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

Crop Conditions

March 30, 2023 - Included in Issue: 23-01

By: Chloe Rose Henscheid

We have had a warm winter and early spring, except for the negative temperatures we experienced right before Christmas. Some fruit crops are already beginning development in Lafayette, Indiana. Apples remain dormant except for some of the Honey Crisp blocks showing Silver Tip and a few Crab Apple varieties showing Green Tip. Majority of the grapes remain dormant, with a few exceptions of early varieties showing bud swell. Plums, Peaches, Pears, Gooseberries, blackberries, and currants have begun development. Our field strawberries are actively developing new leaves. The field Strawberries leaves suffered from slight frost damage this spring. We uncovered them the second week of March but are not concerned about this damage. We have Strawberries in the high tunnels that started blooming two weeks ago.

: Plums: Green Cluster

: Peaches: First Swelling

: Pears: Swollen Bud

: Apple: Dormant

: Grapes: Dormant

: Gooseberries: Bud Development

: Black Currants: Bud Development

: Blackberries: Bud Development

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