Recently Planted in the Virtual Orchard...

June 1, 2000

1999 NJ Endothall Thinning Studies-Bloom thinning on Appple

May 2, 2000

Understanding Water Hardness -Water Hardness affects the use of Apogee®

Penn State Apogee® Summary and Research- Dr. George Greene presents an excellent summary of his work with Apogee®

May 1, 2000

Apogee® plant growth regulator receives New Jersey Registration on Monday May 1, 2000

April 30, 2000

1999 North Jersey Tree Fruit Annual Report-75 pages, Edited by Jeremy Compton and Win Cowgill

1999 Typy Plant Growth Regulator Report-New Jersey, Win Cowgill

1999 Procure Report-New Jersey, Win Cowgill

April 27, 2000

Apogee® plant growth regulator receives federal Registration

November 17, 1999

CHINA ASSESSED 55 PERCENT DUTY ON APPLE-JUICE CONCENTRATE IMPORTS

Michigan Apple Variety Showcase

October 29, 1999

Recent Articles -- November 1999 Edition

• Brittingham Fruit Farms sold to Nourse, Indiana Berry
• Uproar causes cancellation of experts' trip to China
• Anti-dumping suit, small crop boosting apple prices
• Latin American apple buyers tour four U.S. states

October 11, 1999

Recent Articles -- October 1999 Edition

• U.S. Senate wants ruling on apple juice dumping complaint
• Bill Knapp's Restaurants honored for use of apples
• Phytonutrients in apples help reduce levels of bad cholesterol
• EPA expected to make decisions soon on Captan, Carzol
• Lawsuit targets genetic engineering firms
• Managing for possible mixup of Gisela 5 and Gisela 6 rootstocks

September 15, 1999

Recent Articles -- September 1999 Edition Fruit Growers News

• Lighter crop with excellent prices predicted for 1999 apple crop
• Growers continue California Apple Commission for next five years
• Cinnamon kills E-Coli in apple juice, Kansas State University research shows
• Drought socks fruit growers in eastern part of U.S.
• Regulatory, scientific cider updates offered at D.C. workshop
• One pesticide gone, another curtailed in FQPA moves

August 17, 1999

Recent Articles -- August 1999 Edition Fruit Growers News

• U.S. launches apple juice anti-dumping investigation
• Strong marketing, later summer fruit fuels increased apple movement
• Speakers announced for apple outlook conference
• U.S. apple industry gets $3 million in MAP funds
• Bottles do grow on trees, along with pears, in NW Michigan
• Industry must take steps to assure the safety of fresh produce
• USApple forms PAC to increase political muscle

July 15, 1999

Recent Articles -- July 1999 Edition

• May apple movement outpaces five-year average
• Suppressing dogwood borer without the use of chemicals
• Canadian store sues cider supplier
• Apple juice concentrate dumping petition filed against China
• Durando resigns from NYAA
• Department urges farmers to recruit seasonal ag laborers now
• Michigan study shows safe levels of residues on fruits, vegetables

May 26, 1999

Recent Articles -- May 1999 Edition Fruit Growers News

• April apple movement up 17% from last year
• Warning label rule in effect, HACCP rule in works
• Food industry, activist groups likely to spar over Guthion
• IDFTA summer tour features Colorado orchards, wineries
• U.S. Apple outlook conference August 19-20
• Jim Schupp joins Cornell University at Hudson Valley Lab

May 13, 1999

Recent Articles -- May 1999 Edition Fruit Growers News

• March apple movement 6% higher than prior year
• Bill would require annual inspection of fruit, vegetable plants
• Apple juice concentrate dumping suit to be filed in May
• Warren Stiles, guru of tree nutrition retires from Cornell
• How to predict blossom blight using disease models

April 15, 1999

Recent Articles -- April 1999 Edition Fruit Growers News

• Apple marketing program could take two roads
• Michigan legislators boost country-of-origin juice labels
• IDFTA winter tour gets northern exposure from Ontario visit
• Select M.9 clonal rootstocks for your orchard operation
• Pesticide report shows low levels of residue
• AP story says Red Delicious tastes like wad of cotton
• FQPA consumer right-to-know brochure hits the stores

