Understanding the winter cold ("chilling") requirement for deciduous fruit trees and how to apply it can be confusing. Essentially it's very simple: most deciduous fruit trees require some amount of winter cold to bloom and fruit normally - and some need more than others. But the calculation of chilling and determination of each variety's chilling requirement is not so simple. Our new paper describes some of the issues involved.
If you are thinking of planting fruit trees, here are some reasons why you should and where to begin on our website.
...a prolonged harvest of tree-ripe fruit from a small space in the yard... accomplished by planting an assortment of fruit trees close together and keeping them small by summer pruning.
Trees well-chosen will be easiest to grow and give superior fruit - at your preferred harvest times.
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"A Family Organized to Improve Fruit Worldwide", the Zaigers have brought the world a fantastic array of fresh market stone fruits including Pluot® and Aprium® interspecifics.
Brief Views are a quick way to scan the catalog for stone fruit varieties of interest based on key characteristics, chilling requirement, and harvest date.
The value of adequate land preparation will be realized soon after planting and for the life of your orchard. The timing and sequence of steps are of critical importance--
Bloom, tree, crop, harvest and cultural descriptors for DWN commercial almond varieties. Relative pest and disease tolerances for DWN almond rootstocks.
