Re: [apple-crop] MaluSim Carbohydrate Model for non NEWA users
Please consider joining NEWA. Sunrise Orchards/Allen Teach at Gays Mills, WI succeeded in doing this after much work with the good folks at NEWA in 2014. MN growers has since followed. It is a wonderful resource for us outside the major fruit growing areas to have available and I use it everyday. Feel free to use our site if it applies to your situation. Mac full bloom here May 4—at least two weeks ahead of crop year 2014. Allen Teach Sunrise Orchards Inc. Gays Mills, WI From: Peter Werts Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 12:40 PM To: 'Apple-crop discussion list' Cc: jon.cleme...@umass.edu ; schwa...@anr.msu.edu Subject: [apple-crop] MaluSim Carbohydrate Model for non NEWA users Hi All, I am looking for the MaluSim model in a format that does not require access to a NEWA station. The closest NEWA or EnviroWeather station is over a 100 miles from several growers we work with. We would like to use the MaluSim carbohydrate model but cannot find any information on how to manually calculate carbohydrate loads and balances using our on-farm weather data. Does an Excel spreadsheet exist that would allow us to input weather parameters from our on-farm stations? The NEWA stations make it very easy, but all the articles discuss that accuracy of weather data is essential for this to work and I am concerned about how appropriate it would be to use carbohydrate predictions from over 100 miles away. Phil Schawllier’s Predicting Fruitset Model spreadsheet is perfect, http://extension.umass.edu/fruitadvisor/resources/clements-corner! Now I just need an Excel sheet that can do the same for the MaluSim carbohydrate model. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks, Peter = Peter Werts Project Manager Specialty Crops IPM Institute of North America, Inc. 1020 Regent St. Madison WI 53715 Office: 608 232-1410 Cell: 612 518-0319 Fax: 608 232-1440 pwe...@ipminstitute.org www.ipminstitute.org ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.net http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.net http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop
Re: [Apple-crop] Webcast?
Still Time to Register! Cornell University Extension's 201HI Kevin: Sounds like you have put together a great program. Would it ever be possible to webcast, record to DVD, or send to You-tube? There are many of us growers that just do not have access to the strong extension service you all provide in NY. Thanks! Allen Teach Sunrise Orchards Inc. Gays Mills, WI (HOME STATE OF SUPER BOWL CHAMPION GREEN BAY PACKERS) From: Kevin A. Iungerman Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 5:04 PM To: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net Subject: [Apple-crop] Still Time to Register! Cornell University Extension's 2011 Upper Hudson Champlain Tree Fruit School - Monday, February 14. Hello to apple growers in New England's and New York's, northern regions and friends in Quebec! There is still time to register for Cornell Cooperative Extension's Northeast NY Commercial Fruit Program's 2011 Upper Hudson - Champlain Tree Fruit School, coming this Monday, February 14, at the Fort William Henry Conference Center in Lake George, NY. Come for an information-packed day, a commercial trade show, 3.5 DEC and VT pesticide applicator recertification credits, much collegiality, and a great lunch! For complete registration information, contact Ms. Nancy Kiuber, at 518-885-8995 or by email at n...@cornell.edu. Registration cost ranges from $25 to $90 per person depending on annual enrollment status in Cornell University Extension's Northeast NY Fruit Program. After Friday, February 11, walk-ins will still be OK but they will carry an additional $10 late fee - and you may not be guaranteed lunch! Call ahead your stomach will thank you! Here's a quick run-down of the Program: Dr. Tracy Leskey, with USDA's ARS Appalachian Fruit Research Station will fill us in on the brown marmorated stinkbug (BMSB), an invasive Asian insect accidentally introduced into the Allentown region in the mid 1990s. The critter has established itself throughout DE, MD, PA, NJ, VA and WV and been detected in DC and 26 states! In 2010 the pest caused severe economic injury to stone fruit, apples, Asian pears, raspberries, grapes, and vegetable and grain crops (peppers, tomatoes, soybeans, corn). This is one frightening bug! Cornell Entomologist David Combs will present some very interesting results from field and lab work with the Apple Maggot revolving around this pest's