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Commercial Grower Newsletters


Our Commercial Newsletters are available here for your review and download. They contain articles written by Nourse Farms Staff and are geared specifically to Commercial Growers. We are happy to make them available online for your review and/or download.

Also available are articles from previous Commercial Newsletters that we feel can provide a benefit to commercial growers. We will continue to add to this section, as our goal is to provide a library of information for our customers.

Spring 2012

Spotted Wing Drosophila, Selecting Raspberries, Spring/Summer Calendar and more...


Fall 2011

2012 Commercial Price List, Extending the Strawberry Season, Raspberry Update and more...


Spring 2011

Calendar, Plant Dipping, Composting, and more...


Fall 2010 (PDF)  & Special Insert (PDF) 

  • Winter Meetings & Tradeshows
  • Strawberry Variety Feedback
  • Pruning Tips 
  • Pricing our Berry Crops 

Spring 2010 (PDF)

  • Strawberry Herbicide Update
  • Plant Dipping
  • Pest Alert
  • Receiving & Storing Plants 

Fall 2009 (PDF)  & Special Insert (PDF)

  • Pruning Brambles
  • Cyclamen Mites Spring Herbicide Options for Strawberries and Raspberries
  • Tradeshow List
  • Variety Update

Spring 2009 (PDF)

  • Pruning Primocane Blackberries
  • Spring Herbicide Options for Strawberries and Raspberries
  • Variety Update
  • Controlling Root Rot with Compost Tradeshow List

Fall 2008 (PDF)

  • Fall Application of Herbicides on Strawberries
  • Variety Update for 2009
  • Phytophthora Control
  • New Trial Varieties

Spring 2008 (PDF)

  • Chemical Weed Control for New Raspberry Plantings
  • New Research Results for Strawberries
  • What is Biofumication?
  • New Trial Varieties
  • Blueberry Variety Review (by Nate Nourse)

Fall 2007 (PDF)

  • Cane Blight Identified on Currants
  • Strawberry Herbicide Use Related to Dormancy
  • Chateau Update - A new herbicide labeled for strawberry production
  • Pruning Prelude Red Raspberries for Best Results

Spring 2007 (PDF)

  • Field Scouting Strategy
  • Chateau Herbicide for Strawberries
  • Magnesium Applications
  • New Trial Varieties

Fall 2006 (PDF)

  • New Varieties for 2007
  • Plasticulture Strawberries
  • 2006 Variety Performance
  • Elderberries

Spring 2006 (PDF)

  • Pruning Prelude Raspberries
  • Special Fertilization for Polana
  • Spring Fertilization Program
  • Environmental Conditions that Affect your Plantings

Fall 2005 (PDF)

  • New Varieties for 2006
  • Weed Control in Review
  • Variety Updates
  • Open House Recap

Spring 2005 (PDF)

  • Controlling Japanese Beetles
  • Trial Day Neutral Variety
  • Misc. Pesticide Info
  • New Varieties

Fall 2004 (PDF)

  • New Strawberry Varieties for 2005
  • Soil Fumigation Update
  • Tips on Growing and Harvesting Prelude Berries
  • New Releases for Testing

Spring 2004 (PDF)

  • Strawberry Fungicide
  • Growing Darselect
  • Cyclamen Mites
  • How Much Water is Enough