HORTICULTURE

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 1,200 fruit farms which grow apples and the state has over 8 million apple trees on 58,000 acres.  The Southwest Michigan has about one third of the apples grown in Michigan.

The Michigan Apple Committee. maintains a 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!

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 IPM Web Sites. Almost all of them are primarily about pest control in apples.

Fire Blight Links and other Fire Blight Pages at this site

2000 Fire Blight Epidemic in Southwest Michigan

The Cost of Producing Fresh Market Apples in West Central Michigan. E-1107 (1999)

Fact Sheets on Apple Pests and their Control;
An organic apple spray recommendation for apples
Insect and Disease Control on Backyard Fruit trees,
Some Common Fruit Pests,
Using Insect Traps, by Bill Shane

Below are the major direct fruit pests of apples
Direct pests are those which attack the fruit.
Apple Maggot Factsheet,
Codling Moth Factsheet,
Plum Curculio Factsheet,
Oriental Fruit Moth Factsheet,
A key to leafroller larvae that attack apple trees
Fruit Tree Leafroller Factsheet,
Tufted Apple Budmoth Factsheet
Obliquebanded Leafroller Factsheet,
Redbanded Leafroller Factsheet,
Variegated Leafroller Factsheet

Indirect pests are those which attack the stems, leaves or roots of the plant and weaken it lowering yield.
Dogwood Borer, a pest of dwarf apples
European Red Mite Factsheet,
Spotted Tentiform Leafminer Factsheet,
White Apple Leaf Hopper Factsheet.
Scale Insects suck sap from the shoots and weaken the tree
San Jose Scale a pest of many trees species
Oystershell Scale
European Lecanium Scale is a soft scale
Forbes Scale
Aphids are a important indirect pests of apples. I have posted a key to aphids that attack apple trees
Apple Grain Aphid Factsheet
Apple Aphid Factsheet
Rosy Apple Aphid Fact Sheet,
Wooly Apple Aphid Factsheet

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Last modified: October 20, 2005