We have been removing our Red delicious trees for the past 3 years and
replacing with Ginger Gold, Sansa, Crispin, Early Auvil Fuji and Honeycrisp.
But we have kept our Dixie Red Delicious since it has become a customer
favorite over standard Red Delicious. Dixie Red Delicious has an intense a
Pat,
The order form for the Penn State Pruning video can be found at
http://adams.extension.psu.edu/Agriculture/PDF%20files/PruningHarvestOrderForm.pdf
and the site link to the Adams County Extension is
http://adams.extension.psu.edu/. The address and phone is:
Penn State Cooperative Extens
Sara,
Sounds like your sprayer is similar to ours. My son, Paul, has had the same
problem with our Durand-Weyland 500 gallon sprayer, but he was able to fix it
so it would not come out of alignment. If you can take a photo of the sprayer
and the pulley assembly and send it to me, I will check
I'm curious. Did anyone experiencing hail damage do a strep spray within 24
hours of the hail (trauma)?
Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com
http://www.theorchardkeeper.blogspot.com
http://www.revivalhymn.com
- Original Message -
From: Daryl Hunt
We are in northern Illinois and have the same problem. We use a phosphoric
acid injection system once per season to clean out the system. We have 7 wells
around the orchard, but use only 2 for irrigation with 2 pump houses. The
system is not very expensive and we picked it up from Trickl-eez
If you run livestock in your orchard and your orchard is a U-Pick orchard,
just don't let your liability insurance company know you have livestock
among your trees. Ours requires the orchard be fenced in to keep livestock
out!
Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
http://www.royaloakfarmorchar
From what I understand, there are two types of fruit cracking,both of which
are genetic. We have had an issue with it in Gala is the past.
"Physiological Cracking" often occurs on Stayman and other varieties when a
high percentage of fruit may split or crack, starting in July. This type of
c
We were running about a week ahead of schedule until this week when the temps
started hitting the 40's at night and 60's during the day. We are about 1 mile
south of the Wisconsin/Illinois border. Now we seem to be just about right
since we have hit the lows of 41 and 43 over the past several n
Excellent point, Ken. Sounded like the author was much more interested in
price than quality or the time well spent with family building a family
tradition. Being a 2 hour drive from downtown Chicago, I am amazed at how many
families will travel that distance for the "experience " of picking a
5:41 p.m.: Edwards Apple Orchard buildings damaged; orchard remains intact
The owner of Edwards Apple Orchard says the eight buildings on his property
bore the brunt of the damage from the tornado that ripped through Boone County
this afternoon, but the popular orchard remains intact.
Ken and
David,
Would a Model 5170, 1170, 5200, 1200 swivel clevis work. If so you might be
able to get a replacement at http://johnbeansprayers.durand-wayland.com/ . We
have a Durand-Wayland air blast that is about 15 years old and have good luck
getting parts through them. It still works great!
Elizabeth,
The best overall guide to fruit tree production I have come across is Penn
State's Fruit Tree Production Guide. You can find it at
http://tfpg.cas.psu.edu/Default.htm. Part I is on establishing the orchard.
Part IX is on farm management and includes budget worksheets for both "fre
We have around 2,000 Honeycrisp on B9, M26 and M9. All are planted at 4 X 14
since we replanted in rows already established at 14' apart and have trained to
tall spindle. We have removed about 2,000 M111 and M7 Gala, Braeburn and
Jonathan that were upwards of 15 years old to replace with the s
We are located on the Illinois/Wisconsin state line just south of Lake
Geneva, WI and have missed all of the hail. I use Weather Underground to
track storms and almost all of the storms have either tracked south or north
of us. Weather Underground provides storm cell information that includes
The wireless credit card terminals are only as good as the "signal" you would
get in the location of the terminal. If you get a 3 to 4 bar signal (AT&T
bars) and the signal is always consistent, then they will work quite well. But
if the signal is week or sporadic, they do not work as well. W
David,
We use several different trellis methods with M26, M7, M111, B9 and M9. We
have used a 2 wire, three wire and 4 wire with tree spacing at 10', 8', 6',
4' and 3'. All of outr systems have held up to winds up to 75 MPH,
especially last January when the tornadoes went through and hit Edw
Lee,
In my research I have come across the "Farmer Trainer training manual on Tree
Crop Propagation and Management" that has a module on stooling. The manual can
be found at http://www.gtz-treecrops.org/TrainingManuals.htm and the module in
PDF format is at
http://www.gtz-treecrops.org/Downlo
Bill,
My experience has been that it is going to depend on the individual product.
