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Specialty fruits are a diverse group of berry and other small fruit crops which continue to grow in popularity and develop market share in the New York fruit production industry. These specialty fruits include species of ribes (currants, gooseberries, and jostaberries), aronia, elderberry, beach plum, hardy kiwi, persimmons, pawpaws, mulberries, medlars, etc.

See also the Cornell Minor Fruit web site for a brief overview of these one-of-a-kind fruits!

• Ribes Cultivar Review
• Improved Fresh Fruit Quality of Gooseberries and Red Currants with the Cordon Training System
• Cornell Pest Management Guidelines for Berry Crops - Chapter 6 Ribes
• 2005 Spring Round-Up of Small Fruit Arthropod Pests
• Arthropod Pest Management Update, Summer 2005
• Currants, Gooseberries and Jostaberries - A Guide for Growers, Marketers, and Researchers in North America

• Special Project: Beach Plum - Small farm sustainability through crop diversification & value-added products
• Beach Plum Grower's Guide
• Beach Plum Production and Marketing
• Cornell Pest Management Guidelines for Commercial Tree Fruit Production

• Autumn Olive - Weed or New Cash Crop?

• Demand Increasing for Aronia and Elderberry in North America
• Elderberry Research and Production in Missouri

• PawPaw production - ATTRA
• Persimmon page-University of California fruit and Nut Research and Information Center
• Persimmon production - ATTRA
• Persimmon Fruit Facts- California Rare Fruit Growers

• Hawthorns and Medlars- Timber Press

• Hardy Kiwi-Emerald Gems
• Kiwifruit Production in North Carolina - North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
• Kiwifruit and Hardy Kiwi - Ohio State University
• Kiwifruit production - Oregon State University
• Kiwifruit Production in California - University of California

• Mulberry Fruit Facts- California Rare Fruit Growers