About Apricots
   Information about the fruit and growing it in Australia.
   http://www.sardi.sa.gov.au/pages/horticulture/apricot/hort_apri_about.htm

Apple Cultivars for Wisconsin
   University of Wisconsin recommended cultivars, including a list of disease-resistant strains.
   http://www.hort.wisc.edu/cran/Hort375/a2105/a2105.htm

Apples and More
   Links to various apple related items, and lists of apple related facts, compiled by the University of Illinois extension.
   http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/apples/index.html

Arizona Master Gardener Manual: Fruit Trees
   General information on home growing fruit trees in Arizona. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension.
   http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/fruit/

Ask the Berry Man
   Features cultivation guides, recipes, climate chart, and links
   http://asktheberryman.com/

Berries in Ontario
   Information for both the commercial and home grower. Cultivation practices, cultivar recommendations. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
   http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/crops/hort/berry.html#currants

Brevard Rare Fruit Council
   A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the propagation and distribution of new species. Meetings, membership, fruit species profiles, and recipes.
   http://www.brevardrarefruit.org

CRFG- West Los Angeles Chapter
   Official homepage of California Rare Fruit Growers, West Los Angeles Chapter. Newsletter, schedule of events and links.
   http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/California-rare-fruit-growers-west-los-angeles.html

California Backyard Orchard
   Includes gardening calendars, general orchard preparation and maintenance tips, specific fruit species information, and glossary.
   http://homeorchard.ucdavis.edu/

California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc.
   Membership information, seed bank, book reviews, local chapter information, plant descriptions, member nurseries and fruit sources.
   http://www.crfg.org/

California Rare Fruit Growers, San Diego Chapter
   Articles, activities, links, newsletters, photographs, etc.
   http://www.crfgsandiego.org

Cape Trib Exotic Fruit Farm: Tropical Fruit
   Provides a list of more than 60 different exotic fruit, and each is linked to another page providing detail on how to recognise each fruit, grow them, eat them, and some recipes
   http://www.capetrib.com.au/freshfruit.htm

Cherimoya
   Cultivation and nutrient information about the fruit.
   http://www2t.biglobe.ne.jp/~cherimo/emidasi.htm

Citrus in the Garden
   Factsheet that describes types of citrus trees and cultivation information.
   http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/gr-varieties/h217.htm

Cornell Minor Fruits
   Information about gooseberries, currants, juneberries, elderberries, persimmons, hardy kiwifruit, pawpaws, mulberries, quinces, high bush cranberries, Cornelian cherries, and buffaloberries.
   http://www.hort.cornell.edu/extension/commercial/fruit/mfruit/index.html

Currants and Gooseberries
   Extensive factsheet on the cultivation of the fruits from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
   http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/crops/facts/98-095.htm

Currants and Gooseberries in the Home Garden
   Article on cultivating white, red and black currants and gooseberries in the demanding Minnesota environment.
   http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture/DG1122.html

Durian OnLine
   Gives recipes, links, photos, information, art, news, articles, nutrition, cultivation, market, books, and statistics.
   http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/%7edurian/

Durian Palace
   Description of the legendary Asian fruit, botany, cultivation, selecting, eating, festivals, news, links, message board, classifieds and photogallery.
   http://www.durianpalace.com

Eastern Chapter of the Ontario Nut Growers
   Information of the chapter plus a detailed cultivation manual and list of nut tree sources.
   http://www.ecsong.ca/

Edible Landscaping & Gardening
   Index of edible perennial plants, both common and uncommon, including fruits, nuts, vegetables and herbs.
   http://www.efn.org/~bsharvy/edible.html

European Collection of Minor Fruit Trees
   Associated with the University of Florence, this European Union project collects varieties of minor fruits cultivated around the Mediterranean. Holdings include cornelian cherry, figs, loquat, medlar, pomegranate, sorbus, strawberry tree. Description of p
   http://www.unifi.it/project/ueresgen29/

