Tree Fruits

Kevin Day
Farm Advisor
Specialties: Fresh-shipping deciduous tree fruits. Cultural practices and production, fruit growth and development, pruning and training systems

krday@ucdavis.edu
(559) 684-3311
Fax: (559) 685-3319

Newsletters

Orchard Notes - primarily stone fruit production and culture, some coverage of apples, pears, cherries, apricots, kiwifruit, persimmons and pomegranates

Publications

UC Pest Management Guidelines (UC Statewide IPM Project Web Site)

UC Cost and Return Studies (UC Agricultural & Resource Economics Department)

Sample Costs to Establish a Nectarine Orchard and Produce Nectarines
Fresh Market July/August Harvested Varieties, Southern San Joaquin Valley. 2009. (PDF version)
Sample Costs to Establish a Peach Orchard and Produce Peaches
Fresh Market July/August Harvested Varieties, Southern San Joaquin Valley. 2009. (PDF version)
Sample Costs to Establish a Cling Peach Orchard and Produce Cling Peaches
Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, Late Harvested. 2011. (PDF version)
Sample Costs to Establish a Cling Peach Orchard and Produce Cling Peaches
Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, Extra-Early Harvested. 2011. (PDF version)
Sample Costs to Establish a Plum Orchard and Produce Plums.
Fresh Market, Southern San Joaquin Valley. 2004. (PDF version)

Manuscripts

Day, Kevin R., R. Scott Johnson.2000. Keeping Trees Short - Is It Economical? Paper presented at the University of California Winter Tree Fruit Meeting, December 6, 2000.
Day, Kevin R. 1998. Peach and Nectarine Cork Spot: A Review of the 1998 Season. Paper presented at the University of California Winter Tree Fruit Meeting, November 30, 1998.
1999 CTFA Research Reports
- Plum Nutrition Studies (PDF version)
- Tree Height and Volumen Studies for Fresh-Shipping Stone Fruits (PDF version)

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