February 27, 1999

Recent Articles -- March 1999 Edition Fruit Growers News

• U.S. Apple task force to tackle marketing order
• Are established apple varieties obsolete?
• Consumers Union reports some produce toxic to children
• Growers hope they will have transition time under FQPA
• Better understanding of basics can help cope with herbicide loss
• Performance of Gala on the V orchard system
• Juice dumping suit to be filed in March
• Pollination planning is important part of crop management
• Northeast Stone Fruit Sponsors hopes to strengthen industry

January 28, 1999

Recent Articles -- February 1999 Edition Fruit Growers News

• Dumping suits for honey, mushroom industries successful
• China raises price again, other countries may join
• Blizzard thins Michigan fruit crops
• Food industry trends -- winners and losers
• Fresh U.S. apple movement up 23% in December
• Fewer players in market may be of benefit to apple industry

January 8, 1999

Fruit Growers News Recent Articles -- January, 1999 Edition

• Chinese trying to enforce floor price in fear of losing suit
• Bob Carlson, pioneer of dwarfing rootstocks dies
• Stepped-up federal enforcement puts squeeze on agricultural employers
• Farmers voice concerns to Congressmen in town meetings
• Environmental Working Group bails out of TRAC process
• Penn State fruit specialist Loren Tukey dies

December 6, 1998

Economic Status of the New Jersey Apple Industry

November 21, 1998

Photo highlights, 1998 NE-183, NC-140 Tours, Oregon

November 20, 1998

Great Lakes Fruit Growers News Recent Articles­December 1998 Edition

• Citrus industry gets extension from juice labeling regulations
• Apple variety labeling issue
• New Stark GrandGala could solve Gala's size problem
• Juice dumping petition may be filed, China raises price

November 1, 1998

1998-1999 Pennsylvania Tree Fruit Production Guide

October 31, 1998

How to Create A Web Page

How to Get Your Business on the Web

October 27, 1998

How to Navigate the World Wide Web

October 25, 1998

Great Lakes Fruit Growers News Recent Articles -- October 1998 Edition

• American Berry Cooperative formed
• The first shot in the apple juice concentrate war has been taken
• Some want to try different direction in anti-dumping action
• USDA revises 1998 apple forecast down
• Country-of-origin labeling for produce killed by Congress

October 13, 1998

New Jersey Fruit News

New Apple Cultivars Evaluated in the NE-183

September 30, 1998

Great Lakes Fruit Growers News Recent Articles -- September 1998 Edition

• U.S. apple industry looks at anti-dumping suit against China
• Can fall-applied nitrogen applications be beneficial?
• Labor Day storm takes out 20% of New York apple crop
• Many things to consider for postharvest apple treatments
• USApple crop estimate is 2% less than USDA's
• Washington apple growers pass assessment for promotion

September 13, 1998

U. S. Food and Drug Administration Juice Safety Fact Sheet for Consumers

Critical Controls for Juice Safety by the US Food and Drug Administration

FDA's Jurisdiction to Regulate Apple Cider Production

September 8, 1998

New Jersey Plant &Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition September 8, 1998

April 1, 1998

Great Lakes Fruit Growers News Recent Articles -- March 1998 Edition

• Terpstra urges apple industry success in tackling new challenges
• Agricultural organizations start FQPA letter-writing campaign
• Check-off for apple rootstock research comes to fruition
• Fruit industry's task is to find a place on the supermarket menu
• New Cornell geneticist will focus on rootstock development
• USApple meeting tackles flat markets, regulatory challenges

February 28, 1998

North Jersey Fruit Meeting

February 10, 1998

New Jersey Plant and Pest Advisory Newsletter: Fruit Edition: February 10, 1998

January 27, 1998

Great Lakes Fruit Growers News Recent Articles -- January 1998

• Michigan cider school set for March 12-13
• MSU Cranberry School in Muskegon on March 23-24
• Effects of El Nino and ice storm make winter interesting in U.S., world
• Prevention of foodborne illness begins on the farm
• H-2A program often only viable option for ag employers
• Group takes steps to preserve agriculture
• Adams County Nursery introduces Royal Court
• Terpstra to step down as U.S. Apple Association president
• Washington fruit packers reject union in vote