My best advice would be to check the label of each product you paln to use to
check compatibility and tank mix requirements as well. I use
http://www.cdms.net/LabelsMsds/LMDefault.aspx?t= all the time and even
Steven,
I don't know if you were looking to purchase a video, but I do have a video by
Gary Moulton that is one of the best I have seen on all aspects of pruning,
including the pruning of open center trees. It's available on my blog at
http://www.theorchardkeeper.blogspot.com. I hope this he
We have found that branch bending has worked the best for us on B9 and M9 as
well as M26. We use the rubber bands now and find that they require the least
amount of time of any other technique. We use the bio-degradable in May and
they are gone by August or just after terminals have set. With
We purchase the 6" rubber bands from Peach Ridge Orchard Supply in Michigan.
You can find the information on them at
http://www.peachridge.com/treetraining/training.htm, third item down.
Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
Office (815) 648-4467
Mobile (815) 228-2174
Fax (609) 228-2174
http://
One of the best little tools I have seen is Philip Schwallier's (from MSU)
power point presentation on Enhancing Return Bloom with Summer NAA. We also
grow Suncrisp and have used his various models with much success as part of
our overall thinning program. Based on the recent article on the MS
Axel,
I am sure Dave's intent was not to threaten you, only help make us all aware of
the requirements of federal law as it pertains to commercial apple growing.
We, as professional growers, have an obligation to abide by federal law just as
a physician has an obligation to abide by the Hippoc
I have been reading the Pesticide Rates and Tree Row Volume thread with
great interest. It is very timely since many of us are compiling our spray
program for the 2010 season now. It seems to me to be one of the best
discussions that has taken place in quite some time. It is the reason I
belo
Came across this article this morning and thought it quite interesting.
http://westernfarmpress.com/mag/farming_fungicides_reduce_hinder/
Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
15908 Hebron Rd.
Harvard, IL 60033-9357
Office (815) 648-4467
Mobile (815) 228-2174
Fax (609) 228-2174
http://www.royaloa
Art,
I have used Assail for apple maggot control for several seasons now with very
good results. I have been able to time our sprays so any second generation of
codling moth is usually hit as well. We just did our AM spray about a week ago
for this season. I usually do not include Assail in
You can try
http://www.cropmeters.com/Fruit-Firmness-Testers-Penetrometers/View-all-products.html
these are much less expensive than the FT 327 McCormick Fruit Tester which is
now about $250.00 . Hope this helps!
Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
15908 Hebron Rd.
Harvard, IL 60033-9357
Offi
John,
There is Trac Software from Cornell found at
http://www.nysipm.cornell.edu/trac/ and a Spray Record Spreadsheet from Penn
State at
http://agsci.psu.edu/frec/resources/online-resources/2011Spraysheet.xls/view.
Hope this helps!
Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
15908 Hebron Rd.
Harv
Have you tried Pellenc America yet? Here is their phone and e-mail. Hope this
helps!
Pellenc Lixion available from Pellenc America Inc.
1042 Hopper Avenue
Santa Rosa CA 95403
Tel 707.568.7286
pellen...@msn.com
www.pellencus.com
Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
15908 Hebron Rd.
Harvard, IL
Our experience with Assail protection has been 7 to 14 days with a surfactant
and no rain. I always subtract 2 days of efficacy for every 1" of rain. I
came across an article back in '05 that discussed the new insecticides'
effectiveness and saved a copy to
http://royaloakfarmorchard.com/pdf
Here at Royal Oak Farm Orchard we have discovered how to make a FORTUNE selling
U-Pick apples..start with a LARGE one!
Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
15908 Hebron Rd.
Harvard, IL 60033-9357
Office (815) 648-4467
Mobile (815) 228-2174
Fax (609) 228-2174
http://www.royaloakfarmorchard
Don't know if this is what you are looking for Peter, but I have an article I
got from a Cornell Cooperative Extension Publication at
http://ipmguidelines.org/TreeFruits/Chapters/CH04/default-6.aspx which states:
1. It is the amount of water that changes, not the amount of pesticide per
Hugh, we have been growing Granny Smith, Zestar and Pristine here at Royal Oak
Farm on M9 in far northern Illinois for about 4 years now and have had good
results. We also have Honeycrisp on Bud9 planted at the same time and they are
half the size of the M9. We have decided to not use Bud9 ag
Cliff, with Kentucky being in Zones 6a, 6b, and 7a, are you sure Honeycrisp
will gow there? They are typically a Zone 3,4 or 5 apple, doing better in Zone
3. If you end up planting Honeycrisp, it will be interesting to see if they do
well for you!
