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The Home Orchard: Growing Your Own Deciduous Fruit and Nut Trees, new from the University of California, is the perfect companion for any backyard orchardist, rare fruit grower, or small-scale fruit or nut grower. You’ll also find extensive information on grafting and pruning, with clear illustrations and photographs that will give you a new understanding of the hows and whys of these critical steps.
$25.00, 200 pages. You can purchase this and other publications at your local UC Cooperative Extension office, or order it online at http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu or call toll-free 1-800-994-8849.
"Fruit Bush" - Ideal for small areas and backyards.
HISTORY OF THE FOHC ORCHARD:
Most of the fruit trees were planted bareroot by Master Gardeners in April 1998. The trees were planted on small mounds to improve drainage. After planting, trees were cut (headed) to about 2 ft. tall and painted white to protect from sunburn and subsequent borer damage. Drip irrigation was then installed and an 8-inch layer of mulch was applied.
Check out the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center 2010 Workshop Schedule to attend workshops on growing and maintaining fruit trees.
Here are a couple of short pages on orchard care:
Here are some of the more common tree training methods:
Central Leader and Modified C.L.
Publications:
Training and Pruning Fruit Trees - EHN#82
Why Fruit Trees Fail to Bear - EHN#68
Growing Citrus in Sacramento - GN127
Summary of Reduced Chemical Pest Management for Fruit and Nut Trees - EHN#81
Summary of Reduced Chemical PM - EH81 Chart
Orchard self-guided tour (2001)