In 2022, 14 Warm Springs community members, primarily elders, went on the Warm Springs Fruit Loop tour. The canning classes held afterward helped participants refresh their skills and get caught up on any changes to methods.
Q: We have two very old fruit trees: an apple tree that is over 40 years old that needs thinning and a mature cherry tree that has lost several limbs. The apple tree has overproduced with several 30-gallon garbage cans of ...
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The orchard has more than 80 apple varieties – some that are well-known in the industry and in high demand by cider-makers – plus other lesser known or experimental varieties needing to be evaluated under western Oregon conditions.
The orchard, established at Oregon State University’s North Willamette Research and Extension Center – 23 miles south of downtown Portland – is the brainchild of Nik Wiman, OSU Extension orchard crops specialist.
The OSU Extension Service in Central Oregon has a program to assist local residents with control of codling moth. Informative timely emails are sent out to interested residents with advice on when and how to treat fruit trees to reduce or prevent infestation