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

Crop conditions

April 17, 2025 - Included in Issue: 25-02

By: Wil Brown-Grimm

Welcome to our second update of crop conditions this season. Since the start of the month, our peach trees and plums have bloomed. The hard frosts we had out here last week killed many of those flowers as shown in the plum photo. They still have more yet to open, so not all is lost! Thankfully we are expecting mild lows for the next week or so. We made our second fungicide application in the orchard, and plan on the third for early next week.

: Blackberry: Bud development

: Black Currant: Bud development

: Apple (Pixie Crunch): Tight cluster

: Grapes: Dormant

: Plum: Bloom

: Peach: Bloom

: Apple (Rosalee): Tight cluster

: Pear: White Bud

: Pawpaw: Bud burst

: Strawberries: Vegetative growth

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