GRAFTING AND BUDDING OF FRUIT TREES

By Robert A. Purvis, Department of Horticulture/LA, WSU, Pullman WA 99164-6414   Purpose of class: To describe the principles and practice of grafting and budding of fruit trees and to have the student practice the techniques of so doing.   Definition and Purpose of Grafting   Grafting is defined as the art of connecting two…

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APPLE NOTES FROM PRAIRIE CANADA

The Canadian prairie provinces have been the source of many of the most successful apple varieties in Alaska (for example, Norland, Parkland, Rescue, and Westland). Apple Notes, edited by Roger Vick, is a quarterly publication by the University of Alberta Devonian Botanic Garden dedicated to apple growing in the cold, windy, dry Canadian prairie. It…

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BOOK REVIEW -Growing Apples in the North

BOOK REVIEW   Up until a few years ago, there was not much published literature on apple growing that dealt specifically with the problems we face in Alaska. La Culture de la Pomme dans le Nord (Growing Apples in the North, 271 pages), published in 1992 by Eddy R. Dugas, is just the book we…

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ANTIQUE COLD-HARDY APPLE VARIETIES IN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND

by Dwight Bradley   The northern counties of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine have long been a proving ground for hardy apples. The growing season is about the same as in Anchorage (late May to early September), and the winters are about as cold (record low temperatures for most towns are -40° to -50°F). For…

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NOTES FROM RECENT MEETINGS 1994

    Our January Meeting featured Susan Adams, who showed a video on her efforts to promote a wild blueberry industry near Aniak in southwestern Alaska. The project was funded by the Alaska Science and Technology Foundation. Susan brought in a blueberry specialist from the University of Maine, David Yarborough, as a consultant. Yarborough has…

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