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News The 2019 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention will be held from January 29 to 31, 2019 at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. More
News This year’s bloom was later than in 2017. With a later bloom and a cool rainy season, we initially wondered when this year’s apple crop would be ready to pick. More
News Scarf skin is a physiological disorder of apple fruit that causes a dull gray cloudy or waxy appearance on the surface of the peel (epidermis) where it is most readily observed on varieties with a red or dark red background. More
News The hot, wet summer weather continues to affect our apple crop. While size is not a problem, red color development continues to be problematic in most varieties. More
News This week we added Autumn Crisp, Daybreak Fuji, and CrimsonCrisp to our evaluations. More
News Many locations in the Mid-Atlantic States recorded above-average temperatures and rainfall during August. These warm temperatures retarded red color development and reduced soluble solids (sugars) in Honeycrisp apples. More
News 2018 Apple Maturity Assessment: Week Six
08/31/2018
While Gala is a small apple, its flavor and heat tolerance has made it a mainstay of the August harvest. More
News Penn State Law is offering farmers the opportunity to obtain free legal services through its Rural Economic Development Clinic. More
News The Premier Honeycrisp harvest is ending as the Honeycrisp and Gala are maturing. More
News We have been monitoring Premier Honeycrisp maturation and tree ripening for the past three years. Every year we are surprised how quickly they move from un-ripe to tree-ripe and then begin to drop. More
News 2018 Apple Harvest: Where Are We Now?
08/02/2018
Apple bloom in 2018 was later than bloom in 2017. With a later bloom and a cool rainy season, we’re all wondering when this year's apple crop will be ready to pick. More
News This article describes a new test methodology that is available for growers that are interested in trying to predict the potential for a lot of fruit to develop bitter pit in storage. More
News Be on the Lookout for Invasive Orchids
05/23/2018
Epipactis helleborine, the Broad-leaved Helleborine, is an invasive orchid that continues to plague Pennsylvania landscapes. More
News Peach blossoms are just starting to open this season, and full bloom will be more than a week later than normal. More
News This Penn State Extension publication, in Spanish and English, is designed for use by orchard employees - often the first individuals to detect a new occurrence of a fruit disease or insect pest. More
News In response to an early bloom, wet spring and dry summer, apples matured earlier than normal in 2017. More
News We again sampled Aztec Fuji, Cripps Pink (Pink Lady) and Granny Smith this week. More
News This week we sampled Aztec Fuji, Cripps Pink (Pink Lady) and Granny Smith grown in Maryland. More
News Apple harvest in 2017 has been well ahead of “normal.” This week we again sampled late-season apples, Cripps Pink (Pink Lady) and Granny Smith. More
News Granny Smith fruit harvested from Western Maryland are nearing storage maturity, and Cripps Pink fruit are beginning to lose ground color. More
News Apple harvest in 2017 has been well ahead of “normal.” To update you on late season apples, this week we sampled Nagafu Fuji and GoldRush. More
News An on-line training video developed by Penn State describes best practices for ensuring optimum fruit quality when harvesting apples. More
News This week we received three fruit samples from a Maryland grower who grows a wide variety of ‘newer’ apple cultivars for direct-market sales. More
News Daybreak Fuji and Olympic Asian Pear are ten days ahead of last year. More
News Focus on Honeycrisp, what a difference a week makes! More