Fruits

Lewis County farmers grow a wide variety of fruit  (see the Local Foods pages of this site).

Cornell Guide to Growing Fruit at Home

Educational Resources for Small Fruit Growers

Blueberries:

• Home Garden Blueberries
• Organic Blueberry Production

Bramble Production, Management and Marketing (Raspberries and Blackberries)

Currants and Gooseberries

• Currants and Gooseberries fact sheet
• More In-Depth Information

Elderberries

• Elderberry fact sheet
• More In-Depth Information

Grapes:

• Grape Production
• Organic Grape Production
• Economics and Marketing for Cold Hardy Grapes

Strawberry Production:

• Home Garden Production
• More In-Depth Production Information
• Organic Strawberry Production
• Season-Long Strawberry Production with Everbearers for Northeastern Producers

Tree Fruit Production (Apple, Cherry, Pear, Peach, etc.)

Other Minor Fruits

Grafting and Budding:

• All Fruit Tree Varieties (PSU Extension)
• Apple and Pear Trees
• Budding/Grafting Fruit Trees

New York State Berry Growers Association

Northern Nut Growers Association

Crop Problems

Pests & their Management

2018 Cornell Pest Management for Berry Crops

2018 Pest Management Guidelines for Grapes (Cornell U./Penn State U.)

2013 Pest Management Guidelines for Tree Fruit (CCE)

Spotted Wing Drosophilia

Diseases & their Management

• Berry Diagnostic Tool (Cornell U.)
• Fruit Disease Fact Sheets (Cornell U. and others)
• Cornell Tree Fruit Pathology Home Page
• Cornell Grape Pathology Home Page

Strawberry Diseases

• Angular Leaf Spot (Cornell U.)
• Angular Leaf Spot - Poster (Cornell U.)
• Cyclamen Mites
• Leaf Blight - Poster (Cornell U.)
• Leaf Scorch (Cornell U.)
• Leaf Scorch - Poster (Cornell U.)
• Leaf Spot (Cornell U.)
• Leaf Spot - Poster (Cornell U.)
• Leather Rot (Cornell U.)
• Powdery Mildew - Poster (Cornell U.)
• Red Stele (Cornell U.)
• Strawberry Anthracnose (Cornell U.)
• Tarnished Plant Bug (U. Guelph)

Last updated January 23, 2024