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To Our Readers

GUEST ARTICLE

Maximizing Fruit Quality in Fresh Market Tomatoes – by Sieg Snapp, Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University

VEGETABLE NEWS

Vegetable Insect Updates

APPLE NEWS

Degree Day Accumulations

Apple Scab Infections

Weekly Trap Counts

STRAWBERRY NEWS

Field Day Reminder

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Insect, Pest Fact Sheets

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Vol 1 No. 14   August 30, 2004

Degree Day Accumulations (base 50 degrees F)

Orchard

Cumulative Degree Days (Daily Average Method)A

Cumulative Degree Days (Integral Method)B

From

To

Elgin

1,648.3

1,668.3

4/7

8/23

Fairhaven

1,471.9

1,576.1

4/6

8/24

Faribault

1,808.1

1,858.4

4/8

8/25

Lake City

1,677.0

1,711.4

4/7

8/23

A. Using high-low average temperatures.
B. Using integrated (hourly) temperatures.

 

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Co-Editors: Bill Hutchison, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, hutch002@umn.edu
Jeanne Ciborowski, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Ag. Resources Division,jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us
Suzanne Wold-Burkness, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, woldx018@umn.edu

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Last Revised August 26, 2004.
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