UVM Fruit Blog

Month: March 2021

  • Webinar tomorrow: NEWA 2.0: Project upgrades for 2021

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    Terence Bradshaw

    Here’s a reminder that tomorrow, Tuesday March 30, we will host the final New England Winter Fruit Seminar of the season: NEWA 2.0: Project upgrades for 2021. More information and registration at: https://ag.umass.edu/fruit/events/newa-20-project-upgrades-for-2021. Please plan to register at least 30 minutes prior to the webinar, which will run from 12:00 to 1:30 PM. The webinar…

  • UVM Fruit Program receives support for Northeast Tree Fruit IPM Working Group

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    Terence Bradshaw

    The Northeast IPM Center has awarded support to Dr. Terence Bradshaw from the University of Vermont Fruit Program, in collaboration with colleagues from Universities of Massachusetts and New Hampshire and Cornell University, for their project, “Next Generation Support for Northeast Tree Fruit IPM Working Group.” IPM is short for Integrated Pest Management, a crop management…

  • The 2021 apple growing season has started in Vermont!

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    Terence Bradshaw

    My former boss and longtime mentor Dr. Lorraine Berkett, familiar to many on this list, used to always say to be ready for the growing season by April 1. Climate change may push that up- I remember starting our spray season in March in 2012, but that was an unusually warm spring. This spring weather…

  • New England Vegetable and Fruit Conference official announcement

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    Terence Bradshaw

    New England Vegetable and Fruit Conference Postponed to December 2022 We have made the difficult decision not to hold an in-person New England Vegetable and Fruit Conference this coming December, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, we will hold an in-person meeting when we feel more confident that we can do so safely and…

  • Upcoming New England Winter Fruit Seminar Series

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    Terence Bradshaw

    A reminder about the remainder of the upcoming New England Winter Fruit Seminar Series: March 3 (Wednesday): Managing Apple Maggot Fly March 10 (Wednesday): Managing Early Season Apple Insect pests March 17 (Wednesday): Honeycrisp Bitter Pit and Soft Scald Management, & Ag-Radar; Weather Tools for Orchard Decisions March 23 (Tuesday): Tree Row Volume – What…