I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Tree Fruit Production Basics
2. Course Prefix & Number:
SCMT 2325
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
Students will learn the basics of tree fruit production including selecting rootstocks, selecting varieties, finding the right site to plant trees, projected costs and returns of a fruit orchard, and labor requirements for orchard production.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
SCMT 2325 - Tree Fruit Production Basics
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
SCMT 2325 - Tree Fruit Production Basics
There are no corequisites for this course.
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Specialty Crops Management, Diploma
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Appraise catalogs from different businesses to determine the best place to buy trees |
| Assess alternative solutions to a problem |
Compare the advantages of a high density fruit orchard with a standard orchard |
| Utilize appropriate technology |
List advantages or disadvantages of adopting latest technologies in tree fruit production |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Evaluate different rootstocks, with regard to tree size and precocity
- Identify varieties that fit a farm's climate
- Identify varieties suitable for local markets
- Calculate costs of establishing an orchard
- List equipment that will be required to establish an orchard
- Estimate labor needs for the first five years
- Estimate returns over the first five years
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Rootstocks
- Importance of choosing a good rootstock for a specific location
- Rootstocks and estimated tree height
- Common rootstocks in Minnesota
- Precocity
- Varieties
- Choosing varieties that are cold-hardy
- Choosing varieties for market
- Disease susceptibility of different varieties
- Insect pest resistance for different varieties
- Choosing the right site
- Air drainage and frost protection
- Water drainage
- Ground covers
- Mulches
- Herbicide strips
- Appropriate grass species between rows
- Projected costs and returns
- Tree costs
- Fencing and irrigation costs
- Costs for frost protection
- Tree guards
- Labor requirements for first five years
- Average yields for different rootstocks
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Tree Fruit Production Basics
2. Course Prefix & Number:
SCMT 2325
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
Students will learn the basics of tree fruit production including selecting rootstocks, selecting varieties, finding the right site to plant trees, projected costs and returns of a fruit orchard, and labor requirements for orchard production.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
SCMT 2325 - Tree Fruit Production Basics
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
SCMT 2325 - Tree Fruit Production Basics
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Specialty Crops Management, Diploma
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Appraise catalogs from different businesses to determine the best place to buy trees |
| Utilize appropriate technology |
List advantages or disadvantages of adopting latest technologies in tree fruit production |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Evaluate different rootstocks, with regard to tree size and precocity
- Identify varieties that fit a farm's climate
- Identify varieties suitable for local markets
- Calculate costs of establishing an orchard
- List equipment that will be required to establish an orchard
- Estimate labor needs for the first five years
- Estimate returns over the first five years
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Rootstocks
- Importance of choosing a good rootstock for a specific location
- Rootstocks and estimated tree height
- Common rootstocks in Minnesota
- Precocity
- Varieties
- Choosing varieties that are cold-hardy
- Choosing varieties for market
- Disease susceptibility of different varieties
- Insect pest resistance for different varieties
- Choosing the right site
- Air drainage and frost protection
- Water drainage
- Ground covers
- Mulches
- Herbicide strips
- Appropriate grass species between rows
- Projected costs and returns
- Tree costs
- Fencing and irrigation costs
- Costs for frost protection
- Tree guards
- Labor requirements for first five years
- Average yields for different rootstocks