Three Important Areas of Horticulture

The horticulture industry can be divided into three areas: pomology, olericulture, and ornamental.

1)Pomology is the planting, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing of fruit and nut crops. Fruit crops include both large and small fruits.

Examples of large fruits are peaches, apples, and pears.

Small fruits include strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries. Almonds, pecans, and walnuts are popular nut crops.

2) Olericulture: involves the production of vegetable food crops. Olericulture includes the planting, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing of vegeta- ble crops. Sweet corn, tomatoes, snap beans, and lettuce are examples of vegetable crops.

3) Ornamental horti- culture involves the production and use of woody and herbaceous plants.

Ornamental horticulture is divided into 2 categories.

These are floriculture and landscape horticulture.

Both involve the use of flowering and foliage plants. Foliage plants are those used for their colorful greenery or leaves.

1) Floriculture is the area of ornamental horticulture associ- ated with the production and use of flowers, potted plants, and annual bedding plants.

2) Landscape horticul- ture includes designing plans for landscapes, installing landscapes as specified in the plans, and maintaining the landscapes. Maples, oaks, forsythia, honey- suckle, English ivy, peonies, and Kentucky bluegrass are common landscape plant materials.

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