The University of Vermont Apple Team within the Plant & 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, Graduate Student

Marlys Eddy, Graduate Student

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UVM Apple Orchard Blocks

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2003-2004 New England Apple Pest Management Guide

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[Note: To read some of the information  you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded free from the Adobe website.]

Weekly Growing Season DD Accumulation for Arthropod Pests

Weekly Growing Season DD Accumulation for Plum Curculio

Weekly Growing Season DD Accumulation for Ascospore Maturity

Weekly Growing Season Apple Bud Stages Around Vermont

 Vermont Apple Newsletter, October 16, 2003

 Vermont Apple Newsletter, August 18, 2003

 Vermont Apple Newsletter, July 16, 2003

 IPM Alert,   July 2, 2003

  Vermont Apple Newsletter, June 19, 2003

 IPM Alert,   June 3, 2003

  Thinning Update,     June 3, 2003

  IPM Alert,     May 27, 2003

  Vermont Apple Newsletter, May 22, 2003

  IPM Alert, May 5, 2003

  Vermont Apple Newsletter, April 24, 2003

  IPM Alert, April 21, 2003

  IPM Alert, April 7, 2003

  2003-2004 New England Apple Pest Management Guide, March 17, 2003.  [Printed version can be received by sending a $15.00 check payable to "The University of Vermont"  to Mariann Steen,   UVM Dept. of Plant & Soil Science, 105 Carrigan Drive, Burlington, VT 05405.]

  Vermont Apple Newsletter, March 19, 2003

  UMass 2003 March Message, March 17, 2003

   Proceedings of the 2003 New England Fruit School and Trade Show,  Jan. 8-9, 2003, Sturbridge, MA., Vol. 109:
            Economic Significance of Organic Fruit Production in New England, theUS, and the World  -- M. Elena Garcia

            A Quicker Way to Determine Scab Risk in Your Orchard  -- Lorraine Berkett

            Does Surround Have Non-target Impacts on New England Orchards?  --M. Elena Garcia, Lorraine Berkett, and                Terence Bradshaw

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  Archived "What's New in 2002"

  Archived "What's New in 2001"

  Archived "What's New in 2000"

  Archived "What's New in 1999


rd_star.gif (874 bytes)Check out AIM (Apple Information Manager): a collaborative Extension 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.


Webpage: LPBerkett