees. Using a minimal amount of pruning…
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Leaf Tissue Tests for Commercial Plant Growers For crops such as apples, blueberries, strawberries and tomatoes, leaf tissue tests can be useful in determining plant nutrient needs.
For more…
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Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Pesticide Safety Education, Soil Testing Services | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Asiatic Garden Beetle [fact sheet] Introduction
A native of Japan and China, where it is not an important pest, the Asiatic garden beetle (Maladera castanea) was first discovered…
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Managing Squash Vine Borer Problems in New Hampshire [fact sheet] Dr. Alan T. Eaton, Extension Specialist, Entomology and George Hamilton, Extension Field Specialist, Food & Agriculture
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Raspberry Crown Borer [fact sheet] Adult raspberry crown borers are striking black and yellow moths, 10 to 15mm (3/8 to 5/8 inch) long. In some individuals, the yellow is quite bright…
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Think Before You Buy a Pesticide [fact sheet] Read the label before you buy!
Make certain a pesticide you are considering buying is labeled for your intended purpose. That means the pest that…
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Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Fruit & Vegetable Crops | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Growing Fruits: Growing Pears in the Home Orchard [fact sheet] Pears will grow well in all but the coldest areas of New Hampshire. Popular varieties such as Bartlett and Bosc are reasonably winter hardy where…
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Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Colorado Potato Beetle [fact sheet] The Colorado Potato Beetle (CPB) preferred the potato to its host weed and has spread to become a serious pest throughout the US and Eastern Canada.…
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Insect Identification Services, Pesticide Safety Education | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Codling Moth [fact sheet] Once thought of as the most destructive insect pest on apples, this European native now exists wherever apples are grown in the U.S. Since the…
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Tarnished Plant Bug [fact sheet] Among the several species of plant bugs that invade New Hampshire fruit, vegetable, and ornamental crops, the one that does the most damage is the…
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Redbanded Leafroller [fact sheet] The redbanded leafroller (Argyrotaenia velutinana) became an important apple pest after the introduction of DDT to control codling moths in the late…
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Growing Vegetables: When to Plant Your Vegetable Garden [fact sheet] The information below, and in a printable table, will help you to determine the best time to start your seeds.
You must first, determine the last…
Location: Education Center at Goffstown |
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens |
