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Notes and News - Home Gardens
Latest product and growing information plus what's happening at DWN.
Insufficient chilling last winter significantly reduced some California deciduous fruit tree crops, Northern California cherry growers and Southern California home growers being among those affected. This winter, as of January 10th, due to unusually warm temperatures until about Christmas, accumulated fruit tree chilling for most California locations was
The Variety Finder now includes DWN's 34 kinds of multiple-budded fruit trees: combinations from cold hardy to low-chill to "fruit salad". Use the Variety Finder to locate retail nursery sources for each multi-bud combination.
Updated to include the 2013 and 2014 fruit tastings, this edition of the Fruit Tasting Report also features a new best-of-the-best screen: Consistently High-Scoring Varieties. These are the 48 fruit varieties that have made Overall Scores
As deciduous fruit and nut growers know, adequate winter cold for the varieties planted is essential for strong bloom and satisfactory fruit set. This winter...
Recent additions and updates: Home Fruit Growing Questions & Answers (new), Greenhouse Fruit Growing (new), Variety Finder (updated for 2013-2014).
Tom Spellman conducts the first summer pruning of 2013 in the new DWN Backyard Orchard Culture demo planting, showing home growers how to get it done by keeping it simple.
NEW VIDEO: Tom Spellman demonstrates winter detail pruning in DWN's two-year-old backyard orchard style planting.
The new Quick Screens allow home growers to narrow the 300+ home garden fruit varieties to select lists for further study. Users select a harvest date range plus chilling requirement and hardiness zone parameters.
From parent stock long in development, the peach/nectarine and cherry gene pools are now joining plum and apricot (of Pluot® and Aprium® fame) to accelerate the breeding of new stone fruits.
At Dave Wilson Nursery blind fruit tastings in the past two years, six varieties qualified as new "Taste Test Winners".
