405 Specialty Crops. Fruiting Plants & Vines Flashcards
(114 cards)
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A plant that can set fruit with its own pollen is classified as
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Self compatible
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Plants that need to cross pollinate with another of the same species is know as
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Self incompatible
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Artic Kiwi and Sea Buckthorn are plants that have pistillate and staminate flowers on different plants are classified as ? plants
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Dioecious
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Often wind pollinated flowers will have flowers without
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Petals
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Completion of fertilization in plants is called
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Fruit set
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The point when the cells fill with sugars and water is known as
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Cell enlargement
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? is indicated by colour, texture change and an increase in sugars
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Maturation
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A fruit that will ripen after being picked is known as
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Climacteric
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Fruits that must be attached to the parent plant to ripen are known as
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Non-climacteric
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Large fruit bearing trees with a heavy load should be pruned to have a
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Modified leader
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Removing 1-2 large branches per year is a pruning technique used for
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Fruit bearing shrubs
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The best time to prune a fruit tree is
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Late dormancy
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? on trees should remain 10cm above the soil line
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Grafts
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What fruit bearing plant can be know as a goldilocks plant because it can be planted too shallow or too deep
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Strawberry
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Removing some of the immature fruit from a plant is known as
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Fruit thinning
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A fruit tree that may require fruit thinning is
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Apples
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In general fruiting plants should receive 2.5cm of water per week between ? and ?
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July and early August
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The latin name of Beaked Hazelnut is
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Corylus cornuta
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The family of Corylus cornuta is
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BETULACEAE
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The latin name of Haskaps is
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Lonicera caerulea
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The family name of Lonicera caerulea is
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CAPRIFOLIACEAE
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What is the latin name for Blueberries
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Vaccinium
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What family does Vaccinium belong too
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ERICACEAE
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What family does Ribes belong too
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GROSSULARIACEAE
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The latin name of Currants is
Ribes spp.
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The latin name of Gooseberries is
Ribes uva-crispa
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The latin name of Jostaberries is
Ribes x nidigrolaria
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Rhubarb belongs to which family
POLYGONACEAE
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The common name for Rheum hybrids is
Rhubarb
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Goji berry belongs to what family
SOLANACEAE
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The common name for Lycium barbarum is
Goji berry
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Pyrus, Malus, Fragaria and Prunus all belong to the family
ROSACEAE
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The latin name of Saskatoon berry is
Amelanchier alnfolia
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The latin name for Strawberries is
Fragaria spp
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The latin name for Apples is
Malus cvs
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The latin name for Pears is
Pyrus cvs
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The latin name for Cherry plums and plums is
Prunus americana
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The latin name for Siberian Apricot is
Prunus armeniaca
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The latin name of Nanking Cherry is
Prunus tomentosa
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The latin name of Pin Cherry is
Prunus pensylvanica
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The latin name of Chokecherry is
Prunus virginiana melanocarpa
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The latin name of the Evans Cherry is
*Prunus cerasus*
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The latin name for Raspberries is
Rubus idaeus
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What family does Actinidia kolomikta belong too
ACTINIDACEAE
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Humulus lupulus belongs to what family
CANNABACEAE
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Lonicera dioica belongs to what family
CAPRIFOLIACEAE
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Clematis x Jackmanii belongs to what family
RANUNCULACEAE
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Vitis riparia belongs to what family
VITACEAE
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The latin name for Arctic Kiwi is
Actinidia kolomikta
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The latin name for Hops is
Humulus lupulus
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The latin name for Dropmore Scarlet Honeysuckle is
Lonicera x brownii 'Dropmore Scarlet'
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The latin name for Twining Honeysuckle is
Lonicera dioica
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The latin name for Virginia Creeper is
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
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The latin name for River Grapes is
Vitis riparia
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The other common name for River Grapes is
Fox Grapes
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Which berry bush is the first to fruit
Lonicera caerulea (Haskaps)
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Which berry bush has the largest fruit in Ribes
