Contents
Abbreviations .........................................ii
Post Harvest Interval Key.............................ii
Be Safe With Pesticides...............................1
EPA's Worker Protection Standard..............3
Protect Our Environment .............................5
Pesticide Poisoning......................................7
Wildlife Management.................................11
Deer Control in Orchards...........................11
Orchards Pine and Meadow Vole Control..12
Rabbit Control...........................................14
General Orchard and Nutrition.......................15
Selection of Soil Sites.................................15
Liming Soils for Fruit Trees........................18
Apple Pollination.......................................21
Peach Winter Injury...................................23
Pesticide Strategies...................................25
Sprayer Calibration and the Tree Row
Volume Method ..............................25
Making the Most Out of Your Insecticide
Dollar..............................................31
Protecting Our Groundwater......................34
Weed Control in Orchards...........................37
Control Measures.......................................37
Herbicides..................................................38
Tree Fruit Herbicide Recommendations......41
Preemergence Herbicides ..........................43
Postemergence Herbicides..........................44
Problem Weeds ..........................................45
Peaches and Nectarines..............................49
Rootstocks..................................................49
Thinning....................................................49
Peach and Nectarine Spray Guide .............51
Sweet and Sour Cherries ..........................61
Varieties.....................................................61
Rootstocks..................................................61
Pollination.................................................62
Sweet and Sour Cherry Spray Guide ..........63
Plums ................................................67
Varieties.....................................................67
Rootstocks..................................................68
Pollination.................................................68
Plum Spray Guide......................................69
Apples.................................................71
Suggested Varieties for NJ..........................71
Apple Orchard Nutrition ............................72
Rootstocks .................................................73
Thinning....................................................77
Growth Regulators.....................................79
Apple Spray Guide.....................................84
IPM Treatment Levels.................................82
Processing Apple Spray Guide...................84
Pears...................................................99
Varieties.....................................................99
Rootstocks..................................................99
Pollination...............................................100
Chemical Thinning...................................100
Pear Spray Guide ....................................101
Tree Fruit Pests and Controls ......................105
Diseases of Stone Fruits ...........................105
Diseases of Apples....................................113
Fungicides & Bactericides .......................117
Insect and Mite Pests of Fruit Trees..........124
Insecticides and Miticides.........................127
What to Do and When ..............................133
Bud Development Chart...........Inside Back Cover
Compatibility Table .......................Back Cover