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  • Brown Rot on Ornamental Cherry Trees

  • A Return of a Scale

    … into the landscape. If uncontrolled, they can kill the tree. Hosts San Jose scale is most destructive on apple and … be a serious pest of sweet cherry, peach, prune, and other tree fruits. It also attacks nut trees, berry bushes, and many …

  • Cicadas in Maryland

    … where they burrow into the soil and feed on the sap of tree roots. Nymphs resemble wingless adults, have --tan-brown … crawl out of dime-sized holes . Then they will climb onto tree trunks, posts, and other upright structures . A fter a … Resources - Forestry, Bugwood.org Egg laying damage to a tree twig. Photo: Jim Baker, North Carolina State University, …

  • A Return of a Scale

    … into the landscape. If uncontrolled, they can kill the tree. Hosts San Jose scale is most destructive on apple and … be a serious pest of sweet cherry, peach, prune, and other tree fruits. It also attacks nut trees, berry bushes, and many …

  • Using Plant Growth Regulators to Improve Apple Return Bloom

    … or vegetative tissue during this period can deplete the tree’s energy which can compromise return bloom for next … by minimizing competition between flowers on the same tree. PGRs are synthetic or naturally occurring chemicals … and Fuji, and it has been reported that it causes pygmy fruits in these cultivars. Ethephon should not be applied …

  • Be on the Lookout for Green Stink Bug

    … dimpling and subsequent catfacing injury (Fig. 2). Mature fruits will have depressed lines and multiple corky areas … bugs and many types of stink bugs. Scout grapes and small fruits since adult stink bugs will often lay their eggs early … For more information about control see the Penn State Tree Fruit Production Guide (page 155). This article appears …

  • San Jose Scale

    … ), prune-type plums ( Prunus domestica ), and other tree fruits. Nut trees and several fruiting shrubs (edible … of all sizes. They can also be found on the skin of fruits and occasionally on foliage. Populations on trunks and …

  • The Beach Plum

    … however it tends to resemble a bush more often than a tree; it suckers freely from the roots and can produce dense … been injured by insects, causing it to rot. These decayed fruits dry, shrivel, and become mummies. The disease 3 lives … 315. U. of Mass. Coop. Ext. Ser. Reich, L. 1991. Uncommon Fruits Worth of Attention. Addison-Wesley. Reading, MA. … The …

  • Purchasing Trees and Shrubs

    … almost any time the ground can be worked. The larger the tree is at planting, the longer the establishment period. … | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Recommended Tree Species for Urban Plantings | University of Maryland …

  • Growing Figs in Maryland

    … to Maryland landscapes. They can be pruned to a shrub or tree form, grown in containers or in-ground, are virtually … in Maryland gardens are all seedless, producing their fruits parthenocarpically (without pollination or …  | NC State University (Video) How to air layer a fig tree  | Cornell University Rooting Dormant Hardwood Fig …