Month: June 2008
Consumer Evaluation of New, Antique, and Little Known Apple Varieties
To see an article from the University of Massachusetts entitled “Consumer Evaluation of New, Antique, and Little Known Apple Varieties, click on the link below: …
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Organic Apple Grower’s Hour: June 26 Summary
Participants: (10 total) Deirdre Birmingham, Mineral Point, WI; Doug Waples, Soldier, IA; Bill Wright, Green Bay, WI; Bob Willard, Rochester, WI; Tom Galazen, Bayfield, WI; …
Help John Aue collate and analyze growers’ thinning practices
Many growers think they may have overthinned this season. John Aue is willing to collate and analyze thinning information to see how different approaches have …
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June 24 IPM Conference Call Summary
John’s Updates 1. If you are noticing unusual plant bugs or weevils, they are probably nothing to worry about. Many come from recently mowed alleyways …
Organic Apple Grower’s Hour: June 19 Summary
Participants: (7 total) Deirdre Birmingham, Mineral Point, WI; Doug Waples, Soldier, IA; Jim Lindemann, McFarland, WI; WI; Lisa DiPietro, Madison, WI; Michael Phillips, Groveton, NH; …
MSU Fruit Crop Advisory Team Alert newsletter
On the IPM conference call today, we discussed some useful tables in the most recent issue of the Fruit CAT newsletter. The tables are entitled: …
June 17 IPM Conference Call Summary
John’s Updates 1. John is not seeing many mite problems this season 2. White apple leaf hopper and potato leaf hopper numbers are low 3. …
Helpful table showing characteristics of fungicides
This comes to us from Dennis Norton of Royal Oak Farm Orchard: “The last MSU Fruit Crop Advisory had a link to a great fungicide …
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Organic Apple Grower’s Hour: June 12 Summary
Participants: (10 total) Bill Wright, Green Bay, WI; Deirdre Birmingham, Mineral Point, WI; Peter Johnson, Waupaca, WI; Bob Willard, Rochester, WI; Doug Waples, Soldier, IA; …
June 10 IPM Conference Call Summary
Topics 1. Things to consider when deciding whether to re-coat after recent heavy rains: type of material, scouting information, etc. 2. Differentiating PC damage and …