405 Specialty Crops. Fruiting Plants & Vines Flashcards
A plant that can set fruit with its own pollen is classified as
Self compatible
Plants that need to cross pollinate with another of the same species is know as
Self incompatible
Artic Kiwi and Sea Buckthorn are plants that have pistillate and staminate flowers on different plants are classified as ? plants
Dioecious
Often wind pollinated flowers will have flowers without
Petals
Completion of fertilization in plants is called
Fruit set
The point when the cells fill with sugars and water is known as
Cell enlargement
? is indicated by colour, texture change and an increase in sugars
Maturation
A fruit that will ripen after being picked is known as
Climacteric
Fruits that must be attached to the parent plant to ripen are known as
Non-climacteric
Large fruit bearing trees with a heavy load should be pruned to have a
Modified leader
Removing 1-2 large branches per year is a pruning technique used for
Fruit bearing shrubs
The best time to prune a fruit tree is
Late dormancy
? on trees should remain 10cm above the soil line
Grafts
What fruit bearing plant can be know as a goldilocks plant because it can be planted too shallow or too deep
Strawberry
Removing some of the immature fruit from a plant is known as
Fruit thinning
A fruit tree that may require fruit thinning is
Apples
In general fruiting plants should receive 2.5cm of water per week between ? and ?
July and early August
The latin name of Beaked Hazelnut is
Corylus cornuta
The family of Corylus cornuta is
BETULACEAE
The latin name of Haskaps is
Lonicera caerulea
The family name of Lonicera caerulea is
CAPRIFOLIACEAE
What is the latin name for Blueberries
Vaccinium
What family does Vaccinium belong too
ERICACEAE
What family does Ribes belong too
GROSSULARIACEAE
The latin name of Currants is
Ribes spp.
The latin name of Gooseberries is
Ribes uva-crispa
The latin name of Jostaberries is
Ribes x nidigrolaria
Rhubarb belongs to which family
POLYGONACEAE
The common name for Rheum hybrids is
Rhubarb
Goji berry belongs to what family
SOLANACEAE
The common name for Lycium barbarum is
Goji berry
Pyrus, Malus, Fragaria and Prunus all belong to the family
ROSACEAE
The latin name of Saskatoon berry is
Amelanchier alnfolia
The latin name for Strawberries is
Fragaria spp
The latin name for Apples is
Malus cvs
The latin name for Pears is
Pyrus cvs
The latin name for Cherry plums and plums is
Prunus americana
The latin name for Siberian Apricot is
Prunus armeniaca
The latin name of Nanking Cherry is
Prunus tomentosa
The latin name of Pin Cherry is
Prunus pensylvanica
The latin name of Chokecherry is
Prunus virginiana melanocarpa
The latin name of the Evans Cherry is
Prunus cerasus
The latin name for Raspberries is
Rubus idaeus
What family does Actinidia kolomikta belong too
ACTINIDACEAE
Humulus lupulus belongs to what family
CANNABACEAE