Grower Links and Resources

Here are some worthy web connections that will help community orchardists to grow the good fruit. Apple enthusiasts will love the lore on some of these sites. You can seemingly roam forever by following the additional links to be found in this virtual orchard.

Reputable nurseries

Apple Root Stock (fact sheets)     nysaes.cornell.edu/hort/breeders/appleroots/applerootstocks.html

Adams County Nursery, PA acnursery.com

Big Horse Creek Farm, NC bighorsecreekfarm.com

Century Farm Orchards, NC centuryfarmorchards.com

Cummins Nursery, NY cumminsnursery.com

Edible Forest Nursery, WI edibleforestnursery.com

Fedco Trees, ME fedcoseeds.com/trees.htm

Greenmantle Nursery, CA greenmantlenursery.com

Johnson Nursery, GA johnsonnursery.com

Siloam Orchards, ONT siloamorchards.com

St. Lawrence Nursery, NY www.sln.potsdam.ny.us

Stark Brothers, MO starkbros.com

Tooley's Trees, NM tooleystrees.com

Trees of Antiquity, CA treesofantiquity.com

Vintage Virginia Apples, VA vintagevirginiaapples.com

Van Well Nursery, WA vanwell.net

Organic resources

Agro-K, MN agrok.com

Ahimsa Organics, MN neemresource.com

Fertrell Fertilizers, PA fertrell.com

Harmony Farm Supply, CA harmonyfarm.com

Integrated Fertility Management, WA www.agrecology.com

North Country Organics, VT ncorganics.com

Organic Grower's Supply, ME fedcoseeds.com/ogs.htm

Peaceful Valley Farm Supply, CA groworganic.com

Seven Springs Farm, VA 7springsfarm.com

Fungal support

Bio Organics Mycorrhizal Inoculants bio-organics.com

Effective Microbes America emamerica.com

Organic Gardener's Pantry gardenerspantry.ca

SCD Effective Microbes scdworld.net

Drammatic Fish Hydrosylate dramm.com

Eco Nutrients econutrients.com

Neptune's Harvest neptunesharvest.com

Schafer Freshwater Fisheries schaferfish.com

Orchard Equipment

Baldwin Apple Ladders peterbaldwinarts.com/ladders

Orchard Equipment & Supply oescoinc.com

Peach Ridge Orchard Supply peachridge.com

Scythe Supply scythesupply.com

Wilson Irrigation & Orchard Supply wilsonirr.com

Testing services

A&L Eastern Laboratories al-labs-eastern.com

AgriEnergy Resources agrienergy.net

Bio-Systems, MI

International Ag Labs aglabs.com

Timberleaf Soil Testing timberleafsoiltesting.com

Soil Foodweb, Inc. soilfoodweb.com

Regional grower's guides and pest identification

All Abuzz about Bugs! bugguide.net

Fruit Pest Index www.caf.wvu.edu/KEARNEYSVILLE/wvufarm9.html

IPM Images ipmimages.org

Pennsylvania Tree Fruit Production Guide tfpg.cas.psu.edu

Organic and Integrated Tree Fruit Production (Washington)     organic.tfrec.wsu.edu/OrganicIFP/Home/Introduction.html

Tree Fruit & Berry Pathology     www.nysaes.cornell.edu/pp/extension/tfabp/pome.shtml

Insect monitoring and pollination

Beekeeper News beecharmers.org

Gempler's IPM Supply gemplers.com

Great Lakes IPM greatlakesipm.com

Natural Insect Control, ONT naturalinsectcontrol.ca

Pacific Biocontrol pacificbiocontrol.com

Solitary Bees pollinatorparadise.com/Solitary_Bees/SOLITARY.HTM

The Xerces Society xerces.org

Cider connections

Correll Cider Presses applejournal.com/correll/

Goodnature Juice Equipment goodnature.com

The Real Cider and Perry Page ciderandperry.co.uk

The Scrumpy Users Guide zider.co.uk

Wittenham Hill Cider Portal cider.org.uk

Varietal showcase

All About Apples allaboutapples.com

Apple Journal applejournal.com

Applesource applesource.com

Orange Pippin orangepippin.com

Midwest Apple Improvement Association     www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/maia/default.html

Fruit literature

Great Lakes Fruit Growers News fruitgrowersnews.com

Holistic Orchard Bookshelf groworganicapples.com/organic-apple-books

Paul Evans Library of Fruit Science library.missouristate.edu/paulevans

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