The UVM Apple Program:
Extension and Research for the commercial tree fruit grower in Vermont and beyond...
The UVM Apple Team
Dr. Elena Garcia, Dr. Lorraine Berkett, Terence Bradshaw, Linda Boccuzzo, Jessica Reardon, and Karl Zahn
2000 Vermont Apple Bud Stages
2000 Reports of Apple Bud Stage (McIntosh) for Selected Sites |
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Date |
UVM Hort.Res.Center |
Shoreham |
New Haven |
Bennington |
Saxtons River |
Franklin |
| 04/04 | ST | ST (4/7) | ST (4/5) | GT(4/4) | ST (4/6) | -- |
| 04/12 | GT (4/8) | GT(4/15) | GT (4/8) | GT | GT(4/11) | ST(4/14) |
| 04/18 | near 1/2"G | near 1/2"G | near 1/2"G | near 1/2" G | 1/2"G (4/18) | ST |
| 04/24 | 1/2"G (4/24) | 1/2"G (4/24) | 1/2"G (4/24) | near 1/2" G | 1/2"G (4/18) | near GT |
| 05/01 | late 1/2"G/earlyTC | late 1/2"G/earlyTC | late 1/2"G/earlyTC | open cluster/early pink(5/3) | 1/2"G | GT |
| 05/04 | TC (5/4) | TC (5/4) | Not Available (NA) | Pink (5/4) | Open cluster (5/5) | NA |
| 05/08 | Pink(5/7)-First Bloom(5/8) | Pink (5/7) First Bloom (5/8) | Pink (5/7) First Bloom (5/8) | First Bloom (5/5) Macs 80% bloom (5/9) | First bloom (5/8) | NA |
| 05/10 | Bloom | 95% Full Bloom, Macs (5/10) | Bloom | Bloom | Bloom | TC/Pink (5/11) |
| 05/15 | Full Bloom / Early PF (5/15) | --- | Early PF (5/15) | 95%PF (5/14) | Early PF (5/15) | Full Bloom (5/20) |
| 05/19 | 95% PF (5/19) | 95% PF (5/18) | 95% PF (5/19) | 100% PF-macs (5/15) | 95% PF (5/19) 100% PF (5/19) | 25%PF (5/22) |
| 05/29 | 100%PF (5/21) | 100%PF (5/19) | 100%PF (5/24) | 95%PF (5/24) | ||
| 100%PF(5/25) | ||||||
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