Fruit

Ohio Pawpaw Festival - An Albany, Ohio festival devoted to the pawpaw (Asimina triloba). Events include a cookoff and other contests. History and visitor information.
http://www.ohiopawpawfest.com

MidFEx (Midwest Fruit Explorers) - A Northern-Illinois based group of backyard fruitgrowers. List of recommended cultivars for the Chicagoland area and information on grafting fruit trees and growing paw paws (Asimina triloba).
http://www.midfex.org/

Eastern Chapter of the Society of Ontario Nut Growers - Information on the chapter plus a detailed cultivation manual and list of nut tree sources.
http://www.ecsong.org/

Wye College National Fruit Collections - The United Kingdom's national fruit collection. Listing of holdings, including appearance, blooming and ripeness times.
http://www.nfc.u-net.com/

Home Citrus Growers - Information on growing citrus in the UK. Includes varieties, plant sources, and cultural advice.
http://www.saalfelds.freeserve.co.uk/HobbyCitrusGrowers.htm

Cornell Minor Fruits - Information about gooseberries, currants, juneberries, elderberries, persimmons, hardy kiwifruit, pawpaws, mulberries, quinces, high bush cranberries, Cornelian cherries, and buffaloberries.
http://www.hort.cornell.edu/extension/commercial/fruit/mfruit/index.html

Tampa Bay Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International - Information on growing and enjoying tropical rare fruit and exotic nut trees.
http://www.rarefruit.org/index.html

West Virginia University's Kearneysville Tree Fruit Research and Education Center - Research institution specializing in plant pathology and entomology of deciduous fruit trees. Includes photographs of fruit trees afflicted by numerous plagues.
http://www.caf.wvu.edu/kearneysville/wvufarm1.html

Grow Fruits and Nuts in Temperate Areas - Cultivation summaries for fruit and nut bearing plants from the common to the exotic.
http://www.naturalhub.com/grow_fruit_and_nuts_in_temperate_areas.htm

California Rare Fruit Growers, San Diego Chapter - Articles, activities, links, newsletters, photographs, etc.
http://crfgsandiego.org

North American Fruit Explorers - An organization of amateur growers of fruits and nuts. Description of organization and membership information, links to local and plant-specific interest groups, list of nurserymen.
http://www.nafex.org/

Apples and More - Links to various apple related items, and lists of apple related facts, compiled by the University of Illinois extension.
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/apples/index.html

Reliable Raspberries - Pruning, trellising, and fertilizing tips. Recommends everbearing varieties in raised beds. From Kitchen Gardener magazine.
http://www.taunton.com/finegardening/plants/articles/reliable-raspberries.aspx

Frank's Strawberry Patch - Description of the benefits of growing strawberries in raised beds protected by thick plastic. Specific directions and photographs of crop.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/1444/berry-b.htm

Quince Growing - Factsheet discussing cultivation, varieties, diseases, and harvesting of quinces.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/horticulture/pomes/other/quince-growing

Arizona Master Gardener Manual: Fruit Trees - General information on home growing fruit trees in Arizona. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension.
http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/fruit/

North Dakota Fruitgrowing - Answers to commonly asked questions about growing apples, grapes, brambles and strawberries in North Dakota. North Dakota State University Extension.
http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extnews/askext/fruits.htm

Grow Fruit and Nuts in the Suburbs and Homesteads - Index of fruit species with descriptions and links.
http://www.naturalhub.com/indices_fruit_and_nut.htm

Oklahoma State University: Fruits & Nuts - Collection of leaflets on cultivation of fruits and nuts, for both commercial and home growers.
http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-176

Citrus Collection By Petr Broza - Enthusiast from the Czech Republic presents his experiences growing a large variety of citrus fruits, and shares photos of his garden and greenhouse, many citrus, and other subtropical fruits. Site in Czech and English.
http://www.citrus-collection.wz.cz/

Fruits of Warm Climates - List and description of fruits, including lesser-known varieties, that grow in tropical and subtropical climates.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/

Northumberland Berry Works - Hobbyist's experimental planting of various gooseberry and black, red and white currants in central Pennsylvania. Cultivar recommendations, recipes, new cultivation practices.
http://www.currants.com/