January 26, 1998

Educational Fruit Winter Meetings

January 13, 1998

New Jersey Plant and Pest Advisory Newsletter: Fruit Edition: January 13, 1998

• Results of 97 Reflective Ground cover Demonstration
• Do Not Prune Peaches in January
• Peach Marketing Focus at Tri State Meetings
• Do something About Deer
• Small Fruit Program
• USDA Researcher Featured at South Jersey Fruit Meeting

December 31, 1997

• 1998 New Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Production Guide New HTML Version

December 29, 1997

New Jersey Plant and Pest Advisory Newsletter: Fruit Edition: December 16, 1997

• Orchard Vole Control
• Mycoshield and Agri-Mycin Recall
• Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program
• Treating Trickle Irrigation Systems With Chlorine
• Calender of Events
• Pesticide Applicator Information for Fruit Growers
• Tri-State Horticulture Meetings, Hershey PA
• Resources for the Web

December 24, 1997

Great Lakes Fruit Growers News: Recent Articles, December 1997

• Organophosphates, carbamates in jeopardy as FQPA deadline nears
• Growing dwarf sweet cherries focus of the MSU fruit school
• G.30, a promising apple rootstock for Michigan growers
• IDFTA annual conference Feb. 21-25 in Pasco, Washington
• INS raids in New York frighten workers, enrage growers
• Questions and answers about the National Organic Program proposed rule
• Pruning fruit trees for pest management
• Practical tips for the better pruning of apple tree

November 24, 1997

• 1997-2000 NC140 Regional Rootstock Research Project Renewal Proposal

November 10, 1997

• 1997 Champ Fungicide Trial

November 8, 1997

• Michigan Orchard Given Clean Bill of Health on E. coli

October 29, 1997

Great Lakes Fruit Growers News: Recent Articles, October 1997

• E. coli found in Michigan cider keeps spotlight on industry
• 1998 MSU Fruit School to Focus on Cherries
• Many different ways to control voles in orchards
• Retiring Cornell Extension agent reflects on three decades
• Agri-Mycin and Mycoshield recalled

SMALL CIDER MILLS FEAR PUSH FOR MANDATORY PASTEURIZATION

October 24, 1997

• Cider Stuff- A new page containing the latest cider articles

October 14, 1997

• Rutgers Cooperative Extension Message on Cider Safety (RCE Q & A on Cider Safety Issues)
• New Jersey RCE Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition October 14, 1997
  • Reflections on the 97 Peach, Jerry Frecon
  • Conservation Reserve Program
  • NJ Calender of Events

September 26, 1997

• FDA Notice of Intent on Cider Labeling
• New Jersey Department of Agricultural Cider Recommendations for Apple Cider Press Operations

September 23, 1997

• New Jersey Plant and Pest Advisory Newsletter, Fruit Edition: Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition September 23, 1997
  • NJ Recommendations for Apple Cider Press Operations, Part 2
  • FDA Notice of Intent on Cider Labeling
  • Red Delicious Maturity update for Northern New Jersey
  • Fruit Meeting Calender
  • 97-98 Farm Management Program

September 16, 1997

• New Jersey Plant and Pest Advisory Newsletter, Fruit Edition: Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition September 16, 1997
  • NJ Recommendations for Apple Cider Press Operations, Part 1
  • Fresh Cider Update
  • Cider Information
  • NJ Farmers Direct Marketing Conference
  • Fruit Chemical Use Survey
  • Fruit Meeting Calender
  • Late Season for Peaches
  • Strawberries on Plastic

September 2, 1997

• New Jersey Plant and Pest Advisory Newsletter, Fruit Edition: Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition September 2, 1997
  • Apple Maturity and Red Delicious Release Date
  • Painless and Efficient Apple Maturity Testing
  • Fruit Meeting Calender
  • FDA Strategy on Labeling Fruit Juices
  • Apple Processors
  • Weekly Weather Summary

August 29, 1997

• FDA Announces a strategy to increase safety of fresh juices

May 30, 1997

• Codling moth control strategies for 1997
• Where do I start to improve apple quality?
• IDFTA summer tour heads to Massachusetts
• IDFTA northwest tour July 21-22 Wenatchee and Columbia Basin
• Merck to sell its crop protection business to Novartis
• PEACH PRUNING by Steve Hoying
• Managing Fungicide and Bactericide Resistance in Plant Diseases
• Pyramite mititcide receives federal registration
• Plant growth regulator ReTain cleared for use on apples, pears
• ReTain, a new harvest management tool for McIntosh

May 7, 1997

• Apple-Crop E-Mail Discussion Group
• Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition May 6, 1997

May 1, 1997

• New! Joe Costante Does Vermont!

