All About Apples
About the science, production, and health benefits of apples.
Apple Trees
Instructions on choosing and growing these fruit trees with information on rootstocks, varieties, pollination, pruning and care.
Apple: Malus domestica
Information on this crop, its taxonomy, history, world production, botanical description, culture, harvesting and nutrition.
Apples, Pears and Other Pome Fruit
Information on these fruit including fertilizers, rootstocks, varieties, crab apples as pollinators, cider apples, and the pests, diseases and other disorders that affect them.
Cork Spot and Bitter Pit of Apples
Provides information on these physiological disorders that can affect apple quality and reduce visual appeal.
Crop Profiles for Apples in New England
General production information on this crop, the cultural practices involved in growing apples and specific directions for controlling the insect pests, diseases, nematodes and weeds that affect them. [PDF]
Devon Apples
An academic resource about apples and growing them in Devon, recording the many apple varieties of the region, a part of Devon's heritage.
Fruit Trees in our Orchard at Attiswil
Description of apples and other fruit trees in an orchard in Switzerland.
Growing Apples
Various information on this fruit crop including pruning, fireblight, controlling maggots, non-bearing trees, animal damage and storage.
Growing Apples in the Home Orchard
Article outlining what cultivars to choose, the size of trees, choosing a site, planting, pruning, fertilization and pest control.
Insect IPM in Apples: Kaolin Clay
Article discussing the spraying of apple trees with this harmless product to control and suppress attack by harmful insects.
Malus domestica
Information on the apple tree, its biology and morphology, distribution in the former USSR, ecology, utilization and economic value.
Okanagan Specialty Fruits
This Canadian agricultural biotechnology company is developing new commercial tree fruit varieties, including a non-browning apple that should be of interest to the fresh-cut market.
Plant Disease Control: Apple
Detailed information on about thirty diseases which can affect this crop and the control methods available.
Pruning Mature Apples and Pears
Article on how and when to prune these fruit trees.
UVM Apple Orchard
Extension and research for the commercial tree fruit grower in Vermont and beyond.
Zinc Deficiency in Apples
Information on the causes of this condition, the symptoms, prevention and treatment. [PDF]
