Spring Meeting Resources
Resources from the 2020 spring meetings in pdf, recorded webinar, and video format will be linked here as they become available.
For Upcoming Meeting in this series please check https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/event.php?id=1429
Pruning Honeycrisp for Annual Production Video - Precision pruning is a strategy to reduce the flower bud number per tree to a pre-defined flower bud number through pruning. This video explains how to manage Honeycrisp flower bud load with an optimum of 1.8 flower buds (left after pruning) relative to final fruit number. Honeycrisp growers should use flower bud counts before and after pruning to precisely leave an optimum number of flower buds to guarantee annual production (and reduce biennial bearing) every year. The video also shows how to dissect and identify a Honeycrisp floral bud from a vegetative bud. This video focuses on Honeycrisp, however it contains basic pruning techniques that can be applied to all tall spindle orchards.
Spring Pink Meeting Videos held on May 11: Recording on YouTube is separated into 6 individual videos based on the topics below. See related slides in pdf file below.
Topics/Speakers:
- Counting flower buds/readjusting bud load via pruning at pink, and blossom thinning considerations - T. Robinson and M. Miranda Sazo (live from a Honeycrisp orchard at VanDeWalle Fruit Farm in Wayne County)
- Foliar sprays/ground applications/protocol for Peel SAP analysis of Honeycrisp - L. Cheng and M. Miranda Sazo
- Early 2020 Season Disease Update - K. Cox
- Spring insect management priorities - A. Agnello
- Factors to consider to optimize pollination this spring - J. van Zoeren
- Questions and answers
Spring Bloom Meeting Video held on May 21: Recording on YouTube. See related slides in pdf file below.
- Dr. Terence Robinson will be providing recommendations for bloom thinning in biennial varieties (plus Gala), with up-to-date information based on assessments of freeze damage across the region.
- This meeting is being sponsored by Andrew Dulude at OESCO INC. PO Box 540, 8 Ashfield Road (Rte 116), Conway, Ma. 01341 (413)369-4335 (w), (800)634-5557 (Toll free), adulude@oescoinc.com
Spring Petal Fall Thinning Recommendations Meeting Part 1 held on May 27. See related slides in pdf file below.
- Presentation/Recommendations from Dr. Terence Robinson, Cornell University
- Additional Info from Mario Miranda Sazo, CCE-LOF
- Q & A
- This meeting is sponsored by VALENT USA & VALENT BIOSCIENCES
Spring Petal Fall Thinning Recommendations Meeting Part 2 Videos held on May 29. See related slides in pdf files below.
Welcome - Craig Kahlke, Team Leader, Fruit Quality Management, CCE-LOF
Pest Management/Pollination Updates - Intros by Janet van Zoeren, IPM Specialist, CCE-LOF
- Insect Update by Art Agnello, Cornell AgriTech
- Diseases Updates by Awais Khan and Kerik Cox, Cornell AgriTech
- IPM Update by Julie Carroll, Cornell Agritech
- Pollination Update by Maria van Dyke, Cornell University
Labor/Crop/Business Management "COVID-19" Updates - Intros by Mark Wiltberger, CCE-LOF
- Additional Pest Management Q&A
- Labor Update - Paul Baker, Executive Director, New York State Horticultural Society and Mark Wiltberger, CCE-LOF
- COVID-19 Updates- Important Info for your Farm with the Re-opening (NY Forward) and Beyond by Mark Wiltberger, CCE-LOF
- US Crop Update - Matt Wells, US Apple Sales
- Additional Labor/COVID-19/Crop Update
Thinning Recommendations & Conclusion
- Additional Thinning Questions as a Follow up to May 27 Webinar and Recommendations in Fruit Facts- Mario Miranda Sazo
- This meeting is sponsored by VALENT USA & VALENT BIOSCIENCES
Spring 10-13mm Thinning Spray Recommendation Meeting held on June 5: A recording of the webinar is avialable on YouTube. A pdf of the ppt slides from webinar are available below.
- Thinning Recommendations by Terence Robinson
- Questions & Answers by Terence Robinson & Mario Miranda Sazo
PDFs linked that contain slides from presentations provided in Spring Meeting Series Webinars below:
- Table containing minimum temperatures registered for days in April & May as of May 10, 2020. Hours below the minimum critical temperatures before apples experience cold damage. See pdf below.
- Slides presented by speakers during the Spring Pink Meeting webinar.
- Bloom Pesticides for Pollinator Health
- Slides presented by speakers during the Spring Bloom Meeting webinar.
- Slides presented by speakers during the Spring Petal Fall Thinning Recommendations Meeting Part 1
Minimum Temperatures registered as of 10 May 2020 (pdf; 151KB)
- Minimum temperatures registered on April 16-17 & May 5,9,&10
Spring Pink Meeting Powerpoint Slides (pdf; 6958KB)
Spring Bloom Meeting Slides (pdf; 1621KB)
Bloom Pesticides for Pollinator Health (pdf; 588KB)
Spring Petal Fall Thinning Recommendations Meeting Part 1 (pdf; 2503KB)
Spring Petal Fall Thinning Meeting Part 2 - Pollination Update (pdf; 1232KB)
- by Maria van Dyke
Spring Petal Fall Thinning Meeting Part 2 - Petal Fall Disease Update (pdf; 1645KB)
- by Kerik Cox
Spring Petal Fall Thinning Meeting Part 2 - Insect Update (pdf; 6092KB)
- by Art Agnello
Spring Petal Fall Thinning Meeting Part 2 - Apple Disease Research Update (pdf; 1007KB)
- by Awais Kahn
Spring Petal Fall Thinning Meeting Part 2 - IPM Update (pdf; 679KB)
- by Juliet Carroll
Spring 10-13mm Thinning Spray Recommends (pdf; 2166KB)
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Raspberries / Blackberries
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Upcoming Events
Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings
April 24, 2025 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 1 of 4
Hilton, NY
Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Stansell, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.
May 29, 2025 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 2 of 4
Holley, NY
Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Stansell, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.
June 26, 2025 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 3 of 4
Ithica, NY
Join specialists Anya Stansell and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month. This meeting will include Spanish Interpretation. Este mes en Español También.
July 31, 2025 : Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Twilight Meetings 4 of 4
Webster, NY
Join specialists Janet Van Zoeren, Anya Stansell, and Anna Wallis for a conversation about fruit and berry phenology and pest management, at a new location each month.
2025 Cornell In-Depth Fruit School Recordings
April 8, 2025
July 31, 2025
: Recording Available for 2025 Cornell In-Depth Fruit School
Access to the 2025 Cornell In-Depth Fruit School recordings are now available for purchase.
3rd Annual Western NY Fruit Growers Tour, Featuring Wayne County
July 31, 2025
We are excited to announce the 3rd annual Western New York Fruit Grower Tour, the premier fruit tour of the northeast brought to you by Cornell Cooperative Extension's Lake Ontario Fruit Program and Lake Ontario Ag Consulting, LLC! Located in Wayne County, this orchard field day will highlight new and existing products, chemistries, practices, technologies & equipment that shape the orchard industry today. The Western NY Fruit Grower Tour will again combine two past orchard tour events, the LOF Summer Fruit Tour and the Wayne County Fruit Grower Tour, giving industry members the opportunity to conveniently showcase their product offerings to ONE unified group at ONE time and place!
Stay tuned for more info as we get into the summer!