Tag: Fruit

The Vegetable Production Handbook of Florida: The Go-to-Guide for Vegetable Farmers

by joshuafr
August 26, 2016

The recently updated Vegetable Production Handbook of Florida (VPH) is the go-to-source of information on vegetable production. So you need to know how to control leafminers in sweet potato? It is in there! Maybe you have a problem with Cercospora ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Cucurbit, Educational Training, Fruit, Horticulture, Panhandle Agriculture, Publications, Strawberry, Sweet Corn, Tomato, Vegetable Production Handbook, Vegetables, Watermelon

Florida Deciduous Fruit and Nut Crop Acreage Estimates by County

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January 22, 2016

USDA Acreage Estimates of Deciduous Fruit and Nut Crops in Florida for 2002 and 2012 Peter C. Andersen and Kevin R. Athearn Every 10 years USDA conducts a survey by county of the acreage of agricultural commodities for each state. Data for ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Fruit, Horticulture, Panhandle Agriculture, Pecan

UF/IFAS Researchers Evaluating Flower Thrips Injury to Strawberries

by jef1
December 11, 2015

Iris Strzyzewski and Joe Funderburk, North Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida The U.S. supplies 29% of the total production of strawberries, making it the largest producer worldwide. Florida harvests about 10,000 acres ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Fruit, Horticulture, Insects, Panhandle Agriculture, Pest Management

New Peach Cultivar Trial at the North Florida Research and Education Center

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March 20, 2015

Prunus species require the accumulation of cold winter temperatures to allow for normal bud development and budbreak in the spring. Traditional temperate zone peach and nectarine cultivars require 800 to 1200 hours of cumulative hourly temperatures ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Fruit, Horticulture, Panhandle Agriculture, Peaches

Mechanical Pruning of Muscadine Grapevines

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October 17, 2014

Muscadine grapes (Vitis rotundifolia Michx.) subgenus Muscadinia are different from European and American bunch grapes (subgenus Euvitis) in chromosome number, vine and berry morphology, and juice characteristics. In contrast to Euvitis grapes, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Fruit, Horticulture, Muscadine, Panhandle Agriculture

Purple Sunset® Pomegranate

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June 17, 2014

Purple Sunset is a new ornamental cultivar of pomegranate, Punica granatum. Purple Sunset pomegranate is distinguished from fruiting pomegranate by a bushy, compact habit and numerous flowers followed by small, ornamental, purple-black fruit. Native ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Fruit, Fruit Trees, Garden, General Gardening, Ornamental Shrub, Ornamental Shrubs, Panhandle Gardening, Pomegranate

Oriental Persimmons Varieties for North Florida

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May 30, 2014

Oriental persimmon trees are suitable for small scale local production, or for the home gardener. Two species of persimmons are grown in the United States, the American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) and the Oriental persimmon (Diospyros kaki). ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Fruit, Horticulture, Oriental Persimmon, Panhandle Agriculture

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