Trees and Fruit in East Anglia - An amateur gardener's account of growing apples, plums, pears, cherries and various nut trees. Time-of-ripeness schedule for apples, pears and plums.
http://www.btinternet.com/~treesandfruit/

Growing Peaches and Nectarines in the Home Landscape - Factsheet from Ohio State University.
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1406.html

Pollination Home Page, The - Pollination management information for both home and professional fruit and vegetable growers, gardeners, beekeepers and others involved in pollination.
http://www.pollinator.com/

Saskatoons in Alberta - A fact sheet on the cultivation and care of the saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia) from the Alberta, Canada extension service.
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex811

Virginia Home Fruit Growing - A variety of articles from the Virginia Tech cooperative extension relating to growing berry bushes and fruit trees.
http://www.ext.vt.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Docs.woa/wa/getcat?cat=ir-fv-frh

Growing PawPaws (Purdue University) - Cultivation hints and list of sources. PDF file. [PDF]
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/HO-220.pdf

Home Orchard Society - Oregon-based organization promoting the growing of fruit at home. Membership information, excerpts from the organization's journal and links to other fruit-interest sites.
http://www.homeorchardsociety.org/

National Clonal Germplasm Repository, Corvallis - Temperate Fruit Genebank - Information on holdings, scans of antique prints and watercolors of fruit and plants.
http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=53581500

Gooseberries - Information about aspects of gooseberry cultivation (botanical and horticultural) and a variety list.
http://users.myonline.be/~tdn12074/

Guide to Growing Fruit - Introduction to growing a variety fruit trees and other plants.
http://www.powen.freeserve.co.uk/fruit/Fruitintro.htm

The Virtual Orchard - Directory of fruit production links and resources.
http://www.virtualorchard.net/

Fruit Tree Tips - Eleven tips for growing fruit trees including pollination, pruning and harvesting from an Oregon nurseryman.
http://www.rodsgarden.50megs.com/fruittips.htm

Rare Fruit Society of South Australia - An amateur organization of fruit tree growers who preserve heritage varieties, explore climate limitations and study propagation, pruning and grafting techniques. Announcements, meeting and membership details, photogallery and links. Some areas members only.
http://www.rarefruit-sa.org.au/

Pennsylvania Small Scale Fruit Production - A number of tree fruit and other resources from the Penn State University Horticulture Department. Tree pruning illustrated, tree fruit fact sheets for the small-scale and backyard grower.
http://ssfruit.cas.psu.edu/

Mark Reiger's Fruit Crops Home Page - Information on major and minor fruit and nut crops from a University of Georgia horticulture professor. Provides a botanical description, historical information, photographs, cultural notes and nutritional information.
http://www.uga.edu/fruit/

About Apricots - Information about the fruit and growing it in Australia.
http://www.sardi.sa.gov.au/pages/hort/hort_crops/apricots/about_apricots.htm:sectID=1121&tempID=1

Edible Landscaping & Gardening - Index of edible perennial plants, both common and uncommon, including fruits, nuts, vegetables and herbs.
http://www.efn.org/~bsharvy/edible.html

Missouri Apple Varieties and Their Uses - Recommended varieties for the Missouri climate, including a table of disease resistance and pros and cons of each variety.
http://extension.missouri.edu/xplor/agguides/hort/g06022.htm

University of Kentucky Home Fruit Gardener Information - Pest control leaflets and other cultivation information for Kentucky homegrowers.
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Horticulture/homefruit.html

Brevard Rare Fruit Council - A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the propagation and distribution of new species. Meetings, membership, fruit species profiles, and recipes.
http://www.brevardrarefruit.org

Pomology - Information and pictures of a large number of apple, pear, peach, cherry and strawberry cultivars. Site in French and English, with some materials French only. Frames.
http://www.pomologie.com/

European Collection of Minor Fruit Trees - Associated with the University of Florence, this European Union project collects varieties of minor fruits cultivated around the Mediterranean. Holdings include cornelian cherry, figs, loquat, medlar, pomegranate, sorbus, strawberry tree. Description of project, database of holdings, descriptions and photographs of plants.
http://www.unifi.it/project/ueresgen29/

Small Fruit Crops for the Backyard - Information for gardeners from the University of Illinois.
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/fruit/

