Fruits And Vegetables

Author: Chuck Ingels, UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County.Edited by Christine Joshel, Center for Pest Management research & Extension and Mary Lou Flint, IPM Education & Publications, UC Davis.Publication Number 31-S81 (revised July 2003)As result of increasing environmental …

Author, Chuck Ingels, Farm Advisor, Sacramento CountyEdited by Judy McClure, Master Gardener Program CoordinatorPublication Number 31-S68 (Published October 2000)Fruit trees will normally begin to bear fruit between two and five years after planting, depending mainly on the species and method of training and…

Author: Chuck Ingels, Farms Advisor, Sacramento County.Edited by Judy McClure, Master Gardener Program Coordinator.Illustrated bY Walter Dong.Publication Number 31-S84 (Published April 2000)Most trees produce more fruit than they can support or develop…

Author: Cindy Fake, Horticulture and Small Farms Advisor, Placer and Nevada CountiesPublication Number 31-111 (published December 2004)A mandarin by any other name would taste as sweet, but what is it? In Japanese, mandarin is mikan; in India;…

By Kathryn MacRoberts, UC Master Gardeners of Placer CountyFrom The Curious Gardener, Winter 2013“One berry, two berry, pick me a blueberry. Hatberry, shoeberry, in my canoeberry. Under the bridge, and over the dam, looking for berries, berries for jam.” Would you like a Berryland? Who doesn’t love…

Cindy Fake, Horticulture and Small Farms Advisor, Nevada & Placer CountiesPublication Number 31-018C (March 2010)Table of ContentsEco-requirements for Citrus Production Site SelectionSoil ConditionsCertified Planting StockPreparing the Soil and Cover CroppingPlant Spacing & PlantingFrost/Freeze…

Jacqueline Champa, UC Master Gardeners of Placer County From The Curious Gardener, Fall 2010All summer you looked forward to your first, fresh-picked apple of the season. Picking a beautiful apple off the tree, the only imperfection is a slight red spot on the skin---somewhat like a blossoming…

By Elaine Applebaum, UC Master Gardeners of Placer County Q: I have a lot of nectarines on my tree this year but most have ugly brown and yellow scabby-looking scars on them. They’re also much smaller than the ones in the grocery store. Some of the leaves are curled and distorted, too. What am I…

Dr. Mary Lou Flint, Associate Director Statewide IPM, University of CaliforniaFrom The Curious Gardener, Winter 2011Winter slows down many garden pest problems, but it is also a key time for gardeners to take actions to prevent certain pest problems next spring. One of the most important of these…