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| apple variety | An Apple variety is a specific genotype of Apple. All apples are propagated from plant tissue called scions, not from seeds as many people suppose. |
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| beneficial | species that is useful in managing pest species. Example: Lady bugs eat red mites that damage Apple leaves, Thus the Ladybug can be called \"beneficials\" in that scenario. |
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| bushel | A dry measure containing 4 pecks equivelant to 2,150.42 cubic inches (US). The approximate weight of a bushel of apples is 42 pounds. |
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| calyx | The external leafy green part of the apple flower. It is on the \"bottom\" of the mature apple. |
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| economic threshold | the level at which pest populations begin to cause economic losses to a crop that are greater than the cost ofthat are greater than the cost of treatment |
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| integrated pest managment | Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an effective and environmentally
sensitive approach to pest management that relies on a combination of
common-sense practices. IPM programs use current, comprehensive information
on the life cycles of pests and their interaction with the environment.
This information, in combination with available pest control methods,
is used to manage pest damage by the most economical means, and with
the least possible hazard to people, property, and the environment.
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| IPM | See Integrated Pest Management |
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| organic | Agriculture which is
an ecological production management system that promotes and enhances
biodiversity, biological cycles and soil biological activity. It is
based on minimal use of off-farm inputs and on management practices
that restore, maintain and enhance ecological harmony. |
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| peck | A peck is equal to 1/4 of a bushel, the approximate weight of a peck of apples is 10 1/2 pounds. |
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| rootstock | Root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots. Apple rootstocks have variety names the same as the scions
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| Scion | Scion: a detached living portion of a plant joined to a stak in grafting and
usually supplying solely aerial parts to a graft ; a segment of a cane or
shoot of one to several buds that is grafted onto a stock
The scion of an Apple Tree is the top part of the grafted tree. |
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