University of Vermont Fruit Blog

Category: Tree Fruit

  • 2015 Catamount Farm Summer Courses

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    The University of Vermont will offer a suite of complementary farm-based summer courses in summer 2015 designed to provide students with applied skills in an educational setting. Course registration begins February 11. Catamount Farm Summer Experience http://www.uvm.edu/~summer/catamount-farm/ Learn to Farm and Earn College Credit at the University of Vermont Dig deep with your education this…

  • Reminder: registration for February 12 Grower Meeting

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    Less than four weeks away: Please see the attached agenda and registration form for the 119th Annual Vermont Tree Fruit Growers Association & UVM Apple Program Annual Meeting. This year, the meeting will be hosted by Citizen Cider at their new facility at 316 Pine Street in Burlington, VT. Agenda highlights include: Discussions on thinning…

  • Trunk disease problems on ‘Crimson Topaz’

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    Dr. Dave Rosenberger recently posted on his tree fruit pathology about observations of trunk cankers on ‘Crimson Topaz’ trees. You can view his comments at: http://blogs.cornell.edu/plantpathhvl/2015/01/05/trunk-disease-problems-on-crimson-topaz/. TB

  • Feb 12: VT Tree Fruit Grower/UVM Apple Program Annual Meeting

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    Please see the attached agenda and registration form for the 119th Annual Vermont Tree Fruit Growers Association & UVM Apple Program Annual Meeting to be held on February 12, 2015. This year, the meeting will be hosted by Citizen Cider at their new facility at 316 Pine Street in Burlington, VT. Agenda highlights include: Discussions…

  • Crop insurance fact sheets for apples and peaches

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    Please see the attached fact sheets for information on USDA crop insurance for apples and pears in Vermont for the 2015 crop. 2015RaleighPeachesVT.pdf 2015RaleighApplesVT.pdf

  • UVM ‘Cider apple’ research earns USDA grant

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    UVM Food Systems Faculty awarded USDA Federal State Market Improvement Program grant to study apple production systems to support hard cider industry. Hard cider is big business in Vermont and across the U.S., with average annual growth of over 50% nationwide for the past five years. However, little research has been conducted in the U.S.…

  • Cider Apple Survey: Please respond by September 1

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    August 25, 2014 As part of the Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Initiative-funded project “Apple Market Optimization and Expansion through Value-Added Hard Cider Production,” we are conducting a survey of orchards and commercial hard cider makers to assess demands and production capacity for apples that may be destined for the hard cider market. There are two…

  • DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR 2012 FRUIT CROP LOSSES ANNOUNCED

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    August 7, 2014 From Pam Smith at UVM Extension Risk Management: DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR 2012 FRUIT CROP LOSSES ANNOUNCED Enrollment Began July 22 Producers who experienced losses to bush or tree fruit crops due to frost, freeze or other weather-related conditions during the 2012 crop year may be eligible for assistance through the Noninsured Crop…

  • Industry-Supported Cider Apple Research commences at UVM

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    August 4, 2014 Since 2008, the hard cider industry nationwide has seen annual growth of over 50%, which presents a significant opportunity for apple growers to increase sales of fruit to that market. Vermont is a leader in the production of hard cider, as it is home to Vermont Hard Cider Company (makers of Woodchuck…

  • Leaf analysis, codling moth, apple maggot, summer diseases

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    July 25, 2014 Although it seems that I’ve been absent a bit in the past month, I was tied up teaching my undergraduate Sustainable Orchard & Vineyard Management course which enrolled twelve very interested students, some of who you will interact with as they enter the Vermont tree fruit industry. Now I’d like to drop…