Bud Break Survey open to Ontario apple growers

In hopes of generating future harvest maturity models, along with aiding in future production and pest related models, Erika DeBrouwer, OMAFA tree fruit specialist and Kristy Grigg-McGuffin, OMAFA IPM specialist are seeking information from apple growers.

“We are collecting bud break data from the following cultivars to better understand the variation across the province and amongst common cultivars,” they write in ONFruit newsletter. Specific cultivars include: Ambrosia, Honeycrisp, Gala and McIntosh.

Bud Break Definition: the day that at least 50% of the fruit buds are between silver tip and green tip.