pupal and larval survival in apple storages. Dave believes growers are going to be able put his findings to good use in the future - especially for their export operations. Another serious apple pest, this time to the tree itself, is the dogwood borer, especially in high-density orchard systems, which carry high risks of borer injury. Great interest surrounds the possibility of utilizing Mating Disruption to counter this pest's predations and Dr. Art Agnello of Cornell will be updating us on this potential. Cornell colleague Dr. Harvey Reissig is readying implementation of a practical Oblique Banded Leafroller monitoring protocol for commercial orchards in 2011 based on investigative sampling in the NY Champlain Region. Harvey will recap his work and cite the protocols developed and include a pitch for regional cooperators. Enough of Pests! What of Friends? Cornell Entomology graduate student, Mia Park will give us the low-down on the ecology, population numbers, and promise of New York's wild pollinators, which are incredibly important players for pollination in these uncertain times of honeybee colony collapse disorder. Shifting gears to Pathology, several attempts have been made to use fixed-place orchard sprinkler systems in place of tractor-drawn applicators. Such projects have not come into commercial practice in the US, but some are being seen in Europe. Dr. Vincent Philion of the Institut de Recherche et de Développement en Agroenvironnement, will describe the technology and provided a preliminary view of replication efforts in Quebec. Cornell Pathologist, Dr. Dave Rosenberger tackles the yin and yang of new fungicides: how they provide more choices but also how they introduce more complications for early-season disease control. A problem in 2010, Dave will outline and underscore the need for Apple growers to keep one eye on mildew even as they focus on optimizing fungicide programs with new chemistries to control their usual nemesis: apple scab. Now we go to horticulture. Dr. Joe Kovach of Ohio State University is investigating the use of polyculture and ecological principles with multi-fruit integrated cropping on small urban and periurban farms. The 1.3 acre experiment involves 4 woody fruit crops (apples, peaches, blueberries and raspberries) mixed with 4 herbaceous crops (strawberries and vegetables such as tomatoes, beans, and cucurbits). Joe will be discussing pest density, crop efficiency, and the profitability of it all, possibilities of keen interest to smaller growers
Apple-Crop: Re: Bark necrosis in Linda and Ruby Mac
Hello Everyone! Our orchard has a 7 acre block of tall spindle M9 Linda and Ruby Mac that are also showing the same symptoms outlined in earlier posts. This block will be in its 3rd leaf and had a good crop in its 2nd leaf. Also affected, we have a 5 acre block of M9 Pioneer 4th leaf vertical axe and an acre test planting of Hampshire/M9. We have Cortland pollenizers in all the blocks they exhibit absolutely no symptoms. Our growing area in southwestern WI had an unusually cold October last fall followed by a cold a snowy December. The Linda/Ruby block and the Hamphires suffered a bark splitting hail storm last July 27. Allen Teach Grower Sunrise Orchards, Inc. Gays Mills, WI www.sunriseapples.com sunr...@mwt.net
Re: Apple-Crop: Mystery apple?
How about Haralson? We use it some years here as a sandpaper substitute. Allen Teach Sunrise Orchards Gays Mills, WI - Original Message - From: edsorch...@aol.com To: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:17 PM Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: Mystery apple? Okay, I'll play. This is a S.W.A.G., but I could use the cash. Spice of Old Virginia. Ken Hall Edwards Apple Orchard, Inc. Poplar Grove, IL 61065 -Original Message- From: Jon Clements cleme...@umext.umass.edu To: Apple-Crop apple-crop@virtualorchard.net Sent: Sat, Nov 21, 2009 11:54 am Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: Mystery apple? This has gotten interesting. I ate the apple yesterday -- rather dense in hand, but flesh rather fine and somewhat soft, certainly not crispy-crunchy, but not soft to bite (like McIntosh) either. Skin intermediate in thickness, not unpleasant. Complex-sweet flavor, but not 'fruity.' Is reminiscent of Fuji. Here are a couple higher-res pictures. http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/images/2009apples/c-smysteryapplecalyxend.jpg http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/images/2009apples/c-smysteryapplestemeend.jpg Is Keith going to send the 5 bucks to whoever gets it right? JC On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 12:15 PM, edwdol...