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Comprehensive Assessment Of Organic Apple Production In Vermont: Experience From Two Orchard Systems, 2006-2013, Terence L. Bradshaw
Comprehensive Assessment Of Organic Apple Production In Vermont: Experience From Two Orchard Systems, 2006-2013, Terence L. Bradshaw
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
Despite substantial consumer demand and willingness to pay premium prices for organically grown fruit, apple growers in Vermont and other New England states have been slow to adopt certified organic practices. Barriers cited in the past to increased adoption of organic apple production in the region include susceptibility of traditionally grown cultivars to apple scab, lack of effective insect pest management materials, and few available effective options for fruit thinning. Recent changes in apple cultivar plantings in the region, introduction of new insect pest management materials, and advances in crop thinning justified an evaluation of organic apple production systems containing …