Grow What You Eat
EFB 496/796
Tuesday/Thursday - 12:30 p.m. to 1:50 p.m., Illick Hall 530
Friday - 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Illick Hall 530
Instructor: Terry Ettinger, Greenhouse Manager
Office: 529 Illick Hall
Phone: 315-470-6772
Mobile: 315-471-5854
Course Content - Tree Fruit
As mentioned on the Course Content Introduction page, "Assigned readings," "assigned video lectures" and "assigned web resources" are the key content for this course and information within these assignments will be used in the development of assessment tools - i.e., quizzes, exams, etc.
Also note that the first link under each "Assigned Video Lectures" heading is to the original Prezi content. If you'd like to learn more about how I've created the video lectures you'll be watching (hopefully) throughout the semester, I've actually recorded a video about the process I use for recording videos the you can watch by clicking here!
"Supplemental" readings, web resources, and video content can be helpful in providing additional context to the assigned materials. It's likely that over the course of the semester additional supplemental resources will be added to this page, so plan to check back frequently.
And, if you come across a resource you believe would be a helpful addition to this content page, please do share it with me.
"2017 Cornell Integrated Crop and Pest Management Guidelines for Commercial Tree Fruit Production"
"The Apple Collection in Geneva, New York: A Resource for The Apple Industry Today and for Generations to Come" (link)
Appearing in the Spring 2008 volume of the New York Fruit Quarterly, this article offers a very quick overview of how the heart of apple genetics was created at the New York State Agriculture Experiment Station through a series of seven trips to Central Asia between 1989 and 1999. For many years into the future, almost every new apple introduction will owe part of its heritage to this decade-long effort!
Comming soon.
Assigned Online Resources:
"Cornell Guide to Growing Fruit at Home" (link)
Site Selection through Planting - pages 14-21
Cultivar selection, rootstocks, nursery stock selection, planting, and fertilization.
Pruning - pages 21-36
Overview, training young trees, pruning bearing trees, renovating old trees.
Fruit Thinning - pages 36-37
Pest Management - pages 37-41
Diseases and insects.
Harvest - page 42
"Fruit Production for the Home Gardener" (link)
Apples and Pears - pages 51-78
Peaches, Nectarines, Plums, Apricots, and Cherries - pages 85-96
"Apple Tree Propagation at Cummins Nursery"
This series of "Garden Journeys" episodes were originally broadcast on Time Warner Cable News systems throughout the northeastern US in late summer of 2013. They walk you through the process of how apple trees are propagated by means of budding and grafting. Click
here to go to the Cummins Nursery website.
"Video 1 - Rootstock Stool Beds" (1:44 minutes)
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"Video 2 - Budwood Tree" (1:58 minutes)
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"Video 3 - Chip Budding" (1:48 minutes)
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"Video 4 - Budded Trees in the Field" (1:43 minutes)
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"Video 5 - Budded Apple Cold Storage" (1:39 minutes)
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"Video 6 - Whip and Tongue Grafting" (1:35 minutes)
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"Video 7 - `Pristine' Dwarf Apple Tree" (1:44 minutes)
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Coming soon.
Supplemental Online Resources:
"A Grower's Guide to Organic Apples" (link)
"Orange Pippin" Website
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This website features descriptions of more than 600 apple varieties and lists more than 2,000 apple orchards. It is also beginning to add information on crabapples, pears, plums, and cherries.
"The World of Apples: A Tour of The USDA Apple Collection" (link)
This article does an excellent job of describing the second largest collection of apple species in the world. It's located at the New York State Agriculture Experiment Station in Geneva, New York.
Supplemental Video Content:
Coming soon.