Home Orchard Management @ Royal Oak Farm Orchard


Home Orchard Management @ Royal Oak Farm Orchard is a blog for the home apple tree grower providing information for the Northern growing regions about apple tree management, apple tree pruning & training and Integrated Pest Management from the IPM Specialist and Certified Nurseryman at Royal Oak Farm Orchard, a 16,000 tree apple orchard and agri-tourism operation located in Harvard, Illinois. 


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A bunch of red apples hanging from a tree
By Dennis Norton 11 Apr, 2024
An Apple a Day Is Good for You (In So Many Ways It's Hard to Keep Count)
columnar apple tree
By Dennis Norton 11 Apr, 2024
Spur, Semi-Spur and Tip Bearing Apple Varieties
a fact sheet about critical temperatures for frost damage on fruit trees
By Dennis Norton 14 Mar, 2024
Critical Spring Temperatures for Frost or Freeze Damage
a fact sheet about critical temperatures for frost damage on fruit trees
By Dennis Norton 14 Mar, 2024
Seaweed Digests for Critical Spring Temperatures for Frost or Freeze Damage
Tall Spindle Trained Tree
By Dennis Norton 19 Jan, 2024
The tall spindle is a supported training system that depends on utilizing well-feathered (branched) trees that can produce a crop the year after planting and continue to increase fruiting in the immediate subsequent years.
By Dennis Norton 28 Oct, 2023
When Apples Will Freeze on the Tree
By Dennis Norton 14 Jul, 2023
Apple Maggot Arrival Time
By Dennis Norton 09 Jul, 2023
Fighting Japanese Beetle
By Dennis Norton 27 Jun, 2023
Peak Egg Hatch for Codling Moth is Upon Us
By Dennis Norton 16 May, 2023
Preparing for Plum Curculio
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