Michigan Apples
Michigan is one of the leading apple producing states. It is ranked second or third in apple production each year behind Washington State. New York and Michigan trade the second place spot back and forth depending on which state has the larger crop. Michigan has over 1,100 fruit farms which grow apples and the state has about 8.5 million apple trees on 47,500 acres.
For apple pest control see the Apple IPM site.
The Apple Extension Effort is headed by the Apple Team. The Current Apple Team Report on Extension Activities.
Apple Maturity testing is done in several regions of Michgan to allow Michigan Apple growers to harvest their apples at the peak of maturity and ripeness. See the Apple Maturity Webpage.
The Michigan Apple Committee maintains an excellent web site with links to Michigan apple shippers, listings of Cider Mills, farms with road side sales, and all kinds of information on apples. Check It Out!
See the apple varieties displayed at the 1998 SW Michigan Apple Showcase.
See the Apple Maturity Webpage.
The Mills Table is used to predict Apple Scab.
The resources below are available at the Van Buren Apple Page.
Article on Managing Bitter Pit in Apples
Fire blight Page with links to
several pages of information on fire blight, a bacterial disease of apples and pears. There is also an article on the 2000 Fire blight Epidemic in SW
Michigan
Fact Sheets on Apple Pests and their Control;
An organic apple spray
recommendation,
Insect and Disease Control on Backyard
Fruit Trees,
Some Common Fruit Pests,
Using Insect Traps,
Apple Maggot Factsheet,
Codling Moth Factsheet,
Dogwood Borer Factsheet
European Red Mite Factsheet,
Plum Curculio Factsheet,
Obiquebanded Leafroller
Factsheet,
Oriental Fruit Moth Factsheet,
Rosy Apple Aphid Factsheet,
Spotted Tentiform Leafminer
Factsheet,
White Apple Leaf Hopper
Factsheet.
Other Apple Web Resources
The Virtual Orchard - an excellent site maintained for growers and others interested in apples.
Apple Scab Resistant varieties are rare in the grocery store but promise fewer sprays for the backyard grower.
Also see other State's Fruit Web IPM Sites. Almost all of them are primarily about pest control in apples.
