Controlling Bitter Pit in Apples: Best Practices for Growers (FS-2023-0701)
… FS-2023-0701 | March 2024 Controlling Bitter Pit in Apples: Best Practices for Growers Figure 1. Bitter Pit developing on Honeycrisp apples in the orchard. Photo: Dr. Macarena Farcuh Consumer enthusiasm for Honeycrisp apples’ distinctly crispy flesh and fresh flavor …
Maximizing Apple and Peach Profits with Preventative Bruising Practices
… Fig. 2. Apple harvester wearing a hard bucket with a soft, padded … 14, 2022 By Morgan Jacobs , and Macarena Farcuh Maximizing Apple and Peach Profits with Preventative Bruising Practices … by minimizing fruit damage and loss. Fig. 1. (A) An apple and (B) peach fruits affected by bruising, indicated by …
Peaches
… and Fruit News, June 2022, Volume 13, Issue 3 Maximizing Apple and Peach Profits with Preventative Bruising Practices …
Tips for Choosing Trees and Shrubs
… area. Updated: March 7, 2023 Select an appropriate tree or shrub for the site Overgrown dwarf Alberta spruce … inside the house. Photo: R Malloy Determine how big the tree or shrub will get when mature before you purchase and … it . This step can save you the job of removing the tree or shrub in the future that has outgrown the …
Understanding and Preventing Lenticel Breakdown in Apples: from Tree to Storage
… of Maryland, College Park Email: mfarcuh@umd.edu What is lenticel breakdown in Apple Fruits and what causes it? … disorder development. Because the natural ripening hormone ethylene will increase as fruit ripens on the tree, the fruit …
Are Your Peaches Ready to Harvest? (FS-1182)
Beginning Fruit Producer Resources
… monitoring, phenology, production timeline, and more. Tree Fruits: Organic Production Overview - ATTRA National … List - includes many guides for the organic production of tree and small fruit (There is a cost for some publications): …
Sample Collection & Preparation for Perennial Fruit Crops
… is best NOT to take multiple leaves from the same bush or tree but rather collect from a wide selection of plants … you are sampling. Refer to NM-5 “Nutrient Management for Tree Fruits and Small Fruits” for more information on tissue …
Tree Fruit Pest Management
… By Joseph Fiola, Ph.D. 2025 Spray Bulletin for Commercial Tree Fruit Growers This guide contains information on … . Access Publication Spray Program for Multi-Tree Fruit Orchards Multi-Tree Fruit Orchard Spray Program … Guides for IPM Scouting in Michigan Apples, and in Stone Fruits. Both guides produced by David Epstein and Larry Gut, …
From the Orchard to Cold Storage: A Closer Look at the Development of Nine Physiological Disorders in Apples (FS-2022-0640)
… Look at the Development of Nine Physiological Disorders in Apples What are physiological disorders and what factors … to developing certain disorders than others. For example, Honeycrisp fruits are highly prone to bitter pit development. … physiological disorders, as bitter pit is exacerbated in Honeycrisp fruit with low calcium (Ca) levels and larger …