Apple Pest Report: Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Vol. 15 No. 19
Apple maturity
A general outlook (no
account for crop load, drought and other stresses) for when drop of non-spur
McIntosh apples might reach 10% of crop is Sunday – Wednesday, September
23-26.
Weather
observations and forecasts estimate that 165 chilling hours at Highmoor Farm will
have accumulated by around October 4.
Research found that 500 ppm DPA for Cortland & 1000 ppm for Red
Delicious is adequate for fruit harvested on or after October 4 and kept in
Refrigerated Air storage. Limited
data suggest that same may also be true for McIntosh. This is also the best guess for scald
risk in Controlled Atmosphere storage.
Other news
1) from
the UMass Healthy Fruits newsletter written by Jon Clements:
The New England
Vegetable & Fruit Conference is scheduled for December 11, 12 and 13,
2007 at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, NH.
There will be four tree fruit sessions: Stone Fruit on
the afternoon of December 11, and morning and afternoon Apple sessions on
December 12. In addition, there will be a special Organic Apple session on the
morning of December 11. Please make plans to attend this premier meeting for
fruit and vegetable growers in New England. For more information, visit the Conference
website at http://www.newenglandvfc.org/about_the_conference.html
2) Great
Maine Apple Day will be held 10am to 3pm, October 30 at the MOFGA Common
Ground Education Center. For more
information see http://www.mofga.org/Programs/Events/GreatMaineAppleDay/tabid/294/Default.aspx
Sincerely,
Glen
Glen Koehler
Pest Management Office
491 College Avenue
Orono, ME 04473
Voice: 207-581-3882
Email: gkoehler@umext.maine.edu
Web: PRONewEngland.org
What we call the secret of
happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.
- Leo Buscaglia