Critical temperatures for fruit bud injury in the spring

at these fruit bud stages...

crop

% bud
damage silver tip green tip

HIG

tight
cluster

pink

full
bloom

post
bloom

apples

10%
90%

15
2

18
10

23
15

27
21

28
25

28
25

28
25

pears

10%
90%

15
0

20
6

24
15

25
19

26
22

28
24

28
24

cherries

10%
90%

17
5

25
14

26
17

27
21

27
24

28
25

28
25

peaches

10%
90%

18
1

21
5

23
9

25
15

26
21

27
24

28
25

prunes

10%
90%

17
3

20
7

24
16

26
22

28
23

28
23

adapted from Washington State

University data.

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