Mike Basedow and Jenn Stanton Tis the season of webinars! If you’re looking for recordings of past tree fruit webinars Cornell ENYCHP has been involved in, they could be in one of a few locations….. we compiled them all into this post for you. Simply click on the webinar title to be taken directly to Read More…
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Performance of ‘Honeycrisp’ Apple Trees on Several Size-Controlling Rootstocks in the 2014 NC-140 Rootstock Trial after Ten Years: Takeaways for Eastern NY
Mike Basedow, Jon Clements and Terence Robinson The NC-140 multi-site rootstock research group has recently published their final article on their 2014 Honeycrisp rootstock trial. We have summarized and condensed some of their results. We focused mostly on the New York and Massachusetts trial sites, as these are the two most similar sites to Eastern Read More…
Fall Scab Inoculum Reduction Strategies for Problem Orchards
Mike Basedow and Kerik Cox Although we’ve had a very dry summer, the wet spring we had in May led to some scab outbreaks here and there this season. Some problem blocks would benefit from inoculum reduction strategies this fall. The objective of inoculum reduction is to eliminate a large proportion of the ascospores that Read More…
Champlain Valley Harvest Maturity Program Report: Week 12
Mike Basedow and Jenn Stanton, CCE-ENYCHP, Northern NY This week we are reporting on Aztec Fuji, MAIA-1 (EvercrispTM), and R10-45 (WildTwistTM as packed fruit). The Aztec Fuji and R10-45 blocks we looked at are ready for picking this week. The MAIA-1 block was spot picked already, and remaining fruit should be harvested once there is enough color Read More…
2025 Fall Orchard Herbicide Reminders
Mike Basedow and Janet van Zoeren As harvest season is winding down, we want to give you some reminders on fall herbicide applications (if the weather remains favorable postharvest). Fall Pre-Emergent Herbicide Recommendations From our multi-year ARDP-funded pre-emergent herbicide timing trials, we found fall applications of either Chateau + Prowl or Alion controlled weeds as Read More…
Champlain Valley Harvest Maturity Program Report: Week 11
Mike Basedow and Jenn Stanton, CCE-ENYCHP, Northern NY This week we are reporting on Aztec Fuji, Early Cripps Pink (Pink Lady™) ‘Barnsby’, MAIA-1 EvercrispTM, and R10-45 (WildTwistTM as packed fruit). The Barnsby Cripps Pink block is ready to be picked. The Aztec Fuji, EverCrisp, and R10-45 blocks can likely be spot picked for color later this week. This week’s Read More…
Champlain Valley Harvest Maturity Program Report: Week 10
Mike Basedow and Jenn Stanton, CCE-ENYCHP, Northern NY This week we are reporting on RubyFrost, Aztec Fuji, Early Cripps Pink (Pink Lady™) ‘Barnsby’, MAIA-1 EvercrispTM, and R10-45 (WildTwistTM as packed fruit). The RubyFrost block is ready for harvest this week. The Aztec Fuji block may be ready for a spot pick later this week if it is Read More…
Champlain Valley Harvest Maturity Program Report: Week 9
Mike Basedow and Jenn Stanton, CCE-ENYCHP, Northern NY This week we are reporting on NY-1, Macoun, Ambrosia, NY-2, Aztec Fuji, and Early Cripps Pink (Pink Lady™) ‘Barnsby’. The NY-1 block has been picked over once. It will be ready for a second pick once there is enough color in the block to justify a second pick. The Read More…
Champlain Valley Harvest Maturity Program Report: Week 8
Mike Basedow and Jenn Stanton, CCE-ENYCHP, Northern NY This week we are reporting on Cortland, NY-1, Macoun, Ambrosia, and NY-2. The Cortland block is eating nicely, and still appears to be holding up for long-term storage. NY-1 is likely picking this week, extending into next week for ReTain treated blocks. The Macoun harvest window is opening up, and Read More…
Champlain Valley Harvest Maturity Program Report: Week 7
Mike Basedow and Jenn Stanton, CCE-ENYCHP, Northern NY This week we are reporting on Rogers Mac, Honeycrisp, Cortland, NY-1, Macoun, and Ambrosia. The McIntosh block we are monitoring is likely just beyond the cusp for long term storage now. Additional Honeycrisp picks should continue when you have enough color to justify going through the block again. The Cortland block Read More…
Champlain Valley Harvest Maturity Program Report: Week 6
Mike Basedow and Jenn Stanton, CCE-ENYCHP, Northern NY This week we are reporting on Gala, Rogers Mac, Honeycrisp, Cortland, and NY-1. The second pick Gala block we are following need more time before going through again. The Rogers Mac block is still holding nicely for long term CA storage. The two Honeycrisp blocks will need a second Read More…
Champlain Valley Harvest Maturity Program Report: Week 5
Mike Basedow and Jenn Stanton, CCE-ENYCHP, Northern NY This week we are once again reporting on Gala, McIntosh, and Honeycrisp. Of the two Gala blocks we looked at this week, one has already been spot picked, and the other looks to be ready for a spot pick for fruit destined for CA storage. The three McIntosh blocks were Read More…