News From Southern Appalachian Apples

Apple fruit in the rain
Apple Disease Update: Week of July 6, 2025

Published - July 9, 2025

Frogeye leaf spot on apple leaf
Apple Disease Update: Week of June 29, 2025

Published - June 30, 2025

flyspeck sooty blotch on apple fruit
Apple Disease Update: Week of June 22, 2025

Published - June 23, 2025

early symptoms of Glomerella leaf spot on 'Gala' apple
Apple Disease Update: Week of June 15, 2025

Published - June 16, 2025

Early symptoms of GLS on Gala
Apple Disease Update: Week of June 8, 2025

Published - June 9, 2025

Early Symptoms of bitter rot on fruit
Apple Disease Update: Week of June 1, 2025

Published - June 2, 2025

Symptoms of GLS on apple leaves
Apple Disease Update: Week of May 25, 2025

Published - May 27, 2025

Blackening of the midvein due to shoot blight
Apple Disease Update: Week of May 18, 2025

Published - May 19, 2025

Primary powdery mildew symptoms on apple
Apple Disease Update: Week of May 11, 2025

Published - May 12, 2025

Hail damage on apple fruit
Emergency Apple Alert: Hail Spray

Published - May 8, 2025

Shoot blight on apple tree
Apple Disease Update: Week of May 4, 2025

Published - May 5, 2025

Early Fruit Set
Apple Disease Update: Week of April 27, 2025

Published - April 28, 2025

Symptoms of GLS on a wet leaf
Apple Disease Update: Week of April 20, 2025

Published - April 21, 2025

A photo of blossom blight on an apple flower
April 19-22: Blossom Blight Infection Alert!

Published - April 19, 2025

Image of several Gala apple fruit clusters that have fruit that are 8mm in diameter and appear to be setting with 4 or 5 fruit in a cluster.
Apple Thinning Update: 04.18.25

Published - April 18, 2025

shoot blight on apple tree
Fast FAQs About Kudos

Published - April 14, 2025

Early growth of a shoot on an apple tree
2025 Apple Disease Update: Petal Fall/1st Cover/Blossom Blight Risk

Published - April 14, 2025

Apple blossom petal fall stage
2025 Apple Disease Update: Late Bloom and Petal Fall

Published - April 7, 2025

A photo of blossom blight on an apple flower
April 3-7: Blossom Blight Infection Alert!

Published - April 2, 2025

Photo of Firewall
Applying FireWall 50WP

Published - March 31, 2025

Photo showing pink bud and bloom phenology stages in apple
Apple Disease Update: Pink Bud and Bloom

Published - March 31, 2025

A photo of blossom blight on an apple flower
March 31 and April 1: Blossom Blight Infection Alert!

Published - March 30, 2025

Rows of young saplings planted in furrows across a rural field with distant mountains
Commercial Tree Fruit Extension Meeting in Henderson County [March 6th]

Published - February 25, 2025

NC State Extension helping Western North Carolina WNC apple growers in aftermath of Hurricane Helene
Hope After Helene: Extension Promotes Resilience, Renewal for N.C. Apple Growers

Published - November 19, 2024

From: NC State Extension
Pale ribbed pumpkin on bare soil surrounded by vine leaves
Recovery Resources for Farmers

Published - November 4, 2024

From: Haywood County Center
Pesticides on a Shelf
Pesticide Disposal Day for WNC Farmers

Published - October 21, 2024

From: Haywood County Center
Tractor spraying mist over orchard rows under cloudy sky
Ensuring Water Is of Sanitary Quality for Pesticide Applications After Hurricane Helene

Published - October 11, 2024

From: NC Fresh Produce Safety
Fallen Tree after Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene Resources for NC Apple Growers

Published - October 8, 2024

Bitter rot on 'Rome' apple fruit
The Perfect Storm

Published - September 24, 2024

Bot Rot on apple fruit
Plotting the Spot and Rot Revenge....

Published - September 16, 2024

Gala apples on tree
2024 Apple Harvest Management Considerations: Special Focus on Gala

Published - July 18, 2024

orchard guide cover
2024 Apple Manual Available

Published - May 22, 2024

Red apples being washed on a conveyor belt under spraying water
Managing Water Used at Harvest and Post Harvest in Produce Farms Workshops

Published - May 10, 2024

From: NC Fresh Produce Safety
Crates of red and yellow tomatoes labeled "Vine Ripened TOMATOES"
Food Safety Update for Western NC- May 16, 2024

Published - April 29, 2024

From: NC Fresh Produce Safety
USDA Memorandum to Growers.
Chlorpyrifos Product Information Update

Published - March 21, 2024

Ambrosia beetle excavations on apple tree
Grower Survey: Ambrosia Beetle Economic Impacts

Published - March 14, 2024

NC State Extension Mountain Horticulture Crops Research and Extension Center (MHCREC) research station helps growers in the North Carolina mountains
Extending Research to Growers in the North Carolina Mountains

Published - February 20, 2024

From: NC State Extension
Apples in orchard
Grower Input on Research Needed

Published - November 7, 2023

symptoms of frogeye leaf spot on apple
Apple Disease Update: Week of July 17, 2023

Published - July 19, 2023

Powdery Mildew on Rome Beauty
Apple Disease Update: Week of July 3 2023

Published - July 5, 2023

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