Harvest Issue of the Orchard Network Newsletter is Now Online

English: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/hort/news/orchnews/2016/on-0816.htm

French: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/french/crops/hort/news/orchnews/2016/on-0816.htm

Table of Contents

Orchard Management

• High temperatures may result in smaller fruit
• Bitter pit not just a calcium deficiency

Crop Protection

• Bitter rot in apples
• Harvest assessments: Your apple IPM report card
• Dealing with pre-harvest and storage diseases in apples
• Late season apple insect pests
• What is OrchardMax?

Postharvest

• Low oxygen storage of ‘Empire’ apples
• Storage and handling options for ‘Sunrise’ apple

Announcements

• CleanFARMS – return your unwanted or obsolete pesticicides and livestock medications