HORTICULTURE
Useful MSU Publications for Home Fruit
B. Shane & M. Longstroth Michigan State University Extension
Michigan State University Extension
bulletins and fact sheets are available from county MSU Extension offices and the MSU
Bulletin Office, 10-B Agriculture Hall, MSU, East Lansing, MI 48824-1039. You can
also order online with a credit card at http://web2.msue.msu.edu/bulletins/intro.cfm
You can also call 517-355-0240 for ordering information.
Michigan has a large commericial fruit
industry, so most of MSU’s fruit resources are focused on commercial growers.
Some of these resources are useful to backyard hobbists.
Books are marked with I-Introductory, B-Basic and T-Technical
Fruit Pest Management
Michigan Fruit Management Guide. (B) Michigan State University Extension Bulletin E-154, approximate cost is $19. Obtain from the local Extension office. This annually updated bulletin is the most widely used bulletin for commercial fruit growers in Michigan. It includes basic pesticide information and pesticide recommendations for major fruit crops grown in Michigan. Unless you have a large planting buying commericial quanities of pesticides for home use makes little sense since the homeowner does not use lare quaniites of pesticides and has no way to store them from year to year.
I recommend the two books below to all home fruit growers.
Common Tree Fruit Pests (B) by Angus H. Howitt. 1993. North Central Regional Extension Publication NCR-063. Michigan State University Extension. 252 pages. $10 soft cover, A Comprehensive review of the fruit insect pests of the Eastern U.S. This is an excellent resource for the interested amateur as well as the professional, Short descriptions and good pictures. I recommend this book to all that are interested in controlling insects in their fruit planting
Diseases of Tree Fruits in the East (I) 1996. by A. Jones and T. Sutton. North Central Regional Extension Publication NCR045, Michigan State University Bulletin Office, 10-B Agriculture Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824. $10.00, 95 pages. May be available in some county Extension offices. This is an excellent resource for the interested amateur as well as the professional, Good pictures. softcover book.
Fruit Crop Ecology and Management. (B) 2003. J. Landis, editor. Michigan State University Extension, Bulletin E-2759, $16, 74-page, Introduction to the ecological aspects of fruit production. E-2759 is available as a PDF file from the MSUE Bulletin Website.
Deer Barriers …fencing, repellents, dogs restraint systems, scare devices, 1998. D.D. Buskirk, G.R. Dudderar, H.D. Ritchie. Michigan State University Extension Bulletin E-2672, $0.50, 6 pages
A Guide to Identifying Plant Disease Symptoms (I) by C. Stephens, A. Hartung, P. Hart and M. Mispagel. Michigan State University Extension, Bulletin E-1592. Pictures and descriptions of terms used to describe plant disease symptoms for use in submitting diagnostic samples for identification. E-2419 is also available as a PDF file at the MSUE Bulletin website.
Pest Management Newsletters
Fruit CAT Alert is published weekly from April to August. Write for information on subscription: CAT Alerts, Room 11, Agricultural Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1039, approximate cost $25.00. An online version of the newsletter is available. http://www.ipm.msu.edu/fruitCAT.htm
The Fruit Growers News published monthly, by Great Lakes Publishing, Inc., 343 S. Union, Sparta, MI 49345. $11/year. This is the business newspaper for the eastern fruit industry. http://www.fruitgrowernews.com
Fruit Nutrition and Fertilization
Fertilizing Fruit Crops by E. Hanson. (B) 1996. Michigan State University Extension Bulletin E-852, 19 pages.
Plant Tissue Analysis for Determining Fertilizer Needs of Michigan Fruit Crops.(B) 1994. By E. Hanson and J. Hull. Michigan State University Extension Bulletin E-2489, 2 pages. This bulletin gives methods for sampling foliage for nutrient status. E-2489 is available as a PDF File from the MSUE Bulletin website.
N-P-K Fertilizers (B) 1996. M.L. Vitosh. Michigan State University Extension Bulletin E-852, 6 pages.
Tree Training
Pruning Bearing Fruit Trees in the Home Orchard 1985. (I) MSU Hort Department staff miscellaneous fact sheet, 4 pages.
Renovating Old, Abandoned Apple Trees 1986, (I, OOP) C. D. Kesner and K. L. Lamkin, Michigan State University Extension Bulletin E-1941, 4 pages.
Fruit IPM Pocket Scoting Guides
A pocket guide for IPM scouting in Michigan apples. (B) 2004. D. Epstein, L.J. Gut and G.W. Sundin, editors. Michigan State University Extension, Bulletin E-2720, $14, 74-page
A pocket guide for IPM scouting in stone fruit. (B) 2002. D. Epstein, L.J. Gut, A.L. Jones and K. Maxson-Stein, editors. Michigan State University Extension, Bulletin E-2840, $12, 83-page
A pocket guide for Grape IPM scouting in the North Central and Eastern U.S. (B) 2003. R. Isaacs, A. Schilder, T. Zabadal and T. Weigle, editors. Michigan State University Extension, Bulletin E-2889, $14, 110-page
A pocket guide for IPM scouting in the highbush blueberry. (B) 2004. A. Schilder, R. Isaacs, E. Hanson and B. Cline, editors. Michigan State University Extension, Bulletin E-2928, $14, 127-page
Grape Information is on the Grape Pages
see
the MSU Grape Website at http://www.grapes.msu.edu,
this site has many excellent resources many of which are not listed here.
Blueberry Information is on the Blueberry Page
Brambles, Raspberries and Blackberries
E-2030 - Growing Blackberries in Michigan (I, OOP) by E. Hanson and C.D. Kesner. 1987. 6 pages.
E-2197 - Growing Raspberries in Michigan(I, OOP) by Eric Hanson. 1989. 12 pages.
E-1730 - Raspberry Diseases in
Michigan(I) by Donald Ramsdell and Sandra Perry. 1994 4
pages.
Available as a PDF
file at MSUE Bulletin website.
E-2747 Unusual Fruit Plants for Gardens in the North Central Region (I) by E. Hanson and S. Berkheimer, 15 pages. Covers hardy kiwis, gooseberries, currants, pawpaws and thimbleberries. $2.25
E-856 Growing Currants and Gooseberries 1977. (I, OOP)
Strawberries
E-839 - Strawberry Varieties for Michigan1998. (B) Eric Hanson and Jim Hancock., 6 pages. $.65
E-1905 - Growing Strawberries in the Home Garden 1986. (I, OOP) G. Luckey and E. Hanson. Michigan State University Extension Bulletin E-1905, 6 pages.
E-1728 - Strawberry Diseases in Michigan S. Perry and D. Ramsdell. 4 pages also available as a PDF file at MSUE Bulletin Website.
Catalogues/Bulletin Sources
Michigan State University Bulletin
Office,
10-B Agriculture Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1039,
also online http://web2.msue.msu.edu/bulletins/intro.cfm
