Useful links for apple growers.
Frost and Cold Hardiness Considerations in Vermont Apple Orchards , a Univ. of Vermont page. Unfortunately the page itself has almost no formatting, making it difficult to read.
Maine Heritage Orchard Apple Varieties are listed here . Each variety has a photo which is a link to a page about that variety. Photos do not indicate the size of the apple, since each apple photo is the same size but descriptions indicate size.
Apple Varieties . A list of apple varieties given out on his CSA, with details about each from John Bunker’s Out On A Limb website . Also from that website is his CSA newsletter archive going back to 2009.
Bagging growing apples instead of using sprays. “In simple terms, this just means putting bags over your apples and pears. The bag acts as a barrier preventing nearly all insect pests and some diseases from damaging your fruit.” says Gordosoft from Phoenixville, PA.
Wild Pollinators of Eastern Apple Orchards (pdf) An eleven page full color booklet on wild apple tree pollinators of the Northeast produced by Cornell University, Penn State University, and The Xerces Society, URL is www.northeastipm.org .
Apple borer image UP CLOSE! This is a head shot of an apple borer displayed at a photographic website.
Fruit injury types in apples, from UNH, a pictorial sheet. As a web page https://extension.unh.edu/resource/fruit-injury-types-recognized-annual-new-hampshire-apple-harvest-evaluations-fact-sheet and as PDF: https://extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource006843_Rep9894.pdf Excellent tool for diagnosing your apple problems.
Page from Willamette Nurseries in Oregon showing rootstock influence on tree size. Includes apples, pears and stone fruit.
How to grow Apples without Pesticides a 2015 article on her website by Janet Pesaturo of One Acre Farm .
Seasonal Checklist for the Holistic Orchard by Michael Phillips (1957-2022) from the Wayback Machine’s archive of www.groworganicapples.com
Borer Insights by Michael Phillips (1957-2022) from the Wayback Machine’s archive of www.groworganicapples.com