Pennsylvania Back Yard Fruit Growers - A Pennsylvania based group of amateur growers. Cultivar recommendations and photographs, photographs of espaliered fruit trees, bibliography.
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dailey/byfg.html

The Pits-The Rare Pit and Plant Council - New York City group dedicated to growing seeds and tubers of edible plants found in local and ethnic markets. List of publications, contact information and copy of current newsletter with cultivation tips.
http://the_pits_web.tripod.com/

Kentucky State University Pawpaw Research Project - Information on buying and growing pawpaw trees (Asimina triloba), nutritional content of pawpaw fruit, recipes using pawpaws, research and the Pawpaw Foundation, bibliography of pawpaw articles, photos of pawpaw trees and fruit.
http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/

Pruning Persimmons - Instructions from New Zealand on pruning the Asian persimmon tree (Diospyros kaki) to produce high quality fruit.
http://www.hortnet.co.nz/publications/science/pers13.htm

Minnesota Home Fruitgrowing Materials - Newsletters, factsheets and other information from the University of Minnesota cooperative extension.
http://www.extension.umn.edu/listing_source.html?topic=6&subcat=40

Ohioline Fruit - A list of online articles from the Ohio State University Extension Service which are of interest to the temperate home fruitgrower generally and Ohioans in particular.
http://ohioline.osu.edu/lines/fruit.html

Planning a Subtropic Fruit Garden - Notes by Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery on planning a home fruit garden in subtropical areas. Oriented to Australia, universally applicable in the subtropics.
http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/

North Carolina Home Fruit Growing - A series of leaflets from the North Carolina extension service, in HTML and PDF format. Apple, bramble, muscadine grape, blueberry and strawberry cultivation and cultivar recommendations.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hfruitnew.html

Jeannie and Berry's Native Plants Page: Pawpaws, Persimmons and Elderberries - Information from self-reliant Kentuckians about using native edibles, particularly pawpaws, persimmons, elderberries and mayapples. Recipes and cultivation hints.
http://members.aol.com/blaneky/

Ask the Berry Man - Features cultivation guides, recipes, climate chart, and links
http://asktheberryman.com/

Strawberries - A guide to growing strawberries, strawberry farms, selection and care, history, recipes and festivals. University of Illinois Extension.
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/strawberries/

Florida Subtropical and Tropical Fruit Crops - Factsheets from the University of Florida extension on a cultivation of a variety of fruits and nuts in Florida.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Fruit_and_Nuts

California Backyard Orchard - Includes gardening calendars, general orchard preparation and maintenance tips, specific fruit species information, and glossary.
http://homeorchard.ucdavis.edu/

Currants and Gooseberries in the Home Garden - Article on cultivating white, red and black currants and gooseberries in the demanding Minnesota environment.
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture/DG1122.html

Cherimoya - Cultivation and nutrient information about this subtropical fruit.
http://www2t.biglobe.ne.jp/~cherimo/emidasi.htm

Southwestern Michigan Fruit Information - Information for the commercial grower which is of use to the home grower as well. Cultivation hints, pest information. Michigan State University, Van Buren County Extension.
http://www.canr.msu.edu/vanburen/vbfruit.htm

California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc. - Membership information, seed bank, book reviews, local chapter information, plant descriptions, member nurseries and fruit sources.
http://www.crfg.org/

Rarefruit - Rare Fruit News Online - Homepage of an e-newsletter covering rare, primarily tropical and sub-tropical, home fruit cultivation. Subscription information and back issues archive.
http://www.rarefruit.com/

Kiwifruit - Information on fuzzy kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa), culture, and cultivars. Photographs of some cultivars.
http://searchenginez.com/kiwifruit/

Persimmonpudding.com - Dedicated to Diospyros virginiana, the American persimmon: information about growing, botany, natural history, and culinary uses, with listing of sources for fruit pulp and trees.
http://www.persimmonpudding.com

Suite 101: Fruit Garden - Green guide to the selection, culture, and uses of fruits.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/fruit_garden

Minor Small Fruit Crops for New Mexico Gardens - Extension publication covering tayberry, currants and gooseberries, elderberries and Nanking cherries.
http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_h/h-326.html