Vegetables, Fruits & Herbs

Vegetables

Vegetable Variety Favorites  (5 page PDF)  A list of variety favorites from the SLC Master Gardener Volunteers.

2021 Cornell Recommended Vegetable Varieties for New York State. (7 page PDF) Each year, Cornell recommends specific vegetable varieties for best results.

Cornell Vegetable Growing Guides (link to web site) From Cornell University.  Lists 58 vegetables with profiles and growing instructions. .

Vegetable Growing Guide (Beginner’s Edition) Northern NY (33 page PDF) From Cornell University.
Vegetables – Cornell Garden Based Learning (link to web site with PDFs).

Fruits

Food Gardening - Growing Fruit (link to web page) From Cornell Garden Learning. This has links to many resources including the 111-page PDF file Cornell Guide to Growing Fruit at Home.  You can view the entire book or select individual chapters.  

Spring Fruit Tree Planting Tips for the Home Garden (link to web pdf) From Penn State Extension. 

It's Spring! Time to Oil up -(link to YouTube video) from retired Coop Extension Agent on use of dormant oil on your fruit trees in the spring.

A Basic Guide to Pruning Your Apple Trees (3 page PDF) From St. Lawrence County CCE Consumer Horticulture Educator Erika LaFountain.

Pruning Your Apple Tree(link to YouTube video) From  The Gardening Channel with Jame Prigioni.

Pruning Blueberries (link to YouTube video) From the University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Herbs

Perennial Herbs (2 page PDF) from CCE of Tompkins County.

Herbs for the Garden and Their Uses (5 page PDF) From CCE of Monroe County. Covers some of the more common herbs for New York Gardens.

Last updated April 9, 2021