Cherries: Crop Physiology, Production and Uses

was Head of the Pomology and Viticulture Section at Summerland for more than 15 years. His service to national and international horticultural science includes being Chair of the Fruit Section of the International Society for Horticultural Science (1994-2000), President of the Canadian Society for Horticultural Science (1997-99; CSHS Life Membership awarded in 2002), President of the 24th International Horticultural Congress (2002), and President of the International Society for Horticultural Science (2002-2010; awarded Fellow of ISHS in 2006). Dr. Looney is also a Fellow of the American Society for Horticultural Science (1985). He owns and operates a peach orchard overlooking Okanagan Lake in interior British Columbia.

• Part One: Introduction 1: The taxonomic classification of sweet and sour cherries and a brief history of their cultivation, A D Webster 2: World distribution of sweet and sour cherry production: national statistics, A D Webster and N E Looney Part Two: Plant Materials 3: Sweet cherry scions: characteristics of principal commercial cultivars, breeding objectives and methods, G Bargioni 4: Sour cherries cultivars: objectives and methods of fruit breeding and characteristics of principal commercial cultivars, A Iezzoni 5: Rootstocks for sweet and sour cherries, A D Webster and H Schmidt Part Three: Crop Physiology and Husbandry 6: Propagation of sweet and sour cherries, A D Webster 7: Selection of the orchard site, orchard planning and establishment, M Longstroth and R L Perry 8: Flowering , pollination and fruit set, M Thompson 9: Cherry nutrient requirements and water relations, E J Hanson and E L Proebsting 10: Tree canopy management and the orchard environment, principles and practices of pruning and training, J A Flore and C D Kesner 11: Principles and practice of plant bioregulator usage in cherry production, N E Looney 12: Rain-induced cracking of sweet cherries; its causes and prevention, J Vittrup Christensen Part Four: Crop Protection 13: Orchard floor vegetation management, E J Hogue and N E Looney 14: Cherry diseases: their prevention and control, G I Mink and A L Jones 15: Management and control of insect and mite pests of cherry, J F Brunner 16: Sweet cherries: protection of fruit from bird and rain damage, D Pennell and A D Webster Part Five: Harvesting, Handling and Utilization 17: Harvesting and handling of sweet cherries for the fresh market, N E Looney, A D Webster and E M Kupferman 18: Harvesting and handling sour and sweet cherries for processing, G K Brown and G Kollar 19: Cherry processing, K Kaack, S E Spayd and S R Drake 20: Index

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