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Category: Top Fruit Harvesting

How Do You Like Them (‘Howgate Wonder’) Apples?

These two rather Wonderous apples were harvested this week from the stepover tree on our allotment plot.

Published October 10, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Top Fruit Harvesting Tagged apple, heritage, howgate wonder, Ordsall Hall

Edmund Saul Dixon, on Keeping Apples in Sand

Apples to store over winter? A few hundredweight of pit-sand, a kiln and several large jars to-hand? It’s your lucky day, isn’t it?

Published October 6, 2021
Categorised as Quotations, Top Fruit Harvesting Tagged apple, C19th, Edmund Saul Dixon, storing

Apple I.D. Practice – Four Mystery Varieties to Identify

In which I attempt to identify four unknown apple varieties – second opinions are very welcome!

Published October 2, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Top Fruit Harvesting Tagged apple identification, apples, fruitID, National Fruit Collection

Robert Ingram, on Not Picking Pears Too Early

When it comes to perfect pears, practicing patience is the prudent path to proper picking.

Published October 1, 2021
Categorised as Quotations, Top Fruit Harvesting Tagged C19th, fruit picking, harvesting, pear, Robert Ingram

Quick Reminder: How to Pick Apples and Pears

With harvest season starting, here’s a reminder of how to pick apples and pears without doing undue damage in the process.

Published September 2, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Top Fruit Harvesting Tagged harvesting, picking, tree health

‘Beauty of Bath’ is our First Apple of 2021

The first apples of 2021 are ready for picking and in the Plot #79 orchard, that means it’s time for ‘Beauty of Bath’

Published August 12, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Top Fruit Harvesting Tagged apple, Beauty of Bath, harvesting, phase I, picking

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Fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) causing classic bacterial ooze symptoms on apple fruit. This grower had good overall control utilizing Maryblyt to predict infection events & inform pesticide application timings. Controlling this disease during bloom is critical.

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Springtime #IPM in the orchard ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿ› Early season insect activity including spring feeding caterpillar, leafcurling midge, mullein bug and more. Signs of cedar apple rust galls on nearby eastern red cedar kicking off this seasonโ€™s disease cycle #onapples

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