UVM Fruit Blog

Category: Apple

  • Due 9/ 7: Short, important survey for cider apple growers

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    By Terence Bradshaw Cultivation of specific cider apple cultivars, including European bittersweets, heirloom North American cultivars, and other dual-purpose fruit is a small but growing component of the New England apple industry. I am collaborating with faculty from UMASS and University of Maine to conduct a short-medium term research and education project supporting increased or…

  • Commercial Cider Making Workshop August 24 in Walden

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    By Terence Bradshaw Commercial Cider Making Workshop Presented by UVM Extension & Center for an Agricultural Economy Getting serious about cider marking? Come learn quality control best practices and latest equipment recommendations for handling, storing, and processing of apples after harvest. Learn how food-safe practices can ensure quality control. Discuss potential value-added products with food…

  • UVM Apple / VT Tree Fruit Growers Assn meeting Feb 15, Middlebury, VT

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    By Terence Bradshaw The 122nd Annual UVM Apple Program and Vermont Tree Fruit Growers Association educational meeting will be held on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at the American Legion Hall, 49 Wilson Rd, in Middlebury, VT. The meeting focus this year is on insect management in Vermont orchards. Those include not only traditional pest insects…

  • EAS, FB, CG…observations from this week.

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    By Terence Bradshaw June 10, 2017 CPS crop consultant Eric Boire sent me this picture yesterday of what, on first glance, looks like a first generation codling moth larvae burrowed into an apple at about 10-12 mm growth stage: Figure 1. European apple sawfly damage posing as codling moth injury. We have seen this a…

  • Reminder: Cider makers’ and growers’ meeting June 28 in Middlebury

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    By Terence Bradshaw https://www.regonline.com/cidermakergrowermeeting Registration for the June 28, 2016 cider makers’ and apple growers’ educational meeting at Woodchuck Cidery in Middlebury, VT is now open. Topics will include: updates on apple production and cider apple economics projects (Terence Bradshaw and Florence Becot); cider marketing (Farrell Distributing Cider Education & Training Manager Jeff Baker); and…

  • Registration information: cider makers’ and growers’ meeting June 28

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    By Terence Bradshaw https://www.regonline.com/cidermakergrowermeeting Registration for the June 28, 2016 cider makers’ and apple growers’ educational meeting at Woodchuck Cidery in Middlebury, VT is now open. Topics will include: updates on apple production and cider apple economics projects (Terence Bradshaw and Florence Becot); cider marketing (Farrell Distributing Cider Education & Training Manager Jeff Baker); and…

  • Cider makers’ and growers’ meeting June 28

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    By Terence Bradshaw Save the date: June 28, 2016 we will hold a cider makers’ and apple growers’ educational meeting at Woodchuck Cidery in Middlebury, VT. Topics will include: updates on apple production and cider apple economics projects (Terence Bradshaw and Florence Becot); cider marketing (Farrell Distributing Cider Education & Training Manager Jeff Baker); and…

  • 2015-2016 Cider Apple Production Survey

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    We are collecting acreage and production information on apple cultivars grown specifically for hard cider production in Vermont and surrounding areas in order to best assess capacity for meeting cidery needs and to guide further research. All information is anonymous when entered through the web template at: http://go.uvm.edu/cidersurvey Your participation will greatly assist in our…

  • 2015-2016 Cider Apple Production Survey

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    We are collecting acreage and production information on apple cultivars grown specifically for hard cider production in Vermont and surrounding areas in order to best assess capacity for meeting cidery needs and to guide further research. All information is anonymous when entered through the web template at: http://go.uvm.edu/cidersurvey Your participation will greatly assist in our…

  • Cider Apple Production in VT: March 30, 2015 Educational Meeting

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    The UVM Apple Program in conjunction with UVM Extension Risk Management Agency will be hosting an educational meeting to discuss opportunities in expanding apple production to meet the needs of the growing (hard) cider market in the region. The meeting will be held at the Woodchuck Cider Tasting Room, 1321 Exchange Street, Middlebury, VT, from…