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

Crop Conditions

September 4, 2026

Our fruit crops are on the cusp of maturity at the tail end of this incredibly wet season. Many have failed, and will have no fruit to bear. However, we expect a good harvest from the Goldrush apples! In the past two weeks, our monitoring traps in the orchard have caught 1 dogwood borer (Synanthedon scitula) individuals, 34 coddling moth (Cydia pomonella) individuals, and 0 oriental fruit moth (Grapholita molesta) individuals.

8 Blackberry: Maturation/ mature fruit

Grapes: Maturation

Pawpaw: Maturation

Peach: Maturation

Apple (Pixie Crunch): Maturation

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