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Tree Fruit Production Guide

Get the most up-to-date information on growing tree fruit on a commercial scale. Revised information and a refreshed look for 2024.
Tree Fruit Production Guide

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Version 2024 - 2025
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More than a "spray guide," this comprehensive publication covers nearly all aspects of commercial tree fruit production, including fruit culture; plant nutrition; pruning and training; pollination; chemical management; IPM spray programs; postharvest handling and storage; budgeting and marketing; and control of diseases, disorders, and insect and mite pests. A color section featuring images of select diseases, disorders, and insect pests is also included.

Authors and Contributors

Production Guide Coordinator 

K. Peter 

Horticulture 

J. R. Schupp, section coordinator 

C. Brunharo, T. G. Ford, D. Weber 

Entomology 

G. Krawczyk, section coordinator 

D. J. Biddinger 

Pollination and Bee Management 

D. J. Biddinger, M. López-Uribe 

J. Hopwood, Xerces Society 

Plant Pathology and Nematology 

K. A. Peter, section coordinator 

Wildlife Resources 

C. Norman 

Pesticide Safety 

J. Johnson, E. Crow, K. Pittman, D. Kline, Penn State Extension Pesticide Education Program 

Harvest and Postharvest Handling 

J. R. Schupp, D. Weber 

Cider Production and Food Safety 

L. F. LaBorde 

Orchard Budgets 

J. K. Harper, L. F. Kime 

Farm Labor Regulations 

R. H. Pifer, A. Thompson 

Marketing 

K. M. Kelley 

Precision Agriculture 

L. He, P. Heinemann 

Disease, Insect Figures 

C. Gregory, C. Jung 

Who is this for?

Commercial fruit growers, extension educators, consultants, and others in the tree fruit industry

What will you learn?

Cultural information; diseases, pests, and natural enemies; chemical management; IPM spray programs; harvest and postharvest handling; cider production; food safety for apples and apple products; farm management (enterprise budgets); state and federal laws that apply to farm labor; marketing

Associate Research Professor, Tree Fruit Pathology
Expertise
  • Apple and pear diseases
  • Peach, cherry, other stone fruit diseases
  • Tree fruit disease management
More By Kari A. Peter, Ph.D.
Research Professor, Extension Tree Fruit Entomologist
Expertise
  • Insect plant interactions
  • Integrated pest management
  • Biological control
  • Tree fruit insect pests
  • Insects rearing
  • Laboratory and field bioassays
  • Invasive insect pests
  • Pesticide resistance
More By Grzegorz (Greg) Krawczyk, Ph.D.
Rob Crassweller, Ph.D.
Former Professor of Horticulture
Pennsylvania State University
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