2020 Orchard Fruit Schools

Hello, everyone,
Last week we held our annual series of orchard fruit schools - Monday in Fancy Gap (Patrick-Carroll), Tuesday in Roanoke (Roanoke-Botetourt), Wednesday in Lovingston (Nelson-Albemarle, or Central Virginia), Thursday in Syria (Madison-Rappahannock), and ending on Friday in Winchester.  This is always a great opportunity to meet with most of the orchardists in the state.  Talks were provided by our fruit specialists, with other speakers added).  I spoke on spider mites and their predators, an update on spotted lanternfly and periodical cicada, and the background behind the regulatory problems with chlorpyrifos.  Here are some photos from this year's fruit schools.
More later,
Doug