Fruit & Vegetable Crops

We have two species of borers that attack trunks or branches of peach trees in New Hampshire. The most destructive (and larger of the two) is the peac...

Two species of small rodents regularly damage orchard trees and blueberries in New Hampshire. Orchardists frequently call them mice, but they are vole...

Listservs are a way to exchange information quickly with other growers. We have set up such a list to promote discussion about all issues and topics r...

U.S. consumers are likely most familiar with the golden cured rhizomes of mature ginger (Zingiber officinale).  Growers in the northeastern U.S. have ...

<br /> <br /> <br /> Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) is a vinegar gnat from China and Japan. It attacks ripening and ripe fruit of brambles (raspberr...

Arthropod Injury<br /> <br /> Plum Curculio: I see two forms of PC injury at harvest time.<br /> <br /> 1) Typical PC injury is created when the f...

Introduction<br /> <br /> Birds can become especially serious pests in blueberries and strawberries, but they also cause injury in other small fruit...

Strawberries are an excellent crop for New Hampshire home gardeners. With proper care strawberry beds will produce good crops for three to five years,...

Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) is a vinegar gnat from China and Japan. It attacks ripening and ripe fruit of brambles (raspberry &amp; blackberry), str...

Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) attacks ripening and ripe raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, grapes, cranberries, late cherries, fall strawberries,...