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Online Catalogs, Sources, etc Bay Laurel Nursery California nursery specializing in Dave Wilson creations. Many, many fruits. Benner's Gardens Products for deer and varmit protection. Almost invisible fencing. Big Horse Creek Farm A North Carolina Nursery specializing in old southern apples but has many, many varieties and online descriptions. Brandt's Fruit Trees Burnt Ridge Nursery and Orchards A Washington State nursery with good selection and prices. Cummins Nursery Wide variety of fruit trees. Carries some new releases from Cornell. Edible Landscaping Online Many unusual fruits; catalog. Henry Leuthardt Nurseries A Long Island family nursery with great prices on fruit trees and soft fruits.  Also one of the few places that grows and sells various espalier forms of apple and pear. Indiana Berry & Plant Company Many small fruits. Nafex Nursery/Supply Source List The North American Fruit Explorers listing of suppliers. Nourse Farms Massachusettes nursery specializing in small fruits. Good prices. Pense Nursery Arkansas nursery specializing in small fruits and very low prices. Peterson Pawpaws Neal Peterson's selected and patented pawpaw clones Shenandoah, Susquehanna, and Rappahannock available by mailorder. Lots of information on growing pawpaws. Raintree Nursery Excellent service and selection on all kinds of fruits. Southmeadow Fruit Gardens Hundreds of modern and antique fruits available by mail order with a descriptive online catalog. NOTE- a change in ownership has apparently made this an unreliable nursery. See here for customer concerns. St. Lawrence Nurseries Online Catalog Many apple variety descriptions. Stark Brothers Nursery A source of many fruit plants. TRECO Wholesale rootstock sales, also trees. Minimum order of 100 rootstocks. Whitman Farms A great source for currants, gooseberries, other unusual fruits and landscape plants. Good prices and service. Bees, Bees, Bees Mason Bees and supplies, books, etc. NSA - Alternative Pollinators: Native Bees The Orchard Mason Bee This small, black, gentle bee is a native of almost the entire continental United States of North America. Solitary Bees: An Addition to Honey Bees A very interesting and information-packed Web site about solitary bees Solitary Bees A great bunch of links and information from Idaho. USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center FIGS California Fig Growers Page NAFEX Fig Page Fruit Production Information Links Good Fruit Grower online magazine Iowa State Univ. Extension Service Tree Fruits section Joe Volk's "Fruits for Home Gardeners" Northwest Cherries Home of the world famous Northwest Cherries. Rick Stuby's Integrated Pest Management Talk from February 2005 (a PDF file) The National Clonal Germplasm Repository the USDA ARS genebank at Corvallis, Oregon OSU Farm & Production Agriculture Fruit Section - from Ohio State University USA Pears - from the Pear Bureau of Oregon, Washington, and Californina Pruning Fruit Trees A guide from the Nebraska Cooperative Extension site. USDA-ARS Tree Fruit Research Laboratory (Wenatchee, WA) - fruit tree disease & disorder information and links UVM Apple Orchard (Univ. of Vermont and Rutgers Univ.) - apple production information, and some research links Washington Apple Commission Apple recipes, apple variety information, and apple facts. Washinton State University Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center Gardening Links - Seeds Burpee The seed company's Home Gardening Pages with lots of good information. The Garden Web A collection of gardening resources, including an on-line seed/plant exchange service Pinetree Garden Seeds A TREMENDOUS online catalog featuring many different kinds of seeds and some fruits. Great prices. Searching for Answers to Horticultural Questions Fruit Facts Individual Pages on Fruits From the California Rare Fruit Growers National Agricultural Library "Advancing access to global information for agriculture." Online Horticultural Databases Offered by the Ohio State University Department of Horticulture and Crop Science USDA Home Page Miscellaneous Pages of Interest Aggie Horticulture A listing of horticultural websites. Probably about every horticultural website in the nation is listed here! Disease and Insect Management in the Home Orchard Offered by North Carolina State University Plant Pathology Extension Espalier Information Offered by M.A. Powell, Extension Horticultural Specialist, Department of Horticulture Science, North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service LES CRETS FRUITS et POMOLOGIE A great French pomological site by Alain Roueche. MANY pictures and descriptions of apples and pears, much translated in English. NewCROP The website of the "Center for New Crops & Plant Products" at Purdue Univesity. NewCROP provides windows to new and specialty crop profiles. The Real Cider and Perry Page Everything you wanted to know about making cider and perry. Trellis Espalier System for Supported Apple Trees Ohio State University Extension fact sheet by Richard C. Funt The Wittenham Hill Cider Portal Excellent website with lots of information about small-scale cider production. Orchard Links Lakeside Orchards (Manchester, Maine) - offering apple gift packs and Pear Care and Apple Advice MAFG Menu MAFG Home Current and Future MAFG Events Visit a MAFG Orchard Other pages of interest to Mid-Atlantic Fruit Growers