Fruit Production for the Home Gardener
Fruit Production for the Home Gardener has been developed as a resource for people who wish to produce fruit on a small scale (one acre or less) and who are not legally licensed to use pesticides. Production guides for commercial growers are also available from Penn State Cooperative Extension. This site mirrors the printed guide and emphasizes the most recently developed production methods that use alternative pest control strategies such as integrated pest management (IPM) to reduce pesticide use. To use such systems, the grower needs to have a complete understanding of the fruit planting as an entire system.
The following specialists contributed to this guide:
Horticulture
Robert M. Crassweller, coordinator,
professor of tree fruit--apples, pears, stone fruit
Kathy Demchak,
senior
extension associate
Elsa Sanchez, associate professor of
horticultural
systems management
Entomology
Greg Krawczyk, senior research associate in
entomology--apples, pears, stone fruit
Michael Saunders, professor of
entomology--grapes
Forest Resources
Gary San Julian, professor of wildlife
resources--deer and animal control
Plant Pathology
Jo Rytter, retired research assistant in
plant
pathology--apples, pears, stone fruit, brambles, strawberries,
blueberries,
gooseberries, currants
James Travis, professor emeritus of plant
pathology--apples,
pears, stone fruit, grapes, brambles, strawberries, blueberries,
gooseberries,
currants, elderberries
John Halbrendt, associate professor of plant
pathology--nematology
Pesticide Education
Sharon Gripp, database
administrator/Webmaster
Rick Johnson, Arboretum horticulturalist
See also the (commercial) Pennsylvania Tree Fruit Production Guide.
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