Berries in Ontario

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What's New in Berries

• Berry Bulletin Agriphone (Weekly Crop Updates)
• Ontario Berry Grower Newsletter
• Hort Matters Newsletter
• What's Hot? - Berries
• Irrigation For Frost Protection Of Strawberries
• Improving On-Farm Food Safety Through Good Irrigation Practices, (Order no. 05-059)
• 2009 Update to Publication #360 Fruit Production Recommendations

Information for New Growers

• Starting Commercial Berry Production: Basic Considerations
• Preparing The Soil For Berry Production: The Basics
• Soil Sampling and Analysis for Managing Crop Nutrients
• Sampling Soil and Roots for Plant Parasitic Nematodes (Order No. 06.099)
• List of Accredited Soil Testing Laboratories in Ontario
• List of Recommended Berry Varieties
• OMAFRA Products and Publications Catalogue
• Publication 360 - Fruit Production Recommendations
• Publication 75 - Fruit Production Recommendations
• Blueberry Production Basics
  • List of Blueberry Propagators and Plant Suppliers
  • Blueberries for Home Gardens (Order No. 90-046)
  • Highbush Blueberries: An Expanding Crop in Ontario
  • Blueberry Production Guide
• Raspberry Production Basics
  • List of Ontario Raspberry Plant Propagators and Plant Suppliers
  • Raspberries and Blackberries for Home Gardens
  • Variety Descriptions: Raspberry
  • Cost of Production for Raspberries and Strawberries - PDF format - 309 kb
  • Berry Crop Budgeting Tools
  • NRAES Raspberry and Blackberry Bramble Production Guide
  • Publication 105 - Growing Red Raspberries in Ontario
• Strawberry Production Basics
  • List of Strawberry Plant Propagators and Plant Suppliers
  • Variety Descriptions: Strawberry
  • Cost of Production for Raspberries and Strawberries - PDF format - 309 kb
  • Berry Crop Budgeting Tools
  • NRAES Strawberry Production Guide
  • Publication 513 - Growing Strawberries in Ontario

Publications Online

• Fruit Production Recommendations (Publication 360)
• Guide to Weed Control (Publication 75)
• Gardener's Handbook

All Berry Crops

• Chilling Injury of Horticultural Crops (Order No. 98-021)
• Establishment Costs and Cost of Production for Raspberries and Strawberries
  Link to (PDF version - 303 KB)
  Link to budgeting tools
• Cover Crops
• Disease Factsheets & Infosheets
• Effects of Air Pollution on Agricultural Crops (Order No. 01-015)
• Keeping Berries Safe: A Grower's Guide to Preventing Food-borne Illness from Berry Crops
• Freeze Protection Methods for Crops (Order No. 85-116)
• Herbicide Injury Symptoms in Berry Crops
• Irrigation Scheduling For Fruit Crops (Order No. 90-069)
• Improving On-Farm Food Safety Through Good Irrigation Practices, (Order no. 05-059)
• Ontario's Food Processing Industry (Order No. 93-085) Order this factsheet
• Insect Factsheets & Infosheets
• Micronutrients For Berry Crops
• Minor Use Program
• Monitoring Soil Moisture
• Ontario Weeds - Weed Gallery
• Organic Farming in Ontario (Order No. 06-103)
• Pesticide Information
• Precautions With All Pesticides
• Preserving Ontario Harvest - Jams & Jellies (Canning) (Order No. 708) Order this publication
• Recommended  Berry Varieties for Ontario
• Sizing and Laying Out a Short-Term (Summer) Refrigerated Storage for Fruits and Vegetables (Order No. 92-124)
• Sprayer Calibration Calculator
• Tunnel Forced Air Cooler for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (Order No. 98-031)
• Troubleshooting Cold Storage Problems (Order No. 94-083)
• Update on the effect and extent of nematode suppression with cover crops
• Weather Information on the Internet
• Weed Quiz
• Weed Factsheets & Infosheets
• What You Should Know About Fruit Production In Ontario (Order No.04-045)

Blueberries

• Publication 360 - Blueberry Calendar for Ontario
• A Pocket Guide to IPM Scouting in Highbush Blueberries
• Bird Netting Suppliers (Partial List)
• Blueberry Maggot in Ontario
• Blueberry Propagators and Plant Suppliers
• Fertilizing Highbush Blueberries
• List of Blueberry Propagators and Plant Suppliers
• Blueberries for Home Gardens (Order No. 90-046)
• Notes on Blueberry Diseases and Insects
• Highbush Blueberries: An Expanding Crop in Ontario
• NRAES Highbush Blueberry Production Guide
• Using Sprinklers to Protect Blueberries from Spring Freezes, MSU Extension
• Recommended  Berry Varieties for Ontario

Cranberries 

• Cranberry Harvest and Expansion
• Ontario Cranberry Industry

Currants and Gooseberries

• Publication 360 - Currant and Gooseberry Calendar for Ontario
  
• Currants and Gooseberries (Order No. 98-095)
• Currant & Gooseberry Plant Suppliers
• Fertilizing Currants and Gooseberries
• Notes on Current and Gooseberry Diseases and Insects

Elderberries

• Elderberries for Home Gardens (Order No. 95-005)
• Elderberry Plant Suppliers
• Missouri State University elderberry resources and bibliography
• Elderberry research - New York Berry Times, Oct/Nov 2005 Vol. 4 No.10
• Elderberry Culture : A review article about elderberries in the New York Berry Times Newsletter (pg 14 of newsletter)

