Specialty Crop Production

AG Publications:

• Cucumbers. Commercial Production of Pickling & Slicing Cucumbers in North Carolina AG-552
• Ginseng: A Production Guide for North Carolina AG-323
• Shiitake. Producing Shiitake Mushrooms AG-478

Horticulture Information Leaflets:

Cover Crops

• Summer Cover Crops HIL-37

Culinary and Craft

• Luffa. Commercial Luffa Sponge Gourd Production HIL-120

Food Systems

• Community Supported Agriculture In North Carolina HIL-38
• Specialty Crops in North Carolina: acreage and distribution tb-327 

Herbs

• Basil HIL-125
• Caraway HIL-128
• Chives HIL-124
• Herbs Seed and Plant Sources for Medicinal Herbs and Botanicals HIL-129
• Herbs Suppliers of Culinary and Ornamental Herb Seeds and/or Plants HIL-130

Medicinals

• Black Cohosh HIL-135
• Bloodroot HIL-134
• Ginseng Care and Planting of Ginseng Seed and Roots HIL-127
• Ginseng Disease Control - Phytophthora and Alternaria HIL-132
• Goldenseal Commercial Goldenseal Cultivation HIL-131
• Goldenseal Sources of Goldenseal Seeds, Plants or Roots HIL-123

Mushrooms

• Shiitake-Sources of Shiitake Spawn HIL-122

Vegetables

• Asparagus HIL-2A
• Asparagus. Commercial Asparagus Production-Asparagus Crown Production HIL-2C
• Bean. Pole Bean Production HIL-3A
• Beet Production HIL-4
• Broccoli Production HIL-5
• Broccoli Production Guide for Western North Carolina HIL-5B
• Broccoli Raab HIL-5A
• Brussels Sprouts HIL-6
• Cabbage Production HIL-7
• Cantaloupes (Muskmelons) HIL-8
• Carrot. Commercial Carrot Production HIL-9
• Cauliflower HIL-10
• Celery. Commercial Celery Production in Eastern North Carolina HIL-27
• Collards HIL-12
• Corn. Sweet Corn Production HIL-13
• Corn. Organic Sweet Corn Production HIL-50
• Cress. Upland Cress HIL-16A
• Cucumber. Fresh Market Production Cucumbers HIL-14
• Cucumber. Trellised Cucumbers HIL-14B
• Eggplant HIL-15
• Gourds. Growing Gourds HIL-29
• Greens for Market HIL-16
• Jerusalem Artichokes HIL-1A
• Lettuce in North Carolina HIL-11
• Onion. Green Bunch Onions HIL-18
• Onion. Bulb Onion Production in Eastern North Carolina HIL-18A
• Okra Production HIL-19
• Southern Peas HIL-20
• Pepper Production (Bell, Small Fruit and Pimento) HIL-21
• Potato. Commercial Potato Production in Eastern North Carolina HIL-22
• Pumpkins and Winter Squash HIL-24
• Radish HIL-25
• Ramps: Cultivation Of Ramps (Allium tricoccumandA. burdickii) HIL-133
• Rutabagas and Turnips HIL-26
• Spinach HIL-17
• Squash. Summer Squash Production HIL-24A
• Squash. Storing Winter Squash and Pumpkins HIL-24C
• Sweetpotato. Guidelines for Sweetpotato Seed Stock and Transplant Production HIL-23C
• Sweetpotato. Presprouting Sweetpotatoes HIL-23
• Sweetpotato. What is the Difference Between a Sweetpotato and a Yam? HIL-23A
• Tomato. Fresh Market Tomato Production Piedmont & Coastal Plain of North Carolina HIL-28A
• Tomato. Blossom-End Rot of Tomatoes HIL-28D
• Tomato. Pruning and Supporting Tomatoes HIL-28G
• Turnips and Rutabagas HIL-26

Vegetables: Cultivar Selection

• Commercial Vegetable Varieties HIL-00
• Greenhouse Vegetable Production Reference List HIL-32A
• Precision Seeding for Vegetable Crops HIL-36

Vegetables: Irrigation

• Drip or Trickle Irrigation Systems: An Outline of Components HIL-33A
• Drip or Trickle Irrigation Systems: An Operations and Troubleshooting Checklist HIL-33B
• Using Plastic Mulches and Drip Irrigation for Vegetable Production HIL-33
• Vegetable Crop Irrigation HIL-33E