Tree Fruit Publications

Tree Fruit Production

• Tree Fruit Production Guide 2007 edition
• Replanting Cherries in British Columbia (PDF format*)
• Farm Practices in B.C. Reference Guide - Tree Fruit (PDF format*, 143 kb)
• Fertigation Guidelines (PDF format*, 253 kb)
• Support Systems for High-Density Orchards (PDF format* 1935 kb)
• Tree Fruit Blossom & Harvest Schedule
• Tree Fruit Variety Information (PDF format*)
  • Ambrosia
  • Aurora Golden Gala™ (8S6923)
  • ‘SPA440’ (NICOLA™)
• Tree Fruit Home Nurseries (PDF format*)

Tree Fruit Replant Information

• Replanting Cherries in British Columbia (PDF format*)
• Replant Seminar Proceedings January 2002 (PDF format* 1.09 mb)
• BCMAL Financial Planning Budgets
• Assessing the Economic Impact and Establishment Cost of Replanting Orchards (PDF format*)
• OVTFA Yield and Price Survey
  • Executive Summary (PDF format*)
  • Final Report (PDF format*)
• Orchard Replant / Tree Fruit Industry Revitalization Plan, March 2000 - Report on the Recommendations of the Industry Roundtable (PDF format*)
• Steps to Success in Replanting (PDF format*)
• Tree Fruit Home Nurseries (PDF format*)

Industry Development

• New Variety Introduction Workshop April 2003 (PDF format*)
• New Variety Development Council for Tree Fruit Growers, Final Report (PDF format*)
• Ambrosia Workshop Proceedings (PDF format*, 1.79 mb)

Industry Overviews

• Industry Overview - Apples and Pears in British Columbia (pdf file, 206 k)
• An Overview of British Columbia’s Peach, Nectarine, Apricot, Plum and Prune Industries (pdf file, 182 k)

Tree Fruit Pests and Diseases

• Tree Fruit Diseases
• Tree Fruit Insect Pests
• Harmful and Beneficial Insects and Mites of Tree Fruits - Field Guide
• Bird Control
• Grower Pest Management Record Forms (PDF format*)
• Pesticide Safety (PDF format*)
• Orchard Spray Drift Management (PDF format*)
• Drift Sensitive Areas (PDF format*)

Newsletters

Tree Fruit and Grape Industry News

• May 2001
  • Little Cherry Survey Update
  • Success Now Registered
  • Update and Expanded Budget
     
• February 2001 (PDF format*)
   
• February 2000 (PDF format*)
   
• October 2000
  • Notes from Australia trip
  • 4th International Symposium on Mineral Nutrition
     
• July 2000
  • Notes from New Zealand trip
  • Take Care of Your Spray Nozzles
  • Spraying Etiquette
     
• October 1999
  • Comparison Fertigation vs Broadcast NPK part II
  • Tree Fruit Awards
     
• July 1999
  • Bacterial Canker
  • Using Propane Cannons
  • Comparison Fertigation vs Broadcast NPK part 1
     
• March 1999
  • Mating Disruption of Codling Moth
  • Results of 1998 Tentiform Leafminer Survey
  • Apple Scab
     
• April 1998
  • Newly Planted Trees - Don't plant problems in your orchard

  • Suggested Training Strategies for Sweet Cherries

Tree Fruit Leader

• Vol. 5(2) Nov. 1996
  • Nematodes - A big factor in replanting
  • Symposium on enhanced performance of orchard systems
  • How effective is your early season weed control?
     
• Vol. 5(1) Apr. 1996
  • Pruning and Thinning Fuji
  • High Density Cherry Systems
  • Peach and Nectarine Systems Trial
  • 1995 Spray Thinning Research
  • B.9 and O.3: Dwarfing Rootstocks for Cold Sites
     
• Vol. 4(2) Dec. 1995
  • About Weeds, Spartan, Fuji, Deep Ripping and Density
     
• Vol. 4(1) Mar. 1995
  • Consumer preference, ATS, Tree Response
  • Reasons and Cures for Russet
  • Sanitation for Apple Scab Control
  • Bees and pollination
     
• Vol. 3(2) July 1994
  • Improve Returns by Improving Grades
  • Scab Resistant Apple Varieties
  • Siberian C Rootstock
  • All About Cherry Cracking
  • How Environmentally Friendly are Your Pest Management Practices?
     
• Vol. 3(1) Jan. 1994
  • Getting Trees to Grow
  • Little Trees, Big Yields
     
• Vol. 2(2) Aug. 1993
  • Report on the International Symposium on Replant Problems
  • Replant Problem Hard on the Pocketbook
     
• Vol. 2(1) Feb. 1993
  • Ammonium Thiosulphate (ATS)
  • Increasing Fruit Size of Royal Gala
     
• Vol. 1(1) Feb. 1992
  • Apple Shading to Reduce Heat Damage
  • What is Bt?
  • The Home Nursery - Ordering

Home Garden Factsheets

• Apples
• Apricots
• Cherries
• Grapes
• Pears
• Plums
• Hardy Fruit Trees for Northern BC
• Pollination
• A Guide to Fruit Tree Sprays for the Home Garden
• BC Home and Garden Pest Management Guide (order form, PDF file*)
• Okanagan and Southern Interior
  Tree Fruit Blossom & Harvest Schedule