The February 2021 (Vol 25, Issue 1) Orchard Network Newsletter is now posted online.

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Orchard Network Newsletter

In This Issue…

Orchard Management

• Cutting Limbs Could Cut Your Revenue: An Investigation On Timely Pruning, Cold Hardiness and Winter Injury
• Considering Organic? Insights from Washington Grower Panel
• Juice Characteristics of Culinary Apples for Hard Cider

Crop Protection

• Put Out the Fire – Part 1: Managing Rootstock Fire Blight
• Mating Disruption for San Jose Scale
• AAFC Research Update on Sudden Apple Decline and Tree Fruit Decline Disorders in Ontario
• Keep Watch for Marssonina Leaf Blotch

Post Harvest

• High Quality ‘Ambrosia’ Apples Depends on Harvest Maturity
• Low Oxygen Storage Reduces Internal Browning in ‘Ambrosia’

Announcements

• Coming Soon! 2021 Publication 360, Fruit Crop Production Guides