Contents:
Urban Orchards Recommended Books
Resources on Edible Forest Gardening and Perennial Polycultures
Theory and Principles
Species
Mail Order Nurseries
Plant Catalogs
Sources of Insect Traps

These lists were adapted from a list originally developed by Eric Toensmeier and Dave Jacke.

Urban Orchards Recommended Books:

Bailey, Liberty Hyde. The Nursery Book. Willowpoint Publishing, Decatur, MI, 1896.
Complete in-depth guide to propagation, including grafting - a must-read for serious nursery people, despite it's age. Covers all plant types, not just orchard plants.

Bown, Deni. Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses. Doring Kindersley, New York, 1995.
History, description, photo, size, over 1,000 plants with separate section on medicinal uses. Cross-references common names to botanical names.

Bradley, Fern, Ed. Rodale's Chemical-Free Yard and Garden. Rodale Press, 1991.
Covers soil improvement, fertilizing, weed, insect, and disease control; and specific problems for fruits, vegetables, and flowers.

Bradley, Fern, Ed. Rodale's Garden Answers. Rodale Press, 1995.
Thorough treatment of vegetable, herb, fruit including unusual fruits. Easy to understand with lots of gardening secrets.

Bradley, Fern & Eills, Barbara. The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA, 18098, 1992.
Easy to use with excellent drawings and photos.

Coleman, Eliot. Four Season Harvest. Chelsea Green Publ. Co, 1992.
Season extenders and vegetable crop choices, by an expert.

Creasy, Rosalind. The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping. Sierra Club, 1982.
Combine beauty and food gardening with how-to format for annual and perennial plants. A good companion to Robert Kourik's book.

Foster, Steven and Duke, James. Eastern/Central Medicinal Plants, Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston, 1990.
One of best ID books, with line drawings, descriptions, uses, color photo section. Organized by flower type.

Gamer, R.J. The Grafters Handbook. Cassell, London 1988.
All you'll probably ever need to know about this form of propagation. Theory, collection of scions, tools, methods, grafting older trees, and more.

Gershuny, Grace & Smillie, Joseph. The Soul of Soil. AgAccess, 1995.
Guide to managing soils for long-term productivity, scientific and practical treatment of soil ecology.

Henderson, Carol. Landscaping for Wildlife. Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources, 1987. Good intro to selecting plants.

Hill, Lewis. Fruits and Berries for the Home Garden. Storey Communications, Pownal VT 05261, 1992.
(800) 827-8673.
Broad, moderately thorough treatment. Covers planning, planting, diseases/insect control, pruning, harvest, propagation, with sections on each type of fruit, and a short discussion of nuts.

Lyon, Howard H., Johnson, Warren T., and Sinclair, Wayne. Diseases of Trees and Shrubs. Cornell University Press, 1987.
In-depth description of diseases and excellent photos to assist with diagnosis, but little information on control.

Lyon, Howard H., Johnson, Warren T. Insects that Feed on Trees and Shrubs. Cornell University Press, 1991.
In-depth description of pests and excellent photos to assist with diagnosis, but little information on control.

Jones, Alan and Sutton, Turner. Diseases of Tree Fruits in the East. Michigan State University Extension, 1996.
(800) 657-3757.
Excellent photos and descriptions of many diseases.

Kourik, Robert. Designing and Maintaining Your Edible Landscape Naturally. Metamorphic Press, 1986.
Box 1841
Santa Rosa CA, 95402
(707) 814-2606.
$50 + $5 shipping. Covers design, vegetables, fruits, pruning, biological balance with insects, soil improvement, huge source list for seed and stock, recipes, and many excellent tables & charts.

Medic, Kris. Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening: Pruning. Rodale Press, 1995.
Covers all species of woody plants.

Newcomb, Lawrence. Newcomb's Wildflower Guide. Little, Brown & Co., 1977.
Excellent identification of wildflowers, flowering shrubs, and vines.

Ogawa, Joseph M. and English, Harley. Diseases of Temperate Zone Tree Fruit and Nut Crops. University of California, Div. Of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Oakland. Pub. 3345, 1991.
In-depth description and photos of pome, stone, nut diseases and chemical and organic and preventative measures of control. Well-referenced.

Organic Gardening Magazine, The Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening. Rodale Press, 1978.
Includes entries on tree and bush crops as well as all types of gardening and related topics. An excellent first reference.

Otto, Stella. The BackYard Orchardist. OttoGraphics, 1994.
Excellent, thorough, with lots of helpful charts. Chosen text 1995-97.

Otto, Stella. The BackYard Berry Book. OttoGraphics, 1995.
Excellent thorough and well-organized introduction & charts.

Page, Stephen & Smillie, Joe. The Orchard Almanac, AgAccess, Davis, CA; 1995.
Month-by-month guide on ecological management of fruits. Describes both organic and chemical methods of disease and insect control, orchard health, etc.

Phillips, Michael. The Apple Grower - A Guide for the Organic Orchardist. Chelsea Green Pub. Co., 1998.
800-635-4099
www.chelseagreen.com
A complete, entertaining, technically rich treatment of apple growing, some info on other fruits.

Reich, Lee. The Pruning Book. Taunton Press, 1997.
Thorough and excellently illustrated trea0nent of woody and herbaceous plants, including edible fruit. Special techniques and almost any situation imaginable are included.

Reich, Lee. Uncommon Fruits Worthy of Attention. Addison-Wesley, 1991.
Guide to low-maintenance native fruits ideal for landscaping as well as excellent eating. Very practical.

Sachs, Paul. Edaphos, Dynamics of a Natural Soil System. Edaphic Press, 1993.
Interrelationships of soils and plants.