Florida Subtropical and Tropical Fruit Crops
   Factsheets from the University of Florida extension on a cultivation of a variety of fruits and nuts in Florida.
   http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Fruit_and_Nuts

Frank's Strawberry Patch
   Description of the benefits of growing strawberries in raised beds protected by thick plastic. Specific directions and photographs of crop.
   http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/1444/berry-b.htm

Fruit Tree Tips
   Eleven tips for growing fruit trees including pollination, pruning and harvesting from an Oregon nurseryman.
   http://www.rodsgarden.50megs.com/fruittips.htm

Fruit for the Home
   Backyardgardener.com's tips on home fruit growing. Species covered include apple, pear, peach/apricot/nectarine, cherries, plums, currants, brambles and strawberries.
   http://www.backyardgardener.com/plants/gfruittree.html

Fruits of Warm Climates
   List and description of lesser-known fruits that grow in warmer climates.
   http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/

Gooseberries
   Information about aspects of gooseberry cultivation (botanical and horticultural) and a variety list.
   http://users.tijd.com/~tdn12074/

GrapeSeek.com
   A directory of selected grape growing and wines sites. Gives information on table grape varieties.
   http://www.grapeseek.com/

Grow Fruit and Nuts in the Suburbs and Homesteads
   Index of fruit species with descriptions and links.
   http://www.naturalhub.com/indices_fruit_and_nut.htm

Grow Fruits and Nuts in Temperate Areas
   Cultivation summaries for fruit and nut bearing plants from the common to the exotic.
   http://www.naturalhub.com/grow_fruit_and_nuts_in_temperate_areas.htm

Growing PawPaws (Purdue University)
   Cultivation hints and list of sources. PDF file. [PDF]
   http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/HO-220.pdf

Growing Peaches and Nectarines in the Home Landscape
   Factsheet from Ohio State University.
   http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1406.html

Guide to Growing Fruit
   Introduction to growing a variety fruit trees and other plants.
   http://www.powen.freeserve.co.uk/fruit/Fruitintro.htm

Home Citrus Growers
   Information on growing citrus in the UK. Includes varieties, plant sources, and cultural advice.
   http://www.saalfelds.freeserve.co.uk/HobbyCitrusGrowers.htm

Home Orchard Society
   Oregon-based organization promoting the growing of fruit at home. Membership information, excerpts from the organization's journal and links to other fruit-interest sites.
   http://www.homeorchardsociety.org/

Jeannie and Berry's Native Plants Page: Pawpaws, Persimmons and Elderberries
   Information from self-reliant Kentuckians about using native edibles, particularly pawpaws, persimmons, elderberries and mayapples. Recipes and cultivation hints.
   http://members.aol.com/blaneky/

Kentucky State University Pawpaw Research Project
   Information on buying and growing pawpaw trees (Asimina triloba), nutritional content of pawpaw fruit, recipes using pawpaws, research and the Pawpaw Foundation, bibliography of pawpaw articles, photos of pawpaw trees and fruit.
   http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/

Kiwifruit
   Information on fuzzy kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa), culture, and cultivars. Photographs of some cultivars.
   http://searchenginez.com/kiwifruit/

Louisiana Fruit Tree Growing Guide
   Information on growing fruits and berries in Louisiana, including cultivar recommendations. Presented by the Louisiana Nursery and Landscape Association and Bracy's Nursery.
   http://www.lnla.org/fruitguide.html

Mark Reiger's Fruit Crops Home Page
   Information on major and minor fruit and nut crops from a University of Georgia horticulture professor. Provides a botanical description, historical information, photographs, cultural notes and nutritional information.
   http://www.uga.edu/fruit/

MidFEx (Midwest Fruit Explorers)
   A Northern-Illinois based group of backyard fruitgrowers. List of recommended cultivars for the Chicagoland area and information on grafting fruit trees and growing paw paws (Asimina triloba).
   http://www.midfex.org/

