The University of Vermont Apple Team within the Plant And Soil Science Department welcomes you to the

UVM Apple Orchard

The UVM Apple Program:

Extension and Research for the commercial tree fruit grower in Vermont and beyond...

Our commitment is to provide relevant and timely horticultural, integrated pest management, marketing and economics information to commercial tree fruit growers in Vermont and beyond. Please be sure to visit AIM (the Apple Information Manager) for more regional apple production information. If you have any questions or comments, please contact us.

UVM Apple Team Members

Dr. Elena Garcia and Dr. Lorraine Berkett,  Faculty

Terence Bradshaw,  Research Technician

 Christopher Benedict, Research Technician

Zak Skibo, Graduate Student

Christopher Kuitems, Student Intern

UVM Apple Orchard Blocks

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  Weather      Food Safety      Apple Industry Links

What's New in 2002

[Note: To read some of the information this year on our website

you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded free from the Adobe website.]

Weekly Growing Season DD Accumulation for Plum Curculio Model

Weekly Growing Season DD Accumulation for Arthropod Pests

Weekly Growing Season DD Accumulation for Ascospore Maturity

Weekly Growing Season Apple Bud Stages Around Vermont

Critical Temperatures (F) for Tree Fruit Bud Stages¹(WSU)

¹For Red Delicious, Golden Delicious and Winesap approximately one degree hardier;  Rome Beauty, two degrees hardier; except after petal fall when all varieties are equally tender

² Avg temperatures found by research at the WSU Res. and Ext. Center, Prosser,  to result in 10% and 90% kill

  September/October Issue of the Vermont Apple Newsletter,   Oct. 15, 2002

  August Issue of the Vermont Apple Newsletter,   August 22, 2002

   IPM Alert,   August 9, 2002

   July Issue of the Vermont Apple Newsletter,   July 25, 2002

   IPM Alert,   July 16, 2002

   IPM Alert,   July 9, 2002

   June Issue of the Vermont Apple Newsletter,   June 20, 2002

   IPM Alert,   June 10, 2002

   IPM Alert,   May 30, 2002

   IPM Alert,   May 24, 2002

   May Issue of Vermont Apple Newsletter, May 23, 2002.

   IPM Alert,   May 20, 2002

   IPM Alert,   May 14, 2002

   IPM Alert,   May 10, 2002

   IPM Alert,   April 23, 2002

   April Issue of Vermont Apple Newsletter, April 18, 2002.

   IPM Alert,   April 17, 2002

   IPM Alert,   April 12, 2002

   March Issue of Vermont Apple Newsletter, March 25, 2002.

   2002 Update to the 2000-2001 New England Apple Pest Management Guide

   The 2000-2001 New England Apple Pest Management Guide

   2002 UMass March Message on the web.

   2002 Vermont Tree Fruit Growers' Annual Meeting, Holiday Inn, Rutland, VT. - Feb. 21, 2002           

   Horticulture Presentations -  Apple Botany and History; Calcium Uses in Apples; Cold Hardiness;          Light Interception of Apple Tree Canopies; Pruning;  Topworking Apple Trees

   Synopsis of Key Arthropods and Diseases Affecting Apples

   2002  New England Fruit Meetings & Trade Show - Sturbrige, MA, January 9 & 10,  2002

  Archived "What's New in 2001"

  Archived "What's New in 2000"

  Archived "What's New in 1999

Check out AIM (Apple Information Manager): a collaborative Extension and research effort of the Universities of Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island to bring timely, relevant, and useful apple production information to New England apple growers via the World Wide Web. AIM has excellent weather resources and helpful IPM decision making tools that should be of interest to all New England orchardists.

Webpage: LPBerkett