Ribes uva-crispa (Gooseberry)
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Which berry likes acidic soils
Vaccinium spp
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What berry bush is self incompatible
Lonicera caerulea
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Which three berry produces suckers
Rubus ideaus, Amelanchier alnifolia, Lycium barbarum (Raspberry, Saskatoon, Goji berry)
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Which four berry bushes has spines
Lycium barbarum, Rubus ideaus, Ribes spp, Ribes uva-crispa (Goji, Raspberry, Currants, Gooseberry)
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Which two berries produce red, white and black fruit
Rubus idaeus, Ribes spp (Raspberry, Currants)
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What two berry bushes have light yellow tubular flowers
Lonicera caerulea, Ribes spp (Haskaps, Currants)
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Which berry bush has dark yellow tubular flowers
Ribes missouriense (Golden Currant)
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Which genus is a host to white pine blister rust
Ribes
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What three berry bushes have red fall colour
Vaccinium spp, Amelanchier alnifolia, Ribes missouriense (Blueberry, Saskatoon, Golden Currant)
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Which berry is produced late summer early fall
Vaccinium spp
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Which berry bush will collapse in full sun
Ribes spp
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Which two berry bushes are sensitive to sodium and chloride
Lycium barbarum, Ribes spp (Goji berry, Currants)
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Which two berry bushes can be completely defoliated by worms
Ribes spp, Ribes uva-crispa (Currants, Gooseberry)
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Which Ribes bush does not have spines
Ribes x nidigrolaria (Jostaberry)
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Which two berry bushes can make a nice small tree
Ribes uva-crispa, Amelanchier alnifolia (Gooseberry, Saskatoon)
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Which berry bush can become unruly and messy in fruit
Lycium barbarum (Goji Berry)
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What 2m tall shrub has tomentose leaves and red watery drupe fruit
Prunus tomentosa (Nanking Cherry)
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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)
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An oblong blue berry on a 4ft shrub with opposite leaves, imbricate leaf scales and exfoliating bark
Lonicera caerulea (Haskaps)
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A 1.2m shrub with large maple shaped leaves, spiny steams and 1cm black berries that bloom midsummer ?
Ribes spp
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A small shrub that loves acidic soil and produces blue coloured berries in fall
Vaccinium spp
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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)
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A 1m high shrub with sprawling branches and thorns that has the largest red, pink or white fruit in its genera
Ribes uva-crispa
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Non branching canes. Some produce on first year wood and some produce fruit on second year wood
Rubus idaeus
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Pomoid purple fruit on 2-3m native shrub with pointed, pubescent buds and red new bark
Amelanchier alnfolia
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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
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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)
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The largest fruit tree in our area, turning orange red in the fall and producing yellow fruit in the fall.
*Pyrus cvs*
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A ground cover producing red fleshy fruit on runners 30 days after flowering (late June or August)
Fragaria spp (Strawberry)
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Which two fruit trees only produce fruit once every 5 years because of cold springs
Prunus nigra, Prunus armeniaca (Plums, Apricot)
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More varieties grown in our area than any other fruit tree
Malus spp.
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What fruit tree will produce fruit from mid August into October, depending on cultivar
Malus spp.
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Which fruit bush is producing in late June/early July
Loniera caerulea
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Which three fruit trees need to be fruit thinned some years
Malus spp, Prunus nigra, Pyrus cvs (Apple, Plum, Pear)
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Grown for its edible stems
Rheum hybrids (Rhubarb)
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Which fruit should be harvested before it is mature
Pyrus cvs (Pear)
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What is June Drop
Totally normal, dropping of smaller, defective fruit after fruit set. Common in apples.
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What is Fruit Thinning
Involves removing excess fruit to improve fruit size and quality. Commonly done with apples, pears, and plums.
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What is biennial bearing
Is a bumper crop followed by a poor low yield crop the next year.
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What is self incompatible
A plant that can't be fertilized by its own pollen
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When should shrubs be pruned
After maturity, remove 1-2 large branches per year.
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When should fruit trees be pruned
Late winter
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What vine is herbaceous
Humulus lupulus
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What two vines are dioecious
Humulus lupulus and Actinidia kolomikta
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What vine only grows 1-2m
Lonicera dioica
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What two vines have red flowers
Lonicera x brownii 'Dropmore Scarlet Trumpet' & Lonicera dioica
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What vine has purple/pink flowers
Clematis x jackmanii
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What two vines has edible fruit
Vitis riparia & Actinidia kolomikta
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What vine is hard to prune because of its coarse hairs
Humulus lupulus
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What vine has white/pink variegated leaves
Actinidia kolomikta
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What vine can spread through its rhizomes roots
Humulus lupulus
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What vines contains aromatic/medicinal substances
Humulus lupulus
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What vines need to have their roots kept moist and cool
Clematis x jackmanii
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Which vine is native to Alberta
Lonicera dioica
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What vine and family are apetalous
Clematis x jackmanii & Vitaceae
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Which two vines have tendrils
Vitis riparia & Parthenocissus quinquefolia
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Which vine has red fall colour
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
