{"id":9220,"date":"2023-05-22T09:36:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T13:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/highmoor\/?page_id=9220"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:15:03","slug":"apple","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/highmoor\/resources-by-crop\/apple\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9656\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/highmoor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/06\/zestar-apple-crop-tile-highmoor-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"apple photo for landing page image link for resources by crop\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/highmoor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/06\/zestar-apple-crop-tile-highmoor-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/highmoor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/06\/zestar-apple-crop-tile-highmoor-105x64.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/highmoor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/06\/zestar-apple-crop-tile-highmoor-317x192.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/highmoor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/06\/zestar-apple-crop-tile-highmoor-423x257.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/highmoor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/06\/zestar-apple-crop-tile-highmoor.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/>Jump to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#ipm\">Integrated Pest Management (IPM)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#research\">Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#publications\">Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#videos\">Videos<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#how-to-harvest-and-store\">How to Harvest and Store Apples in Maine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#pruning-apple-trees\">Pruning Apple Trees<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"#related-resource\" style=\"text-transform:none;\" ><span class=\"button\"> Related Resource <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a id=\"ipm\"><\/a>Integrated Pest Management (IPM)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ipm\/apple\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple IPM<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a id=\"research\"><\/a>Research<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/highmoor\/resources-by-crop\/apple\/variety-testing-at-highmoor-farm\/\">Apple Variety Testing at Highmoor Farm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a id=\"publications\"><\/a>Publications<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/fruit\/growing-fruit-trees-in-maine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bulletin #2422: Growing Fruit Trees in Maine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/publications\/2411e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bulletin #2411: Planting and Early Care of Fruit Trees<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/publications\/2409e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bulletin 2409: Renovating Old Apple Trees<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a id=\"videos\"><\/a>Videos<\/h3>\n<h4><a id=\"how-to-harvest-and-store\"><\/a>How to Harvest and Store Apples in Maine (YouTube)<\/h4>\n<div class=\"responsive-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Harvest and Store Apples in Maine\" width=\"1268\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0935xrIsCg0?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>University of Maine Cooperative Extension on when to pick apples and how to store apples.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><a id=\"pruning-apple-trees\"><\/a>Pruning Apple Trees (YouTube)<\/h4>\n<div class=\"responsive-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pruning Apple Trees\" width=\"1268\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0JvJreVLjvc?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>University of Maine Cooperative Extension tree fruit specialist Renae Moran discusses when and how to prune apple trees in Maine.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><a id=\"related-resource\"><\/a><strong>Related Resource<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maineapples.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maine Pomological Society<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Links to agricultural organizations are provided purely for educational purposes. 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