University
of California, Davis - Pomology home page contains information similar
to this page, but much more. You can order publications on specific crops
with your credit card, or download the order form and mail 'em a check.
Edible
Landscaping Index is similar to this page, but very abbreviated - for
those who want to cut to the chase. No photos.
The Durian
is the "King of fruits" in southeast Asia, but you wouldn't know it
by the smell! This large spiny fruit tastes good, but smells like rancid
onion or something that has been sitting in a sewer pipe.
Try Burchell's
Nursery for abbreviated facts/descriptions of cultivars of major fruit
species that they sell.
The
mid-Atlantic region fruit crops page is a collaborative effort among
West Virginia University, Virginia Tech, Penn State, and Rutgers (at least);
get the latest on research with deciduous fruit crops in the eastern USA
The Northern
Nut Growers Association has been around since 1910, documenting all
sorts of information on walnuts, hazelnut, pecan and hickories, chestnuts,
oaks, pine nuts, butternut, and even paw paw and persimmon.
The business newspaper of the produce industry, The Packer Online, has all the trends and news fit to print on fruit and vegetable marketing & merchandising.
