FruitVeg L6 Fruit Produc
FruitVeg L6 Fruit Produc
FruitVeg L6 Fruit Produc
Science
Lesson 6: Core
Curriculum
Fruit
Production
Lesson 6:
Fruit Production
Fruit & Competency/Objective
Vegetable Identify characteristics of small fruits and tree fruits.
Production
Study Questions
Unit for Plant
Science Core
1. What are plant considerations in fruit production?
Curriculum
2. What are small fruits?
Small fruit crops typically bear fruit one or two years after
Lesson 6: planting.
Fruit
Pests are generally easier to control than on tree fruits.
Production
Examples: blackberries, blueberries, grapes, raspberries,
strawberries
Fruit &
What are tree fruits?
Vegetable
• Tree fruits are edible fruit crops that grow on trees.
Production
Trees are woody plants that usually have a single main
Unit for Plant trunk and produce new growth in the branches of their
Science Core canopy.
Curriculum
• Trees are distinct from shrubs, which typically have
several stems instead of a single trunk and produce new
growth from the ground.
Lesson 6:
Fruit • The growth pattern of trees makes them well suited to
grafting.
Production
Fruit &
How are fruit trees produced?
Vegetable
• Grafting is a propagation method in which a bud, twig,
Production or shoot—the scion—is taken from one plant and
Unit for Plant attached to a different but compatible plant, called the
rootstock.
Science Core
Curriculum The grower can choose
one tree for its ability to
grow in a particular
region or type of soil, its
Lesson 6: height, or disease
Fruit resistance, and another
Production for its fruit.
Lesson 6: Nut crops are not all in the same botanical family, but
Fruit they do have similar processing requirements, such as
hulling and drying.
Production
They are typically high in protein and low in saturated
fats.
Soil
Lesson 6:
Fruit Spacing
Production Harvest
Postharvest
Production Concerns
Structures and
Equipment
Other Considerations