Apples
USApple reports Feb. 1 holdings, January movement
U.S. fresh apple holdings on Feb. 1 totaled 71.9 million 42-pound bushels, which is 7.3% less than at the same time a year ago and a 12.6% drop in the average over the past five... more »
ProBlad Verde fungicide now available throughout U.S.
ProBlad Verde fungicide will now be available to growers across the U.S. for use on a variety of crops, including stone fruit, caneberries, strawberries, pome fruits, grapes, almonds, leafy greens, herbs and tomatoes. ProBlad, from... more »
Apple grower Brian Gilroy joins Ontario Agriculture Hall of Fame
Apple grower Brian Gilroy, a past chairman of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetables Growers Association (OFVGA), is the newest member of the Ontario Agriculture Hall of Fame. Gilroy, who grows apples in the Meaford, Ontario,... more »
USApple selects NextGen Apple Fellowship members
The U.S. Apple Association has chosen the six members of the 2023 class of its emerging leader program, the NextGen Apple Fellowship. In its second year, the program focuses on providing fellows with professional and... more »
EPA OKs Summit Agro fungicides on pome fruit, stone fruit
The Environmental Protection Agency has approved the expanded use of Summit Agro’s Regev and Timorex ACT fungicides to stone fruit and pome fruit production. This gives growers two new tools to use in fruit orchards... more »
Italy’s apple-focuse show rich on technology
Apple growers knew they were in for something special as they entered Interpoma 2022 and were greeted with drones picking apples. The Nov. 17-19 international apple-centric show was in Bolzano in northern Italy, near the... more »
EXPO bus tour: Beyond the cookies and cider
The weather was cooperative, the doughnuts and cookies were fresh and amazing, and the cider was hard and delicious. The Great Lakes EXPO Farm Market Bus Tour featured six stops in the Grand Rapids area... more »
Michigan State Horticultural Society lauds Thome, Shane
The Michigan State Horticultural Society has chosen a fifth-generation apple grower and a Michigan State University (MSU) senior Extension tree fruit specialist for its annual award recipients. Steve Thome, who operates Thome Orchards near Comstock... more »
Distinguished: Michigan apple grower, Extension specialist lauded
The Michigan State Horticultural Society has chosen a fifth-generation apple grower and a Michigan State University (MSU) senior Extension tree fruit specialist for its annual award recipients. Steve Thome, who operates Thome Orchards near Comstock... more »
EXPO bus tour: Beyond the cookies and cider
The weather was cooperative, the doughnuts and cookies were fresh and amazing, and the cider was hard and delicious. The Great Lakes EXPO Farm Market Bus Tour featured six stops in the Grand Rapids area... more »
