Orchard Manuals by Bas - now available in PDF format

I am interested in one of Bas's booklets

Bas is one of Australia's most highly respected consultants in fruit production (now retired). He has 30 years experience as a research scientist in Australia specialising in the management and production of fruit trees, and worked in the USA as a technical consultant for 6 years.

Bas was responsible for the development and commercialisation of the Tatura Trellis.

Bas has produced a number of booklets that provide exceptional, practical information to satisfy the needs of those entering commercial horticulture and for growers looking to modernise their orchard management. The booklets provide easy to follow instructions and many illustrations and photos.

These booklets are now available in PDF format. At only A$22 - A$66 each, they are unbelievable value.

Below is a list of booklets and some of the chapters in each booklet. You can also see a sample of each. (To navigate in the 'sample' window - use the green arrows or place your cursor in any corner of the booklet.)

 

  • ***NEW! ***APPLE on Open Tatura (A$66)
    • Producing apples in the 21st century
    • Why Open Tatura
    • Do it right from the start
    • Tree growth habits
    • Pruning
    • After planting
    • Nursery trees
    • Orchard specifications
    • Pollination and fruit set
    • First, second and third year tree management
    • Nitrogen
    • Winter chill
    • Avoiding frost damage/skin russet
    • When are apples ready to harvest?
    • I am interested in: APPLE on Open Tatura Trellis
     
  • **OUT NOW **Apricot on Open Tatura (A$55)
    • Do your research
    • Need for winter chill
    • High density—the way to go
    • Sunlight drives the apricot-producing factory
    • Produce large, high quality apricots
    • Open Tatura with four leaders— makes growing apricots more affordable and profitable
    • Maintain production of large fruit of high quality—Use the leader-renewable method
    • How to grow large apricots
    • Plant good quality nursery trees
    • Varieties and rootstocks
    • Bacterial gummosis
    • What you can do to avoid frost damage in spring
    • Pollination and fruit set
    • What happens to trees after harvest?
    • I am interested in: APRICOT on Open Tatura Trellis
     
  • APPLE - central leader orchard - start and maintain a high density orchard (A$33)
    • Notching, scoring, plucking
    • Row and tree spacing and densities
    • Which rootstock? Nursery trees
    • Different pruning cuts
    • After planting, Manage trees in the first season
    • Second year - tree growth and management
    • Third year - prepare for ongoing productivity
    • Renewal pruning, Summer pruning, Minimise sunburn
    • I am interested in: APPLE central leader orchard
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  • APPLE & PEAR Pruning - Turning wood into profit (A$33)
    • Why train and when to prune
    • Eight pruning cuts
    • Maintain a balanced tree structure - the 3:1 rule; Avoid forks; Spreading
    • Renewal pruning: the 1,2,3 rule
    • Importance of 1 and 2 year old wood
    • Spur pruning
    • Containment pruning
    • Renovation pruning
    • I am interested in: APPLE& PEAR pruning
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  • CHERRIES - Orchard management (A$22)
    • Varieties, Rootstocks
    • Bacterial canker, Protect cherries from birds, When it rains...
    • Pollination and fruit set
    • Flower bud development, Birth and death of a spur
    • Cytolin for young cherry trees
    • Stress trees to make them productive
    • Nitrogen
    • I am interested in: CHERRIES Orchard management
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  • CHERRIES - High density orchard systems (A$33)
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  • PLUMS - Orchard management (A$22)
    • Which rootstock?
    • Cross-pollination and fruit set
    • Nursery trees
    • What is the most productive wood?
    • Sunlight
    • Different pruning cuts
    • Efficient orchard systems
    • Fruit thinning
    • I am interested in: PLUM Orchard management
     
  • PLUMS - High density orchard systems (A$33)
    • Central Leader: How to start; Second, Third year and beyond
    • Tatura Trellis: What to do after planting; Second, Third, Fourth year
    • Open Tatura: How to start, First, Second, Third year and beyond
    • Open Tatura with Cordon: Features; Start and Manage
    • I am interested in: PLUMS High density orchard systems
     
  • PEACH & NECTARINE - Orchard management (A$22)
    • Importance of sunlight
    • Wind can be a problem
    • Heading vs thinning cuts
    • The four-finger cut
    • Maintain a balanced tree structure the 3:1 rule
    • Maximise fruit quality: colour, size, thinning
    • Grow large fruit
    • Cincturing
    • Thinning
    • Cling peaches for the cannery
    • Trees after harvest
    • I am interested in: PEACH & NECTARINE Orchard mngt
     
  • PEACH & NECTARINE - Orchard Systems (A$33)
    • Orchard starts in the nursery
    • The Kelk: How to start; When to head
    • Central Leader: How to start, keep strong shoots under control, the leader
    • Tatural Trellis: How to start
    • Open Tatura: How to start with one-leader or two-leader trees
    • Problems with open vase and renovation
    • I am interested in: PEACH & NECTARINE Systems
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