• Elder Borer: a pest of elderberries

Nutrition

• Fertilizing Currants and Gooseberries
• Fertilizing Blueberries
• Leaf Analyses for Fruit Crop Nutrition (Order No. 91-012)
• Micronutrients For Berry Crops
• Fertilizing Raspberries
• Soil Management for Orchards and Vineyards (Order No. 92-120)
• Fertilizing Strawberries
• Strawberry Diagnostic Workshops: Nutrition

Raspberries

• Publication 360 - Raspberry Calendar for Ontario
• Biennial Raspberry Production
• Controlling raspberry cane diseases can increase yield and reduce winter injury
• NRAES Bramble Production Guide
• Establishment Costs and Cost of Production for Raspberries and Strawberries
  Link to (PDF version - 303 KB)
  Link to budgeting tools
• Fertilizing Raspberries
• Growing Red Raspberries in Ontario (Publication 105)
• Notes on Raspberry Diseases and Insects
• Nematodes in Strawberry and Raspberry Production
• Ontario Raspberry Plant Propagators and Suppliers
• Raspberries and Blackberries for Home Gardens (Order No. 99-033) (PDF)
• Sampling Soil and Roots for Plant Parasitic Nematodes (Order No. 06-099)
• Two-Spotted Spider Mite
• Variety Descriptions: Raspberry
• List of Ontario Raspberry Plant Propagators and Plant Suppliers
• Publication 105 - Growing Red Raspberries in Ontario
• Recommended  Berry Varieties for Ontario

Saskatoons

• Publication 360 - Saskatoon Berry Calendar for Ontario
• Introduction to Saskatoons
• Saskatoon Production
• Notes on Saskatoon Berry Diseases and Insects

Sea Buckhorn

• Introduction to Sea Buckthorn
• Ontario Sea Buckthorn Pest Update
• Ginseng and Specialty Crop Report
  

Strawberries

• Publication 360 - Strawberry Calendar for Ontario: Management Practices to Reduce Pesticide Use
• Publication 360 - Strawberry Calendar (Non-Bearing) for Ontario
• Publication 360 - Strawberry Calendar (Fruiting Years) for Ontario
• Angular Leafspot of Strawberry
• Angular leaf spot in strawberries, Hort Matters article
• Biological control of root weevils in strawberries
• Establishment Costs and Cost of Production for Raspberries and Strawberries
  Link to (PDF version - 303 KB)
  Link to budgeting
• Cold Acclimation in Strawberries:How Strawberry Plants Get Ready For Winter
• Cooling and Temperature Management for Strawberries
• Cyclamen Mite: A Pest of Strawberries
• Dayneutral Strawberries (Order No. 89-099)
• Fertilizing Strawberries
• Fruit Bronzing of Strawberry
• Growing Strawberries in Ontario, Publication 513
• How To Monitor For Clipper Weevil In Strawberries
• How To Monitor For Tarnished Plant Bug
• Identification of Diseases on Strawberry Fruit
• Irrigation For Frost Protection Of Strawberries
• Major and Minor Pests of Strawberry (Order No. 92-137)
• Notes on Diseases and Insects of Strawberry
• Nematodes in Strawberry and Raspberry Production
• Ontario Strawberry Plant Propagators and Suppliers
• Publication 513 - Growing Strawberries in Ontario
• Recommended  Berry Varieties for Ontario
• Root Weevils in Ontario Strawberry Fields
• Sampling Soil and Roots for Plant Parasitic Nematodes (Order No. 06.099)
• Steps in Renovation for Matted Row Strawberries
• Strawberry Clipper Weevil: A Major Pest of Strawberry (Order No. 99-031) (PDF)
• Strawberry Diagnostic Workshops: Nutrition
• Strawberries for Home Gardens
• Strawberry Leaf Diseases
• Strawberry Leaf Spot - Control Strategies
• NRAES Strawberry Production Guide
• Strawberry Scouting Forms
• Tarnished Plant Bug: A Major Pest of Strawberry (Order No. 92-108)
• Two-Spotted Spider Mite Control in Strawberries
• Two-Spotted Spider Mite
• Variety Descriptions: Strawberry
• Weed Management - New Brunswick Strawberry IPM Guide (PDF file - 319 kb)
• What's your Goal? Using Goal 2XL herbicide to control weeds on strawberries

Newsletters

• Ontario Berry Grower
• Hort Matters
• Other Newsletters Online (external link list)
• OMAFRA Newsletters

Resources and Services

• Agriculture Development Branch Staff
• Crop and Pest Updates
  • Subscribe to OMAFRA Podcasts
  • Subscribe to Agriphone Messages
• Laboratories for Leaf Analysis
• Accredited Soil Testing Labs
• Pesticide Information 
• Sources of Crop Inputs
  • Blueberry Propagators and Plant Suppliers
  • Cover Crop Seed Suppliers
  • Ontario Raspberry Plant Propagators and Suppliers
  • Ontario Strawberry Plant Propagators and Suppliers
  • Currant & Gooseberry Plant Suppliers
  • Fruit Tree Nurseries in Ontario
  • Sources of Agricultural Limestone For Ontario
  • Plasticulture Suppliers

Stats and Facts

• 2002-2003 Canadian Fruit Situation and Trends (including apples, tree fruits & berries)
• 2002-2003 Overview Of Canadian Horticultural Industry
• National Crop News Report
• OASCC Horticultural Crops Report 2003