@aol.com wrote: Keith: I grew up with Genet or Genetin but the picture does not fit with my memory. And unfortunately, my history of Fuji was tossed during some reduction in files so all I remember is that Ralls, Genet or Jenniten was listed as one of the parents in the Plant Introduction lists for Tohoku 7 which was named Fuji. Chris Doll, Illinois -Original Message- From: Yoder, Keith ksyo...@vt.edu To: Apple-Crop apple-crop@virtualorchard.net Sent: Sat, Nov 21, 2009 9:51 am Subject: RE: Apple-Crop: Mystery apple? Not 20 Ounce, Chris. (The heaviest one I have is only 13.7 oz ;-) Not Minkler, but that's one of the ones I'll need to look up because it must look something like __ . Keith Yoder From: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net [apple-c...@virtualorchard.net] On Behalf Of edwdol...@aol.com [edwdol...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 3:17 PM To: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: Mystery apple? Can I have two guesses? First is 20 Ounce Pippen or maybe a Minkler? Chris Doll--Illinois -Original Message- From: Jon Clements cleme...@umext.umass.edu To: Apple-Crop apple-crop@virtualorchard.net Sent: Thu, Nov 19, 2009 9:55 pm Subject: Apple-Crop: Mystery apple? Mystery apple? Grown in northern Virginia, courtesy Keith Yoder, Virginia Tech. Just harvested. Likely an antique variety from the area. Note the short stem and rather pronounced lenticel spotting. http://yfrog.com/3lih8j P.S. He knows what it is and 5 bucks is riding on it. Jon -- JMCEXTMAN Jon Clements cleme...@umext.umass.edumailto:cleme...@umext..umass..edu aka 'Mr Liberty' aka 'Mr Honeycrisp' IM mrhoneycrisp 413.478.7219 -- The 'Apple-Crop' LISTSERV is sponsored by the Virtual Orchard http://www.virtualorchard.nethttp://www.virtualorchard.net/ and managed by Win Cowgill and Jon Clements webmas...@virtualorchard.netmailto:webmas...@virtualorchard.net. Apple-Crop is not moderated. Therefore, the statements do not represent official opinions and the Virtual Orchard takes no responsibility for the content. -- The 'Apple-Crop' LISTSERV is sponsored by the Virtual Orchard http://www.virtualorchard.net and managed by Win Cowgill and Jon Clements webmas...@virtualorchard.net. Apple-Crop is not moderated. Therefore, the statements do not represent official opinions and the Virtual Orchard takes no responsibility for the content. -- JMCEXTMAN Jon Clements cleme...@umext.umass.edu aka 'Mr Liberty' aka 'Mr Honeycrisp' IM mrhoneycrisp 413.478.7219 -- The 'Apple-Crop' LISTSERV is sponsored by the Virtual Orchard http://www..virtualorchard.net and managed by Win Cowgill and Jon Clements webmas...@virtualorchard.net. Apple-Crop is not moderated. Therefore, the statements do not represent official opinions and the Virtual Orchard takes no responsibility for the content.
Re: Apple-Crop: Fireblight on Ernst Bosch
Gentlemen: I certainly agree with Mark to get rid of the culprit tree yesterday. However, let me relay an experience we had last year. On a five acre block of 3rd leaf Honeycrisp on B9 and CG 16 (tall spindle) we had some blossom blight on very late rat tail bloom and began seeing sporadic shoot blight in late June. I immediately made ugly stub cuts on the affected branches, fired up the sprayer and applied Apogee to the entire block. I continued to patrol the block and reapplied the Apogee about 3 weeks later. this is totally unscientific but we were able to avoid a disaster. Granted Honeycrisp/B9-CG 16 is not extremely susceptible but we had the trees set up with water and fertilizer to grow vigorously. Allen Teach Sunrise Orchards Inc. Gays Mills, WI P.S. Let's all dodge the severe weather the next couple of days! - Original Message - From: Axel Kratel To: Apple-Crop Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 11:18 AM Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: Fireblight on Ernst Bosch Mark, that sounds like good advice. Basically, I cut once, that didn't help. I cut again. if it comes back again I will yank out the tree. I do have a question for the group: When fireblight die back shows up as a result of flowers getting rained on, which of these two reasons would cause it: 1) Fireblight is systemic in the tree 2) Fireblight was brought to the tree from an outside vector. Thanks. -- From: Mark Longstroth longs...