Hi Fruit Growers,

I’ll make no comment about the depressing weather. Trees do look happy, though.

At last week’s Twilight Meeting at Tougas Family Farm the general consensus was it’s been a pretty easy thinning season and the crop looks good. Do you agree? I’ve heard from one grower who thinks his McIntosh thinned a little too well, but other varieties thinned nicely.

With all this wet weather don’t stretch your fungicides sprays beyond 2 weeks. Once we settle into normal summer weather the fungicide interval can be stretched to 3 weeks. At the twilight meeting, Dan Cooley from UMass shared a great handout summarizing summer fungicides.