The term fruiting spurs does not have a universally agreed upon definition. Most fruit scientists consider fruiting spurs to be short shoots, usually less than 6 inches long, with a rosette of leaves just behind a fairly large bud at the tip of the shoot. the large bud (the terminal bud) is usually a flower bud, from which a cluster of five flowers will emerge the following spring. Spurs arise from portions of a branch that are at least two …
Managing Apple Trees and Orchards: Insects, Diseases, Wildlife and Other Challenges
Insect Management in Apple Trees and Fruit
- Dogwood Borer
- Wooly Apple Aphid
- Apple Maggot
- Plum Curculio
- Green Fruit Worm Complex
- San Jose Scale
- Mites (two-spotted spider, European red)
- Leaf Rollers (oblique, red-banded, variegated)
- Rosy Apple Aphid
- Aphids (green apple, spirea)
- Spotted Tentiform Leafminer
- Oriental Fruit Moth
- Codling Moth
- Tufted Apple Bud Moth
- Tarnished Plant Bug
- Leafhoppers
- Japanese Beetle
- Stink Bugs
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Disease Management in Apple Trees and Fruit
- Apple Mosaic Virus
- Apple Scab
- Armillaria Root Rot
- Bitter Rot
- Blister Spot
- Black pox
- Black Root Rot
- Black Rot
- Blue Mold
- Brooks Spot
- Cedar-Apple Rust
- Fire Blight
- Fly Speck
- ‘Golden Delicious’ Necrotic Leaf Blotch
- Latent Viruses
- Nectria Canker
- Nectria Twig Blight
- Phytophthora Root, Crown and Collar Rot
- Powdery Mildew
- Quince Rust
- Sooty Blotch
- Southern Blight
- Thread Blight
- Union Necrosis and Decline
- Viruses
- White Root Rot
- White Rot
- Wood Rots
- X-Spot
Wildlife Problems of Apple Trees and Fruit
- Deer Damage on Apple Trees
- Mouse/Vole Damage on Apple Trees
- Raccoon Damage on Apple Trees
Other Challenges of Growing Apples
- Effect of Temperature on Apple Trees
- Effect of Water on Apple Trees: Not Enough or Too Much?
- Timing of Apple Tree Bloom
- Apple Fruit Thinning
- Hail Injury on Apple Trees and Fruit
- Effect of Wind on Apple Trees
- Sunburn of Apple
- Pre-harvest Drop
- Sunscald of Apple
- Sunscorch of Apple
- Fruit Cracking of Apple
- Bitter Pit and Calcium Deficiencies in Apple Fruit
- Apple Skin Russetting