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Tower Hill Botanic Garden The Apples of Maine - A Compilation of the History,
Physical, and Cultural Characteristics of all the Varieties of Apples
Known to Have Been Grown in the State of Maine, by George A. Stilphen
Apple Crop The Apple Doc - Scott Miller - Practical help for
the home orchardist. Cornell University: Grafting Lost Nation Orchard - Michael Phillips (author,
The Apple Grower)- Organic Orcharding North American Fruit Explorers (NAFEX) Penn State Agricultural Sciences : Small-Scale
Fruit Production — A Comprehensive Guide Planting: Calculate the spacing required for your
Apple trees Renovating Old, Abandoned Apple Trees And in case you need a new cider press... The Apple Pest Report and
other regional tree fruit newsletters are available online at following
addresses: Cider Cider Presses: Talisman Farm Cider runs the Cider Digest, an electronic
newsletter and forum about all things cider. Invaluable resource,
and the past issues are also archived for download. Well worth subscribing
to. Western Massachusetts family crafting hard ciders
using Golden Russets and Baldwins. New Hampshire cider crafters using traditional
English cider apple varieties. Friend of FEDCO Trees whose advice
and gifts of scionwood have guided our variety offerings. Unique Massachusetts orchard/brewery/winery/distillery/great
restaurant and friend. They offer many varieties of fruit, including
some English cider apples, as pick-your-own. Along with their wines
and cider, the new distillery line includes apple and pear brandies.
Washington State University site with good general
information on hard cider varieties, as well as an excellent chart
for heirloom and common American apple varieties and their traditional
English classifications (sweet, bittersweet, sharp, bittersharp).
THE UK hard cider site. Lots of links, guides to,
book suggestions, and all around excellent promotion. UK Campaign for Real Ale has a sub-group called
APPLE (the Apple and Pear Product Liaison Executive) to promote
cider and perry (hard pear cider). Directory of Native Plant
Resouces Pest Management at the University of Maine The Twenty-third Annual March Message (a compilation
and discussion of the state of the art in insect pest management
of apples) is available on the “New” UMass Fruit Advisor
National Park Service Integrated Pest Management
Manual Scaffolds Fruit Journal - IPM : Cornell University,
NY St Agricultural Experiment Station Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
U.S. Forest Service : New Woody Plant Seed Manual
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