April 25, 1997

• GLFGN EXTRA! Some crop damage reported from early spring frost...
• Provisions of the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996
• Apple Bud Stages

Great Lakes Fruit Growers News: Recent Articles, April 1997

• Pollination and Orchard Management Systems
• Canadian sweet cherry breeding program offers new varieties
• Some crop damage reported from early spring frost
• Whatever Happened to "Critical Thinking" in New York?
• OBLR is most damaging insect pest to apples in MI
• Tree fruit regional partnership formed by five eastern states

April 23, 1997

• Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition April 15, 1997
• Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition April 22 1997

April 15, 1997

• Complete 1997 New Jersey Tree Fruit Production Manual

April 10, 1997

• Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition March 11, 1997
• Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition April 1, 1997
• Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition April 8, 1997

  (these are New Jersey, PDF Newsletters)

March 25, 1997

1997 New Jersey Tree Fruit Commercial Pesticide Recommendations

March 4, 1997

Great Lakes Fruit Growers News: Recent Articles, February 1997

• FDA proposals to regulate fruit juice safety aren't coming any time soon
• Michigan State CA clinic
• Study shows dogs in Off-Limits system reduces deer damage
• Integrated Pest Management as a marketing tool in New York State
• Optimizing fertilizers application for fruit crops

February 25, 1997

• Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition January 14, 1997
• Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition February 11, 1997

February 15, 1997

Mr Liberty's Dilute Spray Gallonage/Acre Calculator

January 28, 1997

Great Lakes Fruit Growers News: Recent Articles, January 1997 (Happy New Year!)

• IDFTA orchard stop features nutrition program, designer trees
• FDA meeting message - juice making isn't business as usual
• Innovative New York packer featured on IDFTA tour
• NEW YORK CIDER WORKSHOP MARCH 7

Tri-State (Hershey) Hort. Meeting - Advance Program, Tree Fruit

1997 Pennsylvania Vegetable Conference (Tri-State Hort. Meeting)

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January 25, 1997

1997 New England Fruit Meetings and Trade Show Highlights

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January 6, 1997

New England Fruit Meetings and Trade Show Program
January 22-23, 1997
Sturbridge, MA

December 29, 1996

Electronic Food Rap, Vol. 6, No. 52 The article below again brings to light that what is perceived to be a problem and what is really a problem are not always the same. While some groups raise frightening scenarios of a food supply jeopardized by pesticides, the results from surveillance would indicate that the concern is much less than that. From Bill Evers, PhD, RD and April Mason, PhD
Extension Foods and Nutrition Specialists, Rutgers Cooperative Extension

December 26, 1996

Great Lakes Fruit Growers News: Recent Articles, December 1996

• Cider safety solutions sought before start of next season
• Empire Fruit Growers Co-op finds success in numbers
• Accurate information crucial in dealing with new food quality law
• IDFTA conference February 23-26 in Rochester, New York
• Supreme Court hears federal marketing order case
• U.S. Apple Export Council looks to increase
• Farm marketers need to be aggressive and unified

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November-December, 1996

• Virtual Orchard Buy, Sell, Trade Forum
• 1996 NE-183 Tour Photo Highlights
• 1996 NC-140 Tour Photo Highlights
• Tell us about your region's tree fruit crop in the 1996 Apple Crop Forum

November 26, 1996

• GLFGN: Cider makers should take steps to insure sanitation at mills
• GLFGN: Industry quick to tackle tainted juice issue
• GLFGN: Outbreaks add urgency to E. coli research efforts
• GLFGN: Extension Future--Face of Extension changing
• GLFGN: MSU scientist acclaimed by growers and colleagues around world
• GLFGN: New large Flamin Fury peach introduced by Paul Friday

November 1, 1996

• GLFGN: Fresh-cut apples could become newest hot product
• GLFGN: School for winegrape production in Midwest Jan. 14-15
• September 23, 1996 Economic Research Service, Fruit and Nut Outlook

