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

Crop Conditions

July 3, 2024 - Included in Issue: 24-08

By: Chloe Rose Henscheid and Wil Brown-Grimm

Here at the Meigs Horticulture Facility in Lafayette, Indiana we couldn’t ask for better crop conditions. We have been receiving good amounts of rain as needed for fruit maturation, without experiencing any flooding. The Japanese beetles seem to be our biggest issue right now across the board. Still no disease pressure to report, we will continue our cover sprays and hopefully it will stay that way.

: Peach: Maturation

: Apple (Rosalee): Maturation

: Pear: Maturation

: Grapes: Berry touch/ Bunch closure

: Apple (Pixie Crunch): Maturation

: Black Currant: Ripe

: Blackberry: Green fruit to ripe

: Aronia: Green fruit to ripe

: Paw Paw: Maturation

: Plum: Maturation

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