Blueberry Food Safety Training February 20, 2013

-Wes Kline

Blueberry Food Safety Training will be held on February 20th at the Marucci Center for Blueberry & Cranberry Research and Extension,

Location: 125A Lake Oswego Rd., Chatsworth, NJ.

Time: 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

$25 fee includes lunch. To register call 609-726-1590

This Week in the Plant & Pest Advisory: 12-11-2012

Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition (printable pdf)

• African Fig Fly
• Cultural Control of Apple Scab
• Mid Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention and Trade Show: Rutgers Faculty Speakers; Wine Grape Program; Fresh Apple Cider Contest

NJ Fruit Crop Insurance Deadline: November 20

-Win Cowgill and David L. Lee

All fruit growers should note that November 20, 2012 Is the Deadline
for Fruit Crop Insurance in New Jersey
Important Dates

• Sales Closing Tree Fruit, Blueberries and NAP - November 20, 2012 for 2013 crop
• Production Report Due for 2012 - January 13, 2013
• Acreage Report Due for 2012 - January 15, 2013
• New Jersey producers who grow apples, peaches, blueberries, and cranberries who are interested in crop insurance must contact a crop insurance agent well  before November 20, 2012.

Peach      Apple      Blueberry      Wine Grapes

2013-14 Mid-Atlantic Berry Guide Now Available

From Fruit Times, October 29, 2012. Kathy Demchak, Penn State Extension

The 2013-14 Mid-Atlantic Berry Guide is now available both in print and on-line. The guide has contributors from Penn State University, Rutgers University, The University of Delaware, The University of Maryland, Virginia Tech, West Virginia University and USDA-ARS.

This week in the Plant & Pest Advisory: 8-21-2012

Plant & Pest Advisory - Fruit Edition (printable pdf):

• Apple Maturity - Fruit Maturing Early. Updates on McIntosh, Gala, Blondee, Honeycrisp, & Early Fuji Strains
• Fruit IPM Report
• Field Report from Bill Sciarappa: Images of Hail Damage
• Excerpts from Timely Viticulture (University of Maryland) and Wine Grape Information for the Region (Penn State)

Fruit IPM Report August 21,2012

-Dean Polk, Fruit IPM Agent and
David Schmitt, Eugene Rizio and Atanas Atanassov,
Program Associates, Tree Fruit IPM

• Late Season Pests
• Peach
• Apple
• Grape
• Trap Counts

Spotted Wing Drosophila Fact Sheets

From Penn State Extension
-Kathy Demchak & Dave Biddinger, Penn State University;
and Bryan Butler, University of Maryland

• Part 1: Overview and Identification Briefly summarizes the concern surrounding spotted wing drosophila. The fact sheet contains photographs that illustrate in detail the differences between SWD adults and other local fruit fly species that could be mistaken for SWD. 
• Part 2: Natural History This fact sheet discusses the life cycle of SWD in detail, along with explaining how environmental conditions and nearby crops can affect presence and numbers of SWD. 
• Part 3: Monitoring Covers how to monitor for SWD adults in fields, and SWD larvae in fruit. The fact sheet also provides details on how to store and ship samples should identification from others be needed. 
• Part 4: Management Discusses cultural practices for minimizing populations, and chemical options that will provide effective control for growers of susceptible crops.

Funding: Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center
Submitted by Jack Rabin