Minnesota Home Fruitgrowing Materials
   Newsletters, factsheets and other information from the University of Minnesota cooperative extension.
   http://www.extension.umn.edu/listing_source.html?topic=6&subcat=40

Minor Small Fruit Crops for New Mexico Gardens
   Extension publication covering tayberry, currants and gooseberries, elderberries and Nanking cherries.
   http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_h/h-326.html

Missouri Apple Varieties and Their Uses
   Recommended varieties for the Missouri climate, including a table of disease resistance and pros and cons of each variety.
   http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/agguides/hort/g06022.htm

Nafex Fig Page
   Includes the history of fig growing, varieties, and cultivation information.
   http://www.nafex.org/fig.html

National Clonal Germplasm Repository, Corvallis - Temperate Fruit Genebank
   Information on holdings, scans of antique prints and watercolors of fruit and plants.
   http://www.ars-grin.gov/ars/PacWest/Corvallis/ncgr/

Nebraska Horticulture
   Online publications of the University of Nebraska cooperative extension targeted at homegrowers. Articles on strawberries, brambles and fruit trees including Nebraska-specific cultivar recommendations.
   http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/horticulture/index.htm#fruits

North American Fruit Explorers
   An organization of amateur growers of fruits and nuts. Description of organization and membership information, links to local and plant-specific interest groups, list of nurserymen.
   http://www.nafex.org/

North Carolina Home Fruit Growing
   A series of leaflets from the North Carolina extension service, in HTML and PDF format. Apple, bramble, muscadine grape, blueberry and strawberry cultivation and cultivar recommendations.
   http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hfruitnew.html

North Dakota Fruitgrowing
   Answers to commonly asked questions about growing apples, grapes, brambles and strawberries in North Dakota. North Dakota State University Extension.
   http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extnews/askext/fruits.htm

Northumberland Berry Works
   Hobbyist's experimental planting of various gooseberry and black, red and white currants in central Pennsylvania. Cultivar recommendations, recipes, new cultivation practices.
   http://www.currants.com/

Ohioline Fruit
   A list of online articles from the Ohio State University Extension Service which are of interest to the temperate home fruitgrower generally and Ohioans in particular.
   http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ohioline/lines/fruit.html

Oklahoma Fruit and Nuts
   Leaflets on cultivation of fruits and nuts, for both the commercial and home grower.
   http://osuextra.okstate.edu/topical/crops/fruitnuts.shtml

Peaches and Nectarines
   Information on growing peach and nectarine trees from the University of Georgia.
   http://www.ces.uga.edu/pubcd/c741-w.html

Pennsylvania Back Yard Fruit Growers
   A Pennsylvania based group of amateur growers. Cultivar recommendations and photographs, photographs of espaliered fruit trees, bibliography.
   http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dailey/byfg.html

Pennsylvania Small Scale Fruit Production
   A number of tree fruit and other resources from the Penn State University Horticulture Department. Tree pruning illustrated, tree fruit fact sheets for the small-scale and backyard grower.
   http://ssfruit.cas.psu.edu/

Pineapple News and Information
   Features information on growing pineapples at home, pineapple cultivation in Hawaii, and links.
   http://agrss.sherman.hawaii.edu/pineapple/pineappl.htm

Planning a Subtropic Fruit Garden
   Notes by Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery on planning a home fruit garden in subtropical areas. Oriented to Australia, universally applicable in the subtropics.
   http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/

Pollination Home Page, The
   Pollination management information for both home and professional fruit and vegetable growers, gardeners, beekeepers and others involved in pollination.
   http://www.pollinator.com/

Pomology
   Information and pictures of a large number of apple, pear, peach, cherry and strawberry cultivars. Site in French and English, with some materials French only. Frames.
   http://www.pomologie.com/

Pruning Persimmons
   Instructions from New Zealand on pruning the Asian persimmon tree (Diospyros kaki) to produce high quality fruit.
   http://www.hortnet.co.nz/publications/science/pers13.htm

