Tulare County

Deciduous Fruit Program

Calendar of Events

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Newsletters/Publications

• Orchard Notes - 4-6 issues per year; primarily stone fruit production and culture, some coverage of apples, pears, cherries, apricots, kiwifruit, persimmons and pomegranates

• UC Pest Management Guidelines (UC Statewide IPM Project Web Site)
• Apples
• Apricots
• Cherries
• Figs
• Kiwifruit
• Nectarines
• Peaches
• Pears
• Plums
 
• UC Cost and Return Studies (UC Agricultural & Resource Economics Department)
• Sample Costs to Establish a Nectarine Orchard and Produce Nectarines
• Fresh Market July/August Harvested Varieties, Southern San Joaquin Valley. 2004. (PDF version)
• Sample Costs to Establish a Peach Orchard and Produce Peaches
  Fresh Market July/August Harvested Varieties, Southern San Joaquin Valley. 2004. (PDF version)
• Sample Costs to Establish a Cling Peach Orchard and Produce Cling Peaches
  Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, Late Harvested. 2003. (PDF version)
• Sample Costs to Establish a Cling Peach Orchard and Produce Cling Peaches
  Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, Extra-Early Harvested. 2004. (PDF version)
• Sample Costs to Establish a Plum Orchard and Produce Plums.
  Fresh Market, Southern San Joaquin Valley. 2004. (PDF version)

• Day, Kevin R., R. Scott Johnson.2000. Keeping Trees Short - Is It Economical?  Paper presented at the University of California Winter Tree Fruit Meeting, December 6, 2000.
• Day, Kevin R. 1998. Peach and Nectarine Cork Spot: A Review of the 1998 Season. Paper presented

at the University of California Winter Tree Fruit Meeting, November 30, 1998.
• 1999 CTFA Research Reports
• Plum Nutrition Studies (PDF version)
• Tree Height and Volumen Studies for Fresh-Shipping Stone Fruits (PDF version)

Links

• UC Fruit & Nut Research and Information Center Home Page
• UC Postharvest Outreach Program Home Page
• UC Kearney Ag Center Postharvest Page
• Chilling Hours Accumulation