Facts for Fancy Fruit A newsletter for commercial and advanced amateur fruit growers

Crop Conditions

September 11, 2020

Grape harvest continues. Recent rainy weather is making late season fruit rots more problematic on susceptible varieties. Apples are sizing up nicely and mid-season varieties are beginning to ripen. Primocane black and red raspberries are beginning to ripen. Black Magic primocane blackberry harvest is winding down and APF45 harvest is just starting. Pawpaw fruit are beginning to ripen and CBD hemp is flowering.

: Petite Pearl grapes looking excellent

: Frontenac grapes with severe ripe rot

: Cayuga White grapes with slight rot

: Cayuga White grapes with severe sour rot

: Petite Amie grapes with sour rot complex

: Vignoles tight clustered grape with minor rot

: Pixie Crunch apple ready for harvest

: Pixie Crunch has a light crop

: Niwot primocane black raspberry just starting to ripen

: Nova primocane fruiting red raspberry in harvest

: Black Magic harvest winding down

: APF45 primocane blackberry harvest beginning

: Pawpaw fruit getting ripe

: CBD hemp flowering

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