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  • Harvest and Postharvest Practices for Improving Apple Fruit Marketability

    … a.m. -  Connecting the dots: Orchard management, apple tree decline, and postharvest rots .  Dr. Kari Peter, Penn …

  • Forest Pests: Asian Longhorned Beetle

    … While the beetle can fly up to 8.5 miles from the host tree, the average flight distance is 1.4 miles. Female ALM … tissue (phloem and cambium) and eventually into the woody tree tissue (xylem) through the fall and winter. They … the bark. Photo by USDA.gov. This feeding and burrowing in tree tissue will weaken the tree, causing the tree top to …

  • Climate Change in the Apple Orchard: Sunburn and Blight

    … followed by hot, dry summer weather, has affected apple fruits and apple trees. Sunburn and abnormal red color … was made to prune out blighted shoots. Figure 2 shows a tree which was quite susceptible to blight. In that Figure, the tree had more than 50 blighted shoots. Fireblight …

  • Peach Bronzing: Insights into a Troublesome Skin Disorder

    … observed in both preharvest (when fruit is still on the tree) and postharvest (after a few days of cold storage at … often apply fertilizer annually, regardless of soil and tree needs, potentially leading to nutrient imbalances. … soil potassium levels but only when coupled with high tree transpiration rates induced by excessive pre-harvest …

  • Commercial Bramble Production

    … Safety Commercial Storage The Commercial Storage of Fruits, Vegetables, and Florist and Nursery Stocks (Handbook … summaries of current storage requirements of fresh fruits, vegetables, cut flowers, and other horticultural … and suitability as a fresh-cut product. A large number of fruits and vegetables were added, as well as sections on food …

  • English Ivy

    … (aerial rootlets) on the stems. English ivy can cling to tree bark, brick, stone, and other textured surfaces. As the … year); clinging vine that smothers ground-level plants and tree trunks as the stems grow upwards Typical mature size: … stems can easily reach 60 feet or more if scaling a tall tree; while growing as a groundcover, the plant typically …

  • Flowering Dogwood

    … 6, 2023 About flowering dogwood Cornus florida Deciduous tree Dogwood family ( Cornaceae) Maryland Distribution: … Uses: Perhaps our most widely-recognized and popular small tree, it is commonly featured in area gardens. Dogwood trees … unlimited root space and occasional irrigation helps the tree avoid stress. Photo: Miri Talabac Pink-flowered cultivar …

  • Commercial Strawberry Production

    … Safety Commercial Storage The Commercial Storage of Fruits, Vegetables, and Florist and Nursery Stocks (Handbook … summaries of current storage requirements of fresh fruits, vegetables, cut flowers, and other horticultural … and suitability as a fresh-cut product. A large number of fruits and vegetables were added, as well as sections on food …

  • Growing Dwarf Citrus

    … after the danger of frost has passed, place your citrus tree outdoors to receive the maximum amount of sunlight – 8 … You do not need to fertilize in the winter. Flowers & fruits Citrus trees produce fragrant white flowers in the … from one flower and brush it from flower to flower. Citrus fruits ripen at different times of the year, depending on the …

  • Invasives in Your Woodland: Callery Pear (updated 2025)

    … Callerys with Bartletts would make for a blight-resistant tree. The resulting trees were studied for thirty years at a … Forest Service   Image Gallery: Callery Pear Callery pear tree. Note the characteristic V-crotch branch structure. Many …