Virginia - West Virginia - Maryland
2017 Spray Bulletin for Commercial Tree Fruit Growers

Disease Management Section

prepared by K. S. Yoder, Virginia Tech

Insect Management Section

prepared by D.G. Pfeiffer, J.C. Bergh, D. J. M. Wilson, Virginia Tech; Daniel L. Frank, West Virginia University; and C. R. R. Hooks, University of Maryland

Disclaimer and Pesticide Warning - Please Read

Apples	Pears	Peaches and Nectarines	Cherries (sweet and sour)	Plums and Prunes
Dormant	Dormant	Dormant	Prebloom	Prebloom
Silver tip - Green tip	Dormant-Green tip	Pink	Petal fall	Bloom
1/4 - 1/2 inch green	Green cluster bud	Bloom	Shuck fall	Petal fall
Tight cluster - prepink	White bud (popcorn)	Petal fall	First cover	Shuck split, shuck fall
Pink and bloom	Bloom	Shuck split, shuck fall	Second cover	First cover
Petal fall	Petal fall, first through fifth cover	First cover	Preharvest	Second and third cover
First cover		Second cover	Postharvest
Second cover		Third cover
Third cover		Fourth and fifth cover
Fourth cover		Preharvest
Fifth cover		Harvested fruit
Sixth cover		Post Harvest Spray
Seventh and eighth cover
Postharvest

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