Shigo, Alex. Tree Basics, Shigo & Trees.
How trees grow and respond to injury, with photos of tree cross-sections.

Whealy, Kent and Demuth, Steve, ed. Fruit, Berry, and Nut Inventory. Seed Saver Publications, 3076 North Winn Rd., Decorah, Iowa 52101, 1993.
Detailed list of sources in US and Canada by fruit and variety (with descriptions of most). Because nursery offerings vary each year, the information is approximate.

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Resources on Edible Forest Gardening and Perennial Polycultures:
Theory and Principles

Hart, Robert. Forest Gardening. Chelsea Green.

Jacke, David, and Toensmeier, Eric. Edible Forest Gardens: a Delicious and Practical Ecology for Eastern North America. Chelsea Green.

Jones, Samuel, and Foote, Leonard. Gardening With Native Wildflowers. Timber Press.

Kourik, Robert. Designing and Maintaining Your Edible Landscape Naturally. Metarnorphic Press.

Mollison, Bill. Permaculture: a Practical Guide for a Sustainable Future. Island Press.

Smith, J. Russell. Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture. Island Press.

Soule, Judith and Piper, Jon. Farming in Nature's Image. Island Press.

Whitefield, Patrick. How to Make a Forest Garden. Permanent Publications.

Species

Facciola, Stephen. Cornucopia: a Sourcebook of Edible Plants. Kampong Press.

Foster, Steven. Herbal Renaissance.

Kindscher, Kelley. Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie. University Press of Kansas.

Kindscher, Keiley. Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie. University Press of Kansas.

Peterson, Lee Alan. Edible Wild Plants. Houghton Mifflon.

Reich, Lee. Uncommon Fruits Worthy of Attention. Addison-Wesley.

Willard, Terry, PhD. Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Rocky Mountains and Surrounding Territories. Wild Rose.

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Mail order Nurseries

Edible Landscaping
P.O. Box 77
Afton, VA 22920.
(800) 524-4156.
www.eat-it.com.
Potted and shipped year-round. Make careful choices in terms of what time of year you make your order.

Fedco Trees
P.O. Box 520
Waterville, ME 04903.
(207) 873-7333.
Many heirloom/rare varieties and very reasonable prices ($13 or so for trees, less for shrubs and vines) - also medicinal herbs, summer bulbs, tools.

One Green World
28696 S. Cramer Rd.
Molalla, OR 97038-8576.
(877) 353-4028.
info@onegreenworld.com
www.onegreenworld.com
They carry an interesting variety of edible plants, including many from Eurasia.

Sonoma Antique Apple Nursery
4395 Westside Rd.
San Francisco, California 95448
(707) 433-6420
www.applenursery.com/.

St. Lawrence Nurseries
325 State Hwy 345
Potsdam, NY 13676
(315) 265-6739
trees@sln.potsdam.ny.us
www.sln.potsdam.ny.us
Cold-hardy trees. Size smaller than other nurseries, but reliable and lots of new and historic and unusual varieties of apples and many other fruits, berries, and nuts, books, and tools.

Trees of Antiquity
(805) 467-9909
www.treesofantiquity.com/
Also sell other fruits including historic and modern varieties. Check zone hardiness before ordering.

Tripple Brook Farm
37 Middle Rd.
Southhampton, MA 01073.
(413) 527-4626.
www.tripplebrookfarm.com
Unusual native and exotic plants including edibles. Potted, ship throughout season.

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Plant Catalogs

Deep Diversity
P.O. Box 15700
Santa Fe NM, 87506-5700.

Elmore Roots Nursery
Apple Box 171
Lake Elmore VT, 05657.

Fedco Trees
P.O. Box 520
Waterville ME, 04903-0520.

Grimo Nut Nursery
97 Lakeshore Rd, RR3
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada LDS 1J0.

Hidden Springs Nursery
170 Hidden Springs Lane
Cookeville TN, 38501.

JL Hudson, Seedsman
Star Rte. 2, Box 337
La Honda CA, 94020.

Mountain Gardens
3020 Whiteoak Creek Rd
Bunrsville NC, 28714.

New England Wildflower Society
Garden in the Woods
180 Hemenway Rd., Framingham MA, 0170l-2699.

Oikos Tree Crops
PO Box 19425
Kalamazoo MI, 49019.

Perennial Vegetable Seed Company, c/o Eric Toensmeier, NESFI
Box 297
Belchertown MA, 01007.

Permaculture Seed and Plant Exchange
3020 Whiteoak Creek Road
Burnsville NC 28714.

Prairie Moon Nursery
Route 3, Box 163
Winona MN, 55987.

Prairie Nursery
P.O. Box 306
Westfield WT, 53964.

Raintee Nursery
391 Butts Rd
Morton WA, 98356.

St. Lawrence Nurseries
325 State Hwy 345
Potsdam' NY, 13676.

Tripple Brook Farm
37 Middle Rd.
Southhampton, MA 01073. (413) 527-4626
www.tripplebrookfarm.com

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Sources of Insect Traps

Pest Management Supply
P.O. Box 938
Amherst, MA 01004
(800) 272-7672

Gemplers
P.O. Box 270, 211 Blue Mounds Rd.
Mt. Horeb, WI 53572
(800) 382-8473

Ladd Research Industries
Box 1005
Burlington, VT 05402
(802) 658-4961

Great Lakes IPM
10220 Church Rd. NE
Vestaburg, MI 48891
(517) 268-5693
www.greatlakesipm.com/

Gardens Alive!
5100 Schenley Pl.
Lawrenceburg, IN 47025
(812) 537-8650

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