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FRUIT CROPS FOR NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
Eric T. Stafne Associate Extension Professor Mississippi State University Poplarville, MS
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HARDINESS ZONE MAP
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CARE AND MAINTENANCE Easy
Blackberries, blueberries
Moderate Muscadines, strawberries, pears
Difficult Peaches, apples, bunch grapes
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SITE SELECTION • Soil characteristics
• Light requirements
• Drainage - surface and internal
• Exposure
• Air movement
• Elevation
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SOIL CHARACTERISTICS
• Ideal soil is well-drained with adequate water-holding capacity • Sandy loams are best
• Poor soil is poorly drained
(internally or externally), and pH is not correct for the crop
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LIGHT REQUIREMENTS
• Full sun is ideal
• Morning sun is preferable to afternoon sun
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EXPOSURE
• It is a few degrees colder on the north side of a hill than on the south
• Fruit crops bloom earlier in the spring with southern exposure
• Northern exposure may cause winter damage to fruit crops
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ELEVATION
• Low elevations: • More prone to frost
• Less air movement
• Poorer water and air
drainage
• More prone to disease
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PEST CONTROL • Insects, diseases, weeds, wildlife
• Numerous pest problems versus virtually no pest
problems
• Neglect, injury, and poor site selection make plants susceptible to pests
• Integrated Pest Management
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VARIETY SELECTION • Adaptability to your area - very important
• Disease resistance
• Self-pollination versus cross-pollination
• Desired harvest date
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SMALL FRUITS
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BLACKBERRIES
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BLACKBERRIES • Blackberries are adapted to various soils
• Plant in hedgerows with 3 to 5 feet between
plants and 10 feet between rows
• Use some type of support if desired
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BLACKBERRIES • Canes live 2 years and produce fruit the second year
• Remove only the fruiting canes after harvest
• Most common pests:
• Rosette (double blossom), anthracnose, strawberry weevils, cane borers, SWD
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BLACKBERRIES
Cultivars to consider: Thorny:
Chickasaw, Kiowa
Thornless: Apache, Osage, Natchez, Navaho, Ouachita Triple Crown (trailing) PrimeArk Freedom???
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BLUEBERRIES
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BLUEBERRIES
• Soil pH should be 4.5 to 5.5
• Space 4 to 6 feet apart
• Mulching is highly recommended
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BLUEBERRIES • Requires two varieties in the same
category for cross-pollination (Rabbiteye)
• Shear the bush immediately after harvest and before August 1
• Remove old, damaged wood after harvest or during the dormant season
• Most common pests: • Birds, blueberry gall midges, mummy
berry
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BLUEBERRIES
Cultivars to consider: Rabbiteye
Austin, Brightwell, Climax, Premier, Tifblue, Powderblue, Alapaha, Titan?
Southern Highbush Ozarkblue, Summit, Star, Prince
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UPCOMING BLUEBERRY WORKSHOP February 13 in Hattiesburg
Focus on Mechanized harvest, but also other
topics like SWD and plant nutrition
Want to register? Contact me. Cost is $10.
Co-sponsored by MSU-ES, USDA-ARS, and GSBGA
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MUSCADINES AND BUNCH GRAPES
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MUSCADINES AND BUNCH GRAPES
• Muscadines are adapted to various soils • Bunch grapes like well-drained soils,
slightly acidic pH
• Space muscadines 12-20 feet apart (depends on variety vigor, management, etc.)
• Space bunch grapes 6-8 feet apart
• Both types require trellising
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MUSCADINES AND BUNCH GRAPES • Train vines to trellises in the first year
• After the first year, prune the current year’s growth to
two to three buds
• Most common pests: • Grape root borer, berry and bunch rots, bees and wasps
during harvest, PM, DM
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MUSCADINE AND BUNCH GRAPE PRUNING
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MUSCADINES AND BUNCH GRAPES
Cultivars to consider: Black Beauty, Carlos, Noble, Supreme,
Eudora, Black Fry, Dixie Red, Golden Isles, Late Fry, Magnolia, Regale, Sterling
Bunch Grapes Cultivars to consider (need to think about
PD): Fredonia, Niagara, Norton, Victoria Red?,
Villard blanc
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STRAWBERRIES
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STRAWBERRIES Strawberries are planted in 30-inch-wide raised
beds
Space beds 4 to 5 feet apart
Space plants 12 to 15 inches in two staggered rows 12 inches apart
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STRAWBERRIES Growing systems
Annual production on black plastic: plant in fall, harvest in spring
Matted row: rejuvenate beds by allowing daughter plants to grow
Most common pests Slugs, birds, deer, Botrytis (gray mold), anthracnose
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BED TYPES
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STRAWBERRIES
Cultivars to consider: Cardinal, Sunrise, Dixieland, Pocahontas,
Tennessee Beauty, Comet, Earliglow, Chandler, Camarosa, Ventana
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UPCOMING STRAWBERRY WORKSHOP Early to Mid-May (tentative date is May 13-14) Location: Choctaw, MS Registration: Not yet, but info will be sent to all
county extension offices when ready Purpose: To educate potential growers on how to
produce strawberries
Sponsored by a grant from Wal-Mart Foundation
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TREE FRUITS
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APPLES AND PEARS
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APPLES AND PEARS Require two varieties for cross-pollination
Trained to modified central leader
Most common pests
Fire blight Cedar apple rust Summer rot Aphids Scale
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APPLES AND PEARS • Use semi-dwarf root stock
Space semi-dwarf 10 to 12 feet apart If unsure of rootstock, plant 20 ft apart
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RECOMMENDED APPLE AND PEAR VARIETIES
Apples Red Chief, Early Red One, Cumberland Spur Smoothie, Stark Golden Delicious, Firm Gold,
Ozark Gold Arkansas Black-spur type, Granny Smith, Fuji,
Gala, Royal Gala, Jonagold
Pears Hard: Kieffer, Orient, Baldwin Soft: Ayers, Moonglow, Maxine, Magness, LeConte
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PEACHES
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PEACHES • Space plants 15 to 20 feet apart, and allow 20 feet
between rows
• Rootstock • Guardian, Nemaguard, Halford
• Prune plants to open center
• Most common pests:
• Brown rot, scab, scale, stink bugs, plum curculio, peach tree borer, root rots
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PRUNING
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RECOMMENDED PEACH VARIETIES • Early, cling
• Springold • Bicentennial • Surecrop
• Mid, free • Sentinel • Harvester • Redhaven • Majestic • Ruston Red • Dixiland • Redskin
Late, free Ouachita La Jewel
Rootstocks Guardian Lovell
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RECOMMENDED NECTARINE VARIETIES
Nectarines (by ripening date) Durbin, 850 chill hours Karla Rose (w), 650 chill hours Juneprincess, 850 chill hours Roseprincess (w), 850 chill hours Redgold, 850 chill hours
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UPCOMING GAP/GHP WORKSHOP February 17 in Starkville
Introduction to Good Agricultural Practices and
Good Handling Practices
Free! (and you get lunch and snacks)
Interested? Contact me.
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My email: [email protected] (best option)
My phone number: 601-403-8939
Twitter: @EStafne