@msu.edu To: Apple-Crop apple-crop@virtualorchard.net Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 7:36:12 AM Subject: RE: Apple-Crop: Fireblight on Ernst Bosch Axel, If I had a 4 year old tree in an orchard of 200 trees with fireblight that bad, I would yank it out of the ground today! In my experience, 4 year old trees with that bad an infection don't survive. It sounds like the bacteria is running faster than you can cut and in my experience it will run very fast in wood back through three year old wood and in a 4 year old tree it is just a short jump to the rootstock. MM111 is rated as moderately resistant and I doubt it will survive with an infected susceptible scion such as you describe. If you inject strep into the tree you might save it or find out that you have a resistant strain in your orchard. Do you really want a source of fireblight in your orchard while you try to save one tree? What are you going to do if you have a storm which spreads the infection to other trees? Get rid of it now while the infection is only in one tree. It is much easier to manage fireblight if you do not have a source in the orchard. I saw fireblight literally destroy hundreds of acres of apple trees in 2000 here in SW Michigan. The industry still has not recovered from that epidemic. - Mark Longstroth SW Michigan District Fruit Educator Van Buren County MSU Extension Email - longs...@msu.edu http://web1.msue.msu.edu/vanburen/disthort.htm - -Original Message- From: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net [mailto:apple-c...@virtualorchard.net]on Behalf Of Axel Kratel Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 12:19 AM To: Apple-Crop Subject: Apple-Crop: Fireblight on Ernst Bosch Dear all, I have an Ernst Bosch apple tree on MM111 that has developed a pretty bad case of fireblight. I have over 200 trees and I've never seen fireblight here before, so this is a first for me. Symptoms included the classic die back with the orange colored droplets. I've cut the infected wood, and applied serenade, and I've had to go back twice now to cut more. I've cut back quite far, yet the cuts are still turning orange. I disinfected sheers in between cuts. On the last cuts I've resorted to treating the cuts with hydrogen peroxide, but it seems hopeless. Any hope of saving the tree or should I sacrifice it? It's on it's fourth leaf. I am surprised that this variety is so susceptible. The literature claims it's not especially sensitive to fireblight. Thanks for your advice. I am willing to forgo organic to save a tree, so if there's any sort of systemic treatment that would be possible, I would consider it. Serenade is a good preventative, but it's too late for this tree.
Re: Apple-Crop: Strains of Red Delicious
I certainly am no expert but we grew one called Red Prince for several years top worked on a Mac or Cortland that seemed to be an excellent compromise between color and taste. It is not a spur type and is quite vigorous. We do not have any left --replaced by Oregon Spur II. Allen Teach Sunrise Orchards Inc. Gays Mills, WI (early PF) - Original Message - From: David Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 7:26 PM Subject: Apple-Crop: Strains of Red Delicious Hello everyone, I am going to plant more Red Delicious in 2008. We were head over heels with Red Delicious in the 1960's and 1970's. Over the years I yanked them out and replaced them with new varieties. Now my local and asian customers are clamoring for more than I have now. We've had Starkrimson, Red Chief and It. I have not been enamored with any of them in terms of taste. As those of you over 50 years old can remember, - Old Fashioned Delicious was sweet , palatable and tasteful. That is the Delicious we desire, - and many customers have echoed that request. Has anyone an opinion on the which strains of Red Delicious have the best flavor? Thank you. And the best growing season to all in 2007. David Barclay 169 County Rd. East Colts Neck, New Jersey 07722 Phone: 732-544-9035 Fax: 732-542-7855 --- The 'Apple-Crop' LISTSERV is sponsored by the Virtual Orchard http://www.virtualorchard.net and managed by Win Cowgill and Jon Clements [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Apple-Crop is not moderated. Therefore, the statements do not represent official opinions and the Virtual Orchard takes no responsibility for the content. --- The 'Apple-Crop' LISTSERV is sponsored by the Virtual Orchard http://www.virtualorchard.net and managed by Win Cowgill and Jon Clements [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Apple-Crop is not moderated. Therefore, the statements do not represent official opinions and the Virtual Orchard takes no responsibility for the content.