August 28, 1996

• Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition, August 27, 1996
• 1996 Harvest Helpers

August 21, 1996

• Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition, August 20, 1996
• Hort Res Twi mtg 8/28/96
• GLFGN: FOOD QUALITY PROTECTION ACT DOOMS DELANEY
• GLFGN: Michigan State gets first commercial tunnel orchard sprayer

August 13, 1996

• Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition, August 13, 1996
  Features in the August 13 Edition:
  The Future of the Northeast Apple Industry
  Fruit IPM Report
  Yellow Fleshed Peaches
  Weekly Weather Summary (NJ only)

August 7, 1996

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• Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition, August 6, 1996

July 16, 1996

• Rutgers Coop. Ext. Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition, July 16, 1996

July 13, 1996 (yes it's a Saturday)

• Virtual Orchard 1996 Apple Crop Forecast (68K GIF)

July 9, 1996

• Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition, July 9, 1996

July 3, 1996

• Great Lakes Fruit Growers News On-Line Edition including Recent Articles, JULY 1996 Edition

July 2, 1996

• Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition, July 2, 1996

June 26, 1996

• New Jersey Plant & Pest Advisory-Fruit Edition June 25, 1996

June 19, 1996

• New Jersey Plant & Pest Advisory-Fruit Edition June 18, 1996

June 14, 1996

• VO Diagnosis Forum

May 30, 1996

• Current 1996 Bud Stages updated
• Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition May 28, 1996

May 23, 1996

• Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition May 21, 1996

May 21, 1996

• Wide Spread Freeze Damages Fruit Win Cowgill, Bill Tietjen; Rutgers Cooperative Extension; May 21, 1996
• 1996 Bud Stages Updated May 20, 1996

May 15, 1996

• Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition May 7, 1996
• 1996 Chemical Fruit Thinning Helpers

May 10, 1996

• Healthy Fruit, May 8, 1996 ,Vol. 4, No. 45 (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 44K)

May 8, 1996

• Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition May 7, 1996

May 7, 1996

• Current Bud Stages updated (5/6/96).
• ACTION ALERT! EPA Request for Propargite Information
• Healthy Fruit, May 1, 1996 ,Vol. 4, No. 4 (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 44K)

April 30, 1996

• Current Bud Stages updated (4/29/96).
• PLANT & PEST ADVISORY - Fruit Edition April 23, 1996, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
• 1996 Tree Fruit Recommendations, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, available as both HTML and PDF

April 23, 1996

• New The Great Lakes Fruit Growers News articles added, including New Thinning Guide Available for Apple Growers
• Current Bud Stages updated.

April 18, 1996

• PLANT & PEST ADVISORY - Fruit Edition April 16, 1996, Rutgers Cooperative Extension Plant and Pest Advisory Newsletter - Fruit Edition. Available by paid subscription via fax or US mail or free for the taking at the Virtual Orchard for the 1996 growing season.

April 16, 1996

• 1996 Bud Stages

April 12, 1996

• 1996-1997 New England Apple Pest Management Guide
• Virtual Orchard News

April 9, 1996

• PLANT & PEST ADVISORY - Fruit Edition April 9, 1996, Rutgers Cooperative Extension Plant and Pest Advisory Newsletter - Fruit Edition. Available by paid subscription via fax or US mail or free for the taking at the Virtual Orchard for the 1996 growing season.

April 8, 1996

• FRUIT AND TREE NUTS USDA Situation and Outlook--April 3, 1996

April 5, 1996

• PLANT & PEST ADVISORY - Fruit Edition April 2, 1996, Rutgers Cooperative Extension. Rutgers Cooperative Extension Plant and Pest Advisory Newsletter - Fruit Edition. Available by paid subscription via fax or US mail or free for the taking at the Virtual Orchard for the 1996 growing season.

March 29, 1996

• GREAT LAKES FRUIT GROWERS NEWS, ON-LINE EDITION The Great Lakes Fruit Growers News is published monthly and goes to 12,500 fruit growers in 47 states. It reaches all fruit growers East of the Mississippi.
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• SCAFFOLDS FRUIT NEWSLETTER is available (graphics and all) on the World WideWeb, from the Geneva home page under "Station Publications". These issues are normally available by Thursday of each week.