If any material listed should lose or change its registered usage, a notice to that effect will be announced. A brief update of the information in this guide will be published in early 2001 and distributed free of charge at extension educational meetings and county extension offices. Do not use this publication after 2001. The 2000 - 2001 edition of the Pennsylvania Tree Fruit Production Guide has been updated and revised to make it as accurate as possible for current recommendations and pesticide registrations. The chapters, or parts, are printed on the back cover with tab markings to make them easier to locate.
Contents also appear at the beginning of each part.
Chemical management tables are grouped together to make them more accessible. The Mid-Atlantic Orchard Monitoring Guide , published in 1995, is a valuable tool for the fruit growers and should be used in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Tree Fruit Production Guide . The product of work conducted by tree fruit scientists in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, the guide contains instructions on how to monitor and assess all types of tree fruit orchards for insect pests and beneficial insects, diseases, mammals, nematodes, nutritional disorders, weeds, and other maladies. It contains more than 300 color photos to help you identify orchard problems and can be purchased from your country extension office.