Jan 12, 2016Penn State releases new edition of Tree Fruit Production Guide
A new edition of the Penn State Tree Fruit Production Guide is now available from Penn State Extension.
The production guide is revised every two years with input from Penn State faculty members, extension specialists and other consultants. The nearly 400-page production guide provides commercial fruit growers, extension educators, consultants, and others with information on fruit culture, orchard nutrition, spraying, pesticides, storage of tree fruit crops, marketing, and management of weeds, insects, diseases and more.
New for the 2016-17 edition is a color section featuring images of select diseases and insect pests.
The price for the paper book version is $35; a PDF computer file version is $15. The price for the book and the PDF is $45. Call toll free 877-345-0691 to order.
More information about the guide and tree fruit production is available on the Penn State Tree Fruit Production website.
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