Crawford County Home & Garden
Fruit Tree information
Have you ever been disappointed by the quality of produce found at your local
supermarket? If this describes you, and assuming you have a sunny location, you
can produce your own fruit!
Raising fruits is no more difficult than any other kind of gardening, but
since the plants are perennial, you need to pay attention to details. Failure to
prune a tree or control a pest this can affect future crops as well as this
year's.
Fruit crops require planning. You should decide what varieties to plant
before purchasing trees and you need to decide how you will train them. It's
important to stick with your plan. Failure to follow through with proper
training will do the same thing to fruit as it does with children, create
spoiled, unruly brats! To this end, the Cooperative Extension Service offers
several fact sheets on growing fruits. Several of these are available from this
site.
Here are some fact sheets for some popular fruits:
If you already have a fruit tree that is overgrown, Ed Laivo of Dave Wilson
Nursery has some excellent advice for reducing a tree's size.
For those of you interested in more exotic fruits, visit the
North American
Fruit Explorers. Their site has information on unusual fruit.
While it's true raising fruit requires more work than some garden plants, you
will be rewarded for your efforts with tasty fresh fruit. For more information
about these or any other fruits, call or stop by the Crawford County
Cooperative Extension Service Office at 105 Pointer Trail West, Van Buren. (479)
474-5286.
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