Making Apple, Fruit & Ice-Style Wines
Presented at the 2012 Bay Fruit School by Dr. Joseph Fiola, University of Maryland Extension Specialist, Viticulture and Small Fruit. Produced by George Harvey, Queen Anne's County Television

Value-Added Processed Apple Products
Joseph A. Fiola, Ph.D.

2009 Bay Area Fruit School Presentation
Growing Asian Pears, Spray Programs for Multi-Fruit Orchards, Certified Organic Insecticides for Fruit Orchards, Pollinator Update, Rusty Spot Management in Peach, Summer Apple Disease Management, Pruning Brambles, Pesticide Hot Topics.

Western Maryland Regional Fruit School Presentations

February 24, 2011

• Efficacy and Timing of New Fungicides for Disease Management (pdf)
  Alan R. Biggs, Professor of Plant Pathology, West Virginia University TFREC, Kearneysville
  
  
• eXtension - Apple Rootstocks and Cultivars (pdf)

Publications

Relationship Between 'Honeycrisp' Crop Load and Sensory Panel Evaluations of the Fruit
Tara Auxt Baugher, Extension Tree Fruit Educator, Penn State Cooperative Extension, and James R. Schupp,Associate Professor of Horticulture, Penn State Fruit Research and Extension Center, Published in the Journal of the American Pomological Society 64(3): 226-233 2010

Newsletter

Hort Technology Newsletter Archives

Vegetable & Small Fruit Gazette
Penn State University Vegetable and Fruit Newsletter
January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 January 2010 February 2010 March 2010 April 2010 May 2010 June 2010 October 2010 December 2010 Janaury 2011 February 2011 March 2011 April 2011 May 2011 June 2011 July 2011 August 2011 September 2011 October 2011 November 2011 December 2011 January 2012

Fruit Times
Penn State University Cooperative Extension
Web-based Fruit Times recognizes your Smart Phone and automatically changes to a more easily read format so you can receive timely updates while you are in the orchard.  Another valuable feature is that Penn State fruit specialists can send out recommendations as events change in your orchards – not just once a month!  To subscribe to daily updates, please visit: http://extension.psu.edu/fruit-times/news

Washington State University Newsletter
Tree Fruit Research & Extension Center, Postharvest Information Network

Vegetable & Fruit Headlines
University of Maryland Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources Profitability Impact Team
Bi-weekly publication for the commercial vegetable and fruit industry.

September 2009 - A Status Report on Honey Crisp Apple Maturity & Storage for Washington
Dr. Gene Kupferman, Washington State University, Dr. Jim Mattheis, USDA - ARS

Long Island Fruit & Vegetable Update
Reports are sent weekly to the vegetable, grape, potato and fruit growers every Friday from the first week in April until the middle of September. Information includes Integrated Pest Management (IPM) reports, staff observations, cultural practices, updating of rules and regulations, Field Days. Available by email as a PDF file or fax, $15/year; or first class
$20/year.

Web Links

Weekly Insect Bytes
Fruit Research & Education Center, College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State University
Insect pest control updates for the south-central part of Pennsylvania based on observations in Adams County, PA

Publications and Resources

2011 Spray Form Recorder
Developed by Matt Harsh, updated by Katie Ellis, Larry Hull, Greg
Krawczyk, Rob Crassweller and Jim Remcheck - Penn State University
It’s easy to keep accurate pesticide records on your farm – this spreadsheet will help you document chemical applications in apple, peach, cherry and pear orchards.  Most commonly-available tree fruit pesticides registered in PA are listed, along with EPA registration numbers, re-entry intervals, and pre-harvest intervals.  Use this along with the spray spreadsheet application in the Calibration Calculator tool package by Dan Schriver to track your spray costs and inventory. To view tutorial ... click here
(Excel Spreadsheet)

2012 Spray Bulletin for Commercial Tree Fruit Growers
This publication is available in a  PDF. Hard Copies are available for $14.00 plus shipping. contact Susan Barnes at 301-432-2767 x301
Summary of Disease Control changes for 2012 Spray Bulletin

Effective Insecticides for Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs
By Kent Smith, USDA-ARS
Based on laboratory bioassay results and field screening trials as of February 7, 2011.

Summary of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Infestations in Maryland Crops
Galen Dively, Cerruti Hooks, and Terry Patton, University of Maryland

2009 Orchard Disease Insect and Weed Control Update
Valuable updates for the 2009 Tree Fruit Spray Book

AFRS Fruit Update
USDA Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Kearneysville, WV

2011 Spray Program for Multi-Tree Fruit Orchards
R. David Myers, University of Maryland Extension
Multi-Tree Fruit Orchard Spray Program for the control of major tree fruit (Pomes: apples, pears; Stones: peaches, plums, nectarines and cherries) pests and diseases.

2010-2011 Pennsylvania Tree Fruit Production Guide (pdf)
The guide is on the Web as PDFs (left column); each subsection is a separate PDF. Most of these documents are only a few pages in length, making them easy to download. You will need Acrobat Reader to view these PDFs

The Tree Fruit Production Guide is available in hard copy for $25 from the college. Please see http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/contactus.asp for more information.

Spotted Wing Drosophila
Penn State Extension, Pest Alert, November 2011, Horticulture Program
An overview and identification of Spotted Wing Drosophila.

Soil and Plant Testing Lab Resource List

Internet Resources

WVU Index of Fruit Disease Photographs, Biology, and Monitoring Information
Mid-Atlantic Orchard Monitoring Guide Web Site for Tree Fruit Pathology
Author Credits