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  • From: lbsaltzman@aol.com
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Fruit tree orchard
  • Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:31:49 -0500


Jessica,

Check out the California Rare Fruit Growers and see if they have members in
your area. They will know best what grows in that climate zone
(www.crfg.org), and probably will have experimented with a broad variety of
trees. You will be able to grow fruit trees with fairly high chill
requirements in your location, but I would need to know more about your
micro-climate conditions to answer that more exactly. Learn about your soil,
is it clay or sandy? Does it get water logged a lot? etc. When you know the
conditions make sure you understand what rootstock the trees are grafted on.
Make sure that the rootstock is good for your type of soil and prevalent
diseases. Also county agriculture departments can be a wealth of information
for what is being actually grown in your area, and what diseases and problems
to expect. Certain cultivars are more resistant of certain diseases than
other cultivars. Other resources are the Ag. Department at UC Davis. Check
out what other colleges are near you and see if they have an ag. department,
they may also be extremely helpful. Feel free to e-mail me offline if I can
help you get more resources.


Larry Saltzman

-----Original Message-----
From: Jessica Scadron <jscads@yahoo.com>
To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Mon, Jan 4, 2010 9:57 am
Subject: [permaculture] Fruit tree orchard



> Happy New Year!

I'm doing research on growing a fruit tree orchard up near Mt. Shasta in a
eadow where currently there are no trees, only grasses. The purpose of the
rchard is to create jams, chutneys and other preserves. Ideally the trees
would
roduce fruit in 3 years or less. Can anyone help guide me on the following?

--Are there any recommendations for books or resources that identify the
best
ruit trees to grow in a 4-season, high altitude climate like Shasta?
--How do I quantify over time/as trees mature how much each fruit tree will
roduce to plan for production/output?
--For the trees to successfully be transplanted, is it better to plant young
rees that haven't started fruiting yet, or older trees that have? I'm also
urious how this effects timing in terms of time to produce fruit? (I realize
it
epends on the tree/species, but the sooner the trees produce the better.)

Many thanks in advance for your wisdom.


*******************
Jessica






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