Fruit Program

Fruit Program

The Extension Fruit Team conducts research and outreach on a wide range of IPM topics to assist growers with commercial orchard, vineyard and berry production. They carry out much of their research at the UMass Cold Spring Orchard, a 40 acre farm in production in Belchertown MA, that has been operated by the UMass Agricultural Experiment Station (CAFE) and Stockbridge School of Agriculture as a research and education farm and a commercial orchard since 1962. In addition to IPM research, they publish the March Message, Healthy Fruit and Fruit Notes, collaborate on the New England Tree Fruit Management Guide, generate apple maturity reports, write fact sheets, consult with commercial orchardists, and host Extension educational programs on topics such as pest control, orchard management, and invasive species.

Visit the Fruit Program Website

Fruit Program IPM Resources:

• Healthy Fruit Newsletter
• Orchard BMP Manual 
• Small Fruit BMP Manual 
• IPM Guidelines for Apple 
• Fruit IPM Fact Sheets 
• New England Tree Fruit Management Guide 
• New England Small Fruit Management Guide 

Have a tree fruit question? Reach out to individual team members below: 

• Jon Clements (jon.clements@umass.edu) - Extension Educator, Commercial Tree Fruit Production
• Jaime Pinero (jpinero@umass.edu) - Extension Professor, Tree Fruit Entomology/IPM
• Elizabeth Garofalo (egarofalo@umass.edu) - Extension Educator, Tree Fruit Production
• Matthew Bley (mbley@umass.edu) - Extension Educator, Small Fruit Production
• Maria Gannett (mgannett@umass.edu) - Extension Educator, Weed Science