Marquette grapes have started veraison. Apples continue to ripen with the earliest varieties 2-3 weeks out from harvest.

Marquette grapes are at buckshot. Zestar are about 4cm in diameter. Cortland and Honeycrisp are about 3cm in diameter. Montmorency cherries are pink turning orange.

Zestar is at about 30mm. Cortland and Honeycrisp are both at about 20mm with good fruit set. Marquette is at post bloom and approaching buckshot. […]

Zestar is approaching 12mm. Honeycrisp and Cortland are around 10mm. Marquette and Itasca are between 10-14” of growth. Montmorency are out of the shuck and […]

All apples are beginning to color and ripen slowly. Zestar is the furthest along at the station, with the seeds beginning to brown at the […]

Marquette grapes at the station are at about 10% flowering. Zestar, McIntosh, and Cortland apples are all at or past 20mm fruitlets.

Marquette grapes are in the 1-3 inch stage of shoot growth. Zestar, Cortland, and McIntosh are finishing up petal fall. Honeycrisp is just finishing up […]

Early varieties like Macintosh and Zestar are at first pink. Honeycrisp is at half inch green to tight cluster. Marquette is at early bud swell. […]

Date: 4/12 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 20-year avg. Base 50 36 2 11 8.5 64 36 As of the 12th we were 3-5 days […]