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Additional Reading
Material
The following publications provide
information on every aspect of growing, harvesting and storing Nova Scotia
apples, as well as selected information on other fruit crops. Most publications
listed here were published by the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and
Marketing and/or Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Kentville, Nova Scotia.
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Newsletters
• NSFGA
Apple News
• Variety Notes
• Storage Notes
Spray Schedules
•
Orchard Management Schedule
• Orchard Management Schedule Update
• Plum
Spray Schedule
• Sweet Cherry Spray Program
• Peach Spray
Program
Pesticide Info and Application
• Compatibility Chart
• Tree Row Volume
• Pesticide Container
Recycling Program
• Toxicity of Fungicides
• Classification and History of
Fungicides
• Comparative Health Hazards of Pesticides
• Days to harvest
for tree fruit pesticides
• Pesticide Safety
Orchard Management
• The
Tree Fruit Industry in Nova Scotia
• Soil Physical Requirements for
Apples
• Preparing for the New Orchard
• Planting and Care of the Young
Orchard
• Pruning and Training the Apple Orchard
• Stocks for Apples
•
155 System
• Guide to Pollination and Space Requirements of
Apple Trees
• Spur-Type
Apple Trees
• Fitting Spur-Type McIntosh into the New Orchard
Design
• Specialized Juice Apple Production
• Bee Pollinators of Apple
and Lowbush Blueberry in Nova Scotia
Fertility and Nutrients
• Orchard Fertility
• Nutrient Sprays
• Control of Bitter Pit and
other Calcium-Deficiency Disorders
• Atlantic Soils Need Lime
• Calcium
Guidelines
Thinning and Growth Regulators
• Thinners and Growth Regulators for Fruit Trees
• Ethrel on Apples
Varieties and Strains
• Apple Cultivars
• Jonagold Fact Sheet
•
Novaspy Fact Sheet
• Honeycrisp Fact Sheet
• Idared - What we know about
Idared
• Plum Varieties and Recommendations for the Annapolis Valley
•
Recommended Apple Varieties for Nova Scotia
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Harvest and Post-Harvest
• Apple Harvesting
• Refrigerated Storage for Apples and Pears
•
Physiological Disorders and Storage Rots of Stored Apples
• Information for
Apple Pickers
• Recommended Storage Conditions for Nova Scotia
Apples
Insects and Mites
•
European Red Mite
• The Codling Moth
• Pest Management Suggestions for
Codling Moth
• The Winter Moth
• The Eyespotted Budmoth
• Rosy Apple
Aphid
• Mirid Pests
• Predatory Mirids
• The Apple Maggot
• Pest
Management Suggestions for Apple Maggot
• Tarnished Plant Bug
• The
Whitemarked Tussock Moth
Diseases
• European
Canker of Apples
• Soil Fumigation
Weeds
• Guide to
Chemical Weed Control Pest Management Photo ID Sheets
• Pages 1 to
12
Orchard Pest Management Fact
Sheets
• Pests
•
Beneficials
• Diseases
• Control of Orchard Mice
IPM Information and Guides
• Modified Spray Program (T. pyri)
• Nova Scotia Growers Co-operate
With Nature
Farm Business Management
• Tree Fruit Farm
Management Analysis Project (FMAP)
Occupational Health and Safety
• Pesticide Safety Handbook - First Aid
• Farmers - Know Your
Responsibilities for OHS
Other
• Coping with
Deer
• Organic Apple Production Guide for Nova Scotia
• Schedule of
Analytical Services
• Collecting Soil and Leaf Samples
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