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2021 was a year of – how shall I say it? – “half-baked” research. With a couple exceptions, too many minor research projects producing vari...

Directly from their website "RIMpro Cloud Service is an interactive Decision Support System (DSS) for pest and disease management in fr...

N ursery apple trees that arrive as unbranched, so-called “whips” are a perpetual problem. In the old days, when growing a central-leader tr...

Blossom blight on newly planted NY-1 apple tree Does it have a pretty side? No, of course not. But this past week I saw a particularly ugly ...

This week apples have been in bloom in Massachusetts. Along comes the risk of fire blight blossom blight. Warm temperatures and moisture are...

A recent New England Tree Fruit Extension Seminar focused on Tree Row Volume (TRV): What it is, why it matters, and how to use it . (You can...

I have a love-hate relationship with tree fruit plant pathologists. LOVE, because diseases -- apple scab, fire blight, brown rot, etc., you ...