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
Lonicera dioica belongs to what family
CAPRIFOLIACEAE
Clematis x Jackmanii belongs to what family
RANUNCULACEAE
Vitis riparia belongs to what family
VITACEAE
The latin name for Arctic Kiwi is
Actinidia kolomikta
The latin name for Hops is
Humulus lupulus
The latin name for Dropmore Scarlet Honeysuckle is
Lonicera x brownii ‘Dropmore Scarlet’
The latin name for Twining Honeysuckle is
Lonicera dioica
The latin name for Virginia Creeper is
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
The latin name for River Grapes is
Vitis riparia
The other common name for River Grapes is
Fox Grapes
Which berry bush is the first to fruit
Lonicera caerulea (Haskaps)
Which berry bush has the largest fruit in Ribes
Ribes uva-crispa (Gooseberry)
Which berry likes acidic soils
Vaccinium spp
What berry bush is self incompatible
Lonicera caerulea
Which three berry produces suckers
Rubus ideaus, Amelanchier alnifolia, Lycium barbarum (Raspberry, Saskatoon, Goji berry)
Which four berry bushes has spines
Lycium barbarum, Rubus ideaus, Ribes spp, Ribes uva-crispa (Goji, Raspberry, Currants, Gooseberry)
Which two berries produce red, white and black fruit
Rubus idaeus, Ribes spp (Raspberry, Currants)
What two berry bushes have light yellow tubular flowers
Lonicera caerulea, Ribes spp (Haskaps, Currants)
Which berry bush has dark yellow tubular flowers
Ribes missouriense (Golden Currant)
Which genus is a host to white pine blister rust
Ribes
What three berry bushes have red fall colour
Vaccinium spp, Amelanchier alnifolia, Ribes missouriense (Blueberry, Saskatoon, Golden Currant)
Which berry is produced late summer early fall
Vaccinium spp
Which berry bush will collapse in full sun
Ribes spp
Which two berry bushes are sensitive to sodium and chloride
Lycium barbarum, Ribes spp (Goji berry, Currants)
Which two berry bushes can be completely defoliated by worms
Ribes spp, Ribes uva-crispa (Currants, Gooseberry)
Which Ribes bush does not have spines
Ribes x nidigrolaria (Jostaberry)
Which two berry bushes can make a nice small tree
Ribes uva-crispa, Amelanchier alnifolia (Gooseberry, Saskatoon)
Which berry bush can become unruly and messy in fruit
Lycium barbarum (Goji Berry)
What 2m tall shrub has tomentose leaves and red watery drupe fruit
Prunus tomentosa (Nanking Cherry)
A native shrub or small tree that suckers profusely, has glossy green lanceolate leaves, good fall colour and small red drupe fruit on a very long pedicels
Prunus pensylvanica (Pin Cherry)
An oblong blue berry on a 4ft shrub with opposite leaves, imbricate leaf scales and exfoliating bark
Lonicera caerulea (Haskaps)
A 1.2m shrub with large maple shaped leaves, spiny steams and 1cm black berries that bloom midsummer ?
Ribes spp
A small shrub that loves acidic soil and produces blue coloured berries in fall
Vaccinium spp
A cherry producing large upright shrub or small tree that has cultivars with purple leaves and is prone to black knot
Prunus virginiana melanocarpa (Chokecherry)
A 1m high shrub with sprawling branches and thorns that has the largest red, pink or white fruit in its genera
Ribes uva-crispa
Non branching canes. Some produce on first year wood and some produce fruit on second year wood
Rubus idaeus
Pomoid purple fruit on 2-3m native shrub with pointed, pubescent buds and red new bark
Amelanchier alnfolia
Large tree with fruiting spurs, blunt tipped flower buds in cymes that may produce large amounts of pomoid fruit in August and early September.
Malus spp
A self pollinating red drupe fruit on a 2.5m shrub with shiny alternate leaves, sharp buds, many bud scales and romantic cultivar names.
Prunus x kerrasis (Dwarf Sour Cherry)
The largest fruit tree in our area, turning orange red in the fall and producing yellow fruit in the fall.
Pyrus cvs
A ground cover producing red fleshy fruit on runners 30 days after flowering (late June or August)
Fragaria spp (Strawberry)
Which two fruit trees only produce fruit once every 5 years because of cold springs
Prunus nigra, Prunus armeniaca (Plums, Apricot)
More varieties grown in our area than any other fruit tree
Malus spp.
What fruit tree will produce fruit from mid August into October, depending on cultivar
Malus spp.
Which fruit bush is producing in late June/early July
Loniera caerulea
Which three fruit trees need to be fruit thinned some years
Malus spp, Prunus nigra, Pyrus cvs (Apple, Plum, Pear)
Grown for its edible stems
Rheum hybrids (Rhubarb)
Which fruit should be harvested before it is mature
Pyrus cvs (Pear)
What is June Drop
Totally normal, dropping of smaller, defective fruit after fruit set. Common in apples.
What is Fruit Thinning
Involves removing excess fruit to improve fruit size and quality. Commonly done with apples, pears, and plums.
What is biennial bearing
Is a bumper crop followed by a poor low yield crop the next year.
What is self incompatible
A plant that can’t be fertilized by its own pollen
When should shrubs be pruned
After maturity, remove 1-2 large branches per year.
When should fruit trees be pruned
Late winter
What vine is herbaceous
Humulus lupulus
What two vines are dioecious
Humulus lupulus and Actinidia kolomikta
What vine only grows 1-2m
Lonicera dioica
What two vines have red flowers
Lonicera x brownii ‘Dropmore Scarlet Trumpet’ & Lonicera dioica
What vine has purple/pink flowers
Clematis x jackmanii
What two vines has edible fruit
Vitis riparia & Actinidia kolomikta
What vine is hard to prune because of its coarse hairs
Humulus lupulus
What vine has white/pink variegated leaves
Actinidia kolomikta
What vine can spread through its rhizomes roots
Humulus lupulus
What vines contains aromatic/medicinal substances
Humulus lupulus
What vines need to have their roots kept moist and cool
Clematis x jackmanii
Which vine is native to Alberta
Lonicera dioica
What vine and family are apetalous
Clematis x jackmanii & Vitaceae
Which two vines have tendrils
Vitis riparia & Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Which vine has red fall colour
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