Quince Growing
   Factsheet discussing cultivation, varieties, diseases, and harvesting of quinces.
   http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/deciduous-fruits/h413.htm

Rare Fruit Society of South Australia
   An amateur organization of fruit tree growers who preserve heritage varieties, explore climate limitations and study propagation, pruning and grafting techniques. Announcements, meeting and membership details, photogallery and links. Some areas members on
   http://www.rarefruit-sa.org.au/

Rarefruit - Rare Fruit News Online
   Homepage of an e-newsletter covering rare, primarily tropical and sub-tropical, home fruit cultivation. Subscription information and back issues archive.
   http://www.rarefruit.com/

Reliable Raspberries
   Pruning, trellising, and fertilizing tips. Recommends everbearing varities in raised beds. From Kitchen Gardener magazine.
   http://www.taunton.com/finegardening/pages/g00061.asp

Saskatoon (Juneberry)
   A fact sheet on the cultivation and care of the saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia) from the Alberta, Canada extension service.
   http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/agdex/200/3802001.html

Small Fruit Crops for the Backyard
   Information for gardeners from the University of Illinois.
   http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/fruit/

Southwestern Michigan Fruit Information
   Information for the commercial grower which is of use to the home grower as well. Cultivation hints, pest information. Michigan State University, Van Buren County Extension.
   http://www.msue.msu.edu/vanburen/disthort.htm

Strawberries
   A guide to growing strawberries, strawberry farms, selection and care, history, recipes and festivals. University of Illinois Extension.
   http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/strawberries/

Suite 101: Fruit Garden
   Green guide to the selection, culture, and uses of fruits.
   http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/fruit_garden

Tampa Bay Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International
   Information on growing and enjoying tropical rare fruit and exotic nut trees.
   http://www.rarefruit.org/index.html

The Pits-The Rare Pit and Plant Council
   New York City group dedicated to growing seeds and tubers of edible plants found in local and ethnic markets. List of publications, contact information and copy of current newsletter with cultivation tips.
   http://the_pits_web.tripod.com/

The Virtual Orchard
   Directory of fruit production links and resources.
   http://www.virtualorchard.net/

Third Annual Ohio Pawpaw Festival
   An Albany, Ohio festival devoted to the pawpaw (Asimina triloba). Pawpaw cookoff, pawpaw contests, sanctioned atlatl throwing contest. Although festival is over, site still exists.
   http://www.ohiopawpaw.org/pawpawfest.html

Trees and Fruit in East Anglia
   An amateur gardener's account of growing apples, plums, pears, cherries and various nut trees. Time-of-ripeness schedule for apples, pears and plums.
   http://www.btinternet.com/~treesandfruit/

Tropical Fruit - Casimiroa, Black Persimmon and Mabola
   Unusual tropical fruits, including varieties, and recipes.
   http://www.proscitech.com.au/trop/c.htm

Tropical Fruit Database
   Uses, cultivation, and origin. Sorted by scientific and common names.
   http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/fruitscommon.htm

University of Kentucky Home Fruit Gardener Information
   Pest control leaflets and other cultivation information for Kentucky homegrowers.
   http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Horticulture/homefruit.html

Virginia Home Fruit Growing
   A variety of articles from the Virginia Tech cooperative extension relating to growing berry bushes and fruit trees.
   http://www.ext.vt.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Docs.woa/wa/getcat?cat=ir-fv-frh

West Virginia University's Kearneysville Tree Fruit Research and Education Center
   Research institution specializing in plant pathology and entomology of deciduous fruit trees. Includes photographs of fruit trees afflicted by numerous plagues.
   http://www.caf.wvu.edu/kearneysville/wvufarm1.html

Wye College National Fruit Collections
   The United Kingdom's national fruit collection. Listing of holdings, including appearance, blooming and ripeness times.
   http://www.nfc.u-net.com/