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

Crop conditions

May 1, 2025 - Included in Issue: 25-03

By: Wil Brown-Grimm

Hello! This is our third crop conditions update this season. The fruit trees are progressing well as things get up and going around the farm. Most everything has passed 1 or more stages of growth since the third week of this month. Monday the 28^th marked our first fungicide application in the vineyard, with the majority of our diverse grape varieties reaching the 1-3 in shoot stage. The orchard was sprayed for fireblight on the 22^nd. I’m hopeful we’ve seen the last of the hard frosts this season and that we may get a good peach crop!

: Strawberries: Bloom

: Pawpaw: Bloom

: Plum: Fruit set

: Peach: Petal fall/ fruit set

: Apple (Rosalee): Bloom

: Pear: Petal fall

: Grapes: 1-3in shoots

: Apple (Pixie Crunch): Petal fall

: Black Currant: Bloom

: Blackberry: Pre-bloom

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