We have done blind taste tests with our custo
>From what I have experienced, Mark, sounds like you are talking about callus
>tissue that can appear around the pit. The tissue is not mold, fungus,
>bacteria or the result of any type of disease. It is naturally occurring as
>you say, and is entirely safe to eat along with the rest of the pea
I agree with your assumptions, Dave. We have over 200 rows of trees, about 1/3
being tall spindle. We build out trellises with 12' posts, typically 8" thick
posts (6" on shorter rows of 400' or less) leaving 4 feet in the ground.and 8
above with our top trellis wire being on top of the post at
Brian,
If you have a significant number of trees to monitor, I would recommend the use
of the trece Delta VI trap with liners and the CM-DA codling moth lure. The
lures are good for about 8 wweks and the traps are reusable. I have some that
I have used for 4 seasons. Much less expensive that
My experience with the thousands of customers that we have had over the years
is that once they form a perception of something, whether it be GMO's or
organic vs conventionallly grown products, they stick to the preception that
the media has given them. I now simply tell them that the best way t
Nikki,
We have had drip irrigation and/or drip tape in our 16,000 tree orchard since
1993/94. In 2012 we installed sub-surface drip in our apple tree maze. We
have never been effected by drought in any years since the original
installation. We have 8 wells on our 120 acres and rotate wells f
Interesting, Hal. We planted Honeycrisp on Bud 9 back in 2004 and they are
only about 6' to 8' even now..produce a good crop, but never grew as we
expected. In fact, we are planning on removing them in the next two years or
so. Replanted more in 2006 on M 26 and they have produced beautif
Lee, we use a product called Repells All by Bonide that lasts up to 2 months
and is made up of Dried Blood , Putrescent whole egg solids, Garlic oil,
Acetic Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Cloves, Fish oil, Onions, Meat meal, Seaweed,
Vanillin, Vitamin E, and Wintergreen oil. It comes in a 6 lb. ba
Art,
Noticed no one has responded to your question yet, so I will post a link top
the OBLR Sampling Form from Cornell that I have adopted for our use here in
northern Illinois.
http://www.nysipm.cornell.edu/publications/apple_man/files/oblr3.pdf
For overall treatment I follow the Midhigan St
matthew,
We have been growing tall spindle in northern Illinois in a pick-your-own
orchard for around 5 or 6 years now. The system has been improving over the
years and currently the newer spacing being recommended by Dr. Terence Robinson
from Cornell is around 12' x 3'. I highly recommend wat
We have had good success with M26, M9 and NIC29. Bud9 has not done as
wellour M26 Honeycrisp are nearly 3' taller than our Bud9 Honeycrisp on
those trees planted the same spring. The fireblight and borer (DWB and GPTB
seem to like the burr knot area for egg laying) issues with M26 have bee
We have used Assail for several years to control Japanese Beetle, especially in
Honeycrisp. And the timing can coincide for us with a need to spray for apple
maggot as well, depending on the type of temperatures we are having. We spray
the top 1/3 of the tree in Honeycrisp since that is where t
Rick,
In doing some research for our new planting program, I came across an article
by Terence Robinson on high density pears that might be useful to you. We will
be planting new apple trees over the next 5 years at a density of 3 x 12. The
article on high density pears discusses trials with
When the demand for apples in the United States is greater than the supply
available in the United States, then I have no problem with imports from China
or elsewhere..as long as we have a knowledge of how the fruit is grown and
how pest control is administered. But I cannot see importing f
We have been a pick your own since 1997. We have always charged by the peck
bag and provide the bags for the customer. We can have thousands through our
pick your own on any given peak weekend. We contract two County Deputy
Sheriffs to patrol the orchards. We don't mind if folks eat a few ap
We have a single head Enviromist mounted to our small John Deere tractor that
we have used for several years with no issues at all. The keys are how high
you allow your weeds to get before application and how high you have to hold
the shield above the ground. The higher the shield above ground
We run into the same thing with our hydraulic pruners. Our guys use these or
other manufacturer's similiar to these. The key is that they are thin and work
like a wet suit. Hope this helps!
http://www.duluthtrading.com/store/product/mens-wetsuit-work-gloves-20604.aspx
Dennis Norton
IPM Spec
I have participated in these IPM conference calls since their inception and the
calls are a regular part of my annual IPM program. There is a wealth of
information available through these calls for the Illinois, Wisconsin and
Minnesota apple grower. You can learn what other growers are facing
I jsut read the last data from Facebook that indicates they have over 1.3
billion users! When I see the erroneous information that gets posted to the
news feed on Facebook about GMO's, Monsanto and the Arctic apple, and the
number of people that believe this stuff.it scares me to think what
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