Fruit Library

Follow the simple steps in this Tech Sheet to maintain and extend the life of your Highbush Blueberry Rake for many seasons of blueberry harvesting.

For best results, carefully remove plants from box and transplant as soon as possible, following these instructions for growing your primocane-fruiting (fall-bearing blackberries) (Rubus spp.).

Remove your dormant, bare-root plants from their shipping box and transplant as soon as possible, following these instructions for planting or short-term, interim storage.

A full-color, downloadable/printable PDF version of our Cantaloupe Melon Variety Comparison Chart.

Check the moisture level of your plants immediately upon arrival. Transplant as soon as possible; if you are unable to plant the same day, keep the soil at normal garden moisture levels.

Follow these suggested planting instructions for favorable results in growing grape vines from bare-root plants.

A full-color, downloadable and printable PDF version of our melon variety (C. melo) comparison chart.

Follow the instruction in this Tech Sheet (#8224) for successful production of Cucumis melo melons from seed, including details on site selection, direct-seeding as well as indoor seed-starting for transplanting, culture, pest and disease prevention, and harvesting.

Follow these instructions for raspberry production from bare-root and plug-size plants, for both summer-bearing and everbearing raspberries (Rubus spp.). First and foremost: Check your plants immediately after receiving them, and plant as soon as possible.

An overview of common raspberry pests and diseases, with recommended good cultural practices to help prevent and reduce problems associated with growing raspberries.

Learn which raspberry varieties to plant, including summer-bearing, fall-bearing, and everbearing berries of several kinds and colors, for sequential, season-wide harvesting with Johnny's Raspberry Planting/Harvesting Program.

Instructions for growing rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) from crowns, including care upon receipt, site selection, transplanting, fertilization, weed control, harvesting, hardiness, and long-term maintenance.