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Food Safety Tips for Washing Produce

Water can move a pathogen from one piece of produce to a large volume of produce. Keep these tips in mind to keep your produce safe.

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Apples for the Retail Market

The following apples are excellent choices for retail markets. These include well-known cultivars, and some less familiar apples with characteristics that will help them stand out in the farm stand.

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Orchard Management: Site Planning and Preparation

This course is designed for beginning tree fruit growers. Learn to choose an appropriate orchard site, address climate considerations and prepare for planting.

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Botrytis infection at site of feeding damage. Photo by Kathy Demchak.

Botrytis on Brambles

ByKathy Demchak

Pruning and training are two different aspects of modifying naturally occurring growth patterns. Training involves tree development and form, whereas pruning involves tree function and size.

Pruning Basics

ByRobert Crassweller, Ph.D.

Nitrogen deficiency symptoms on peach, which can be prevented by leaf analysis and block-specific fertilization.

Fruit Tree Nutrition

ByRobert Crassweller, Ph.D.

Typical fruit lesions are distinct, almost circular, rough-surfaced, olive-green spots up to ÃÂ¾ inch in diameter. Heavily infected fruits are usually misshapen and may crack and drop prematurely. Photo by K. Peter.

Apple Scab

ByKari A. Peter, Ph.D.

Spotted Lanternfly Identification and Life Cycle

Spotted Lanternfly Identification and Life Cycle

ByEmelie Swackhamer

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Nitrogen deficiency symptoms on peach, which can be prevented by leaf analysis and block-specific fertilization.

Fruit Tree Nutrition

ByRobert Crassweller, Ph.D.

Typical fruit lesions are distinct, almost circular, rough-surfaced, olive-green spots up to ÃÂ¾ inch in diameter. Heavily infected fruits are usually misshapen and may crack and drop prematurely. Photo by K. Peter.

Apple Scab

ByKari A. Peter, Ph.D.

If ripe fruit are not kept cold, Rhizopus rot can take over very quickly. (Photo: K. Peter)

A Rot For Your Radar: Rhizopus Rot On Peach

ByKari A. Peter, Ph.D.

Bitter pit begins to show up on Honeycrisp several weeks before harvest and the incidence can increase two- to four-fold after a month in storage. Photo: Tara Baugher

Crop Load and Nutrient Management Practices to Prevent Bitter Pit in Honeycrisp

ByTara Baugher, Rich Marini, Ph.D., James Schupp, Ph.D.

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