• Recipe: Cherry Butternut Squash Stuffing

    Published on February 7, 2019
    This seasonal side dish is dotted with dried tart cherries and full of savory squash.

  • Recipe: Dried Cherry Muffins

    Published on February 7, 2019
    Dried cherries are a tart and delicious addition to these fluffy muffins.

  • Recipe: Fire-roasted Corn and Cherry Salsa

    Published on February 7, 2019
    Serve this corn and cherry salsa with tortilla chips or as a side.

  • Recipe: Cherry-Walnut Vinaigrette

    Published on February 7, 2019
    Enjoy this cherry walnut vinaigrette with fresh Michigan greens.

  • Recipe: Carrots with Character

    Published on February 7, 2019
    Enjoy these sweet baby carrots as a side dish along with chicken, beef, or fish!

  • Recipe: Tart Cherry Pancake Bars

    Published on January 24, 2017
    Make tart cherry pancakes for a crowd with this simple recipe.

  • MIFruitcast: Meet the Educators

    Published on January 18, 2024
    Welcome to MIFruitcast, an MSU Extension podcast focused on fruit production. In this episode, we interview MSUE fruit educators.

  • MIFruitcast: Biological Controls with Jackie Perkins

    Published on December 1, 2023
    Welcome to MIFruitcast, an MSU Extension podcast focused on fruit production. In this episode, we discuss biological controls with tree fruit integrator Jackie Perkins.

  • Bringing you the Michigan cherry on top

    Published on June 14, 2019
    Ready to learn more about delicious Michigan cherries? Phil Korson, Cherry Marketing Institute president, talks about cherry growing, nutrition and partnering with MSU.

  • MSU Soil Testing Update

    Published on May 15, 2023
    Join Michigan State University Extension educators to learn what’s new in the soil testing process from Michigan State University (MSU).

  • MIFruitcast: Michigan Fruit Economics with Chris Bardenhagen

    Published on January 18, 2024
    In this episode of MiFruitcast, we interview Chris Bardenhagen about labor, pricing, and markets for Michigan fruit production. Hosted by Lindsay Brown https://www.bensound.com/free-music-for-videos License code: BN8AVCJZJCUEGJDA

  • MIFruitcast: Tree Fruit Pathology Research with George Sundin

    Published on March 28, 2024
    In this episode, we talk to Dr. George Sundin, MSU's tree fruit pathologist, about understanding pathogens to better fight them in the field. Hosted by Lindsay Brown and Cheyenne Sloan https://www.bensound.com/free-music-for-videos License code: BN8AVCJZJCUEGJDA

  • MIFruitcast: Fire blight Management with George Sundin

    Published on March 28, 2024
    In this episode, we talk to Dr. George Sundin, MSU's tree fruit pathologist, about fire blight biology and management Hosted by Lindsay Brown and Cheyenne Sloan https://www.bensound.com/free-music-for-videos License code: BN8AVCJZJCUEGJDA

  • Pear rust mite

    The overwintering stage is a light brown, wedge-shaped adult, which cannot be seen without a 15X hand lens. The summer forms are nearly white in color, and even smaller than the overwintered adults.

  • Twospotted spider mite

    Adult and nymphal mites are yellowish to pale green with a dorsal pair of apparent dark "spots". Males are smaller than females and have a pointed abdomen. The female takes on an orange tinge in the fall.

  • Bacterial spot

    Bacterial spot appears on apricot, peach, nectarine, plum and prune.

  • Plum rust mite (Peach silver mite*)

    Adult is minute and wormlike, with two pairs of legs, and pale yellow to brownish yellow in color. The nymph is pale yellowish white and closely resembles the adult.

  • Tufted apple bud moth

    Adult is an inconspicuous moth, varying from mottled gray at the wing base to brown at the wing tip, with a lighter colored margin along the wing's leading edge. Two or three groups of tufted scales can be seen on the top of the wings.

  • Stigmaeid/"Yellow" mites

    Agistemus fleschneri is the principal species found in QC and northern ON orchards, while Zetzellia mali predominates in the US, southern ON and the maritime provinces.

  • Peach bark beetle

    Adult's body is brown with many punctures, from which arise yellowish hairs. The larva is a small, legless grub.