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Fruit Resources

This resource page pairs with our VCE Small-Scale Fruit Webinar Series. Additional resources will be added as we build the series through the rest of 2025, thank you for your patience.

Fruit Basics Resources

  • Specialty Crop Grower: Peach Chill Hours Make or Break Growing Season
  • Virginia Cooperative Extension: 2025 Pest Management Guide – Home Grounds and Animals (Chapter 3 – Home Fruit

Pollination Resources

  • University of Missouri Extension: Pollinating Fruit Crops
  • University of California: Flower Anatomy
  • Michigan State University: Spring Freeze Damage Thresholds for Tree Fruit
  • Penn State Extension: Orchard Frost – Critical Temperatures
  • Cornell: Growth Stages in Fruit Trees
  • Penn State Extension: Pollination Requirements
  • Washington State University: Pollinizer Information
  • Virginia Cooperative Extension: Native Bees
  • North Carolina State University Extension: Blueberry Pollinators
  • Penn State Extension: Orchard Pollination – Wild Bees
  • Virginia Working Landscapes: Bumble Bees of Virginia

Blueberry Resources

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Stone Fruit Resources

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Gallery

Apple growing on a branch with distinct flower at bottom.
Pomegranate
Peach flowers blooming pink all over branches.
Peach Tree in Full Bloom
A cluster of oblong green fruit on a branch.
Paw-paw fruit
Fuzzy brown kiwi fruits dangle on red stems.
Hardy Kiwi
Drooping oblong fruits on a branch.
Hardy Kiwi (unripe)
The blossom end of a green fruit on a branch.
Persimmons (unripe)

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