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Tom Kon

Associate Professor: Southeastern Apple Research Specialist Horticultural Sciencetom_kon@ncsu.edu

(828) 585-3538

Phone: (828) 585-3538

Fax: (828) 684-8715

Street Address: MHCR&EC
455 Research Drive
Mills River, NC 28759

Mailing Address: MHCR&EC
455 Research Drive
Mills River, NC 28759

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Job Description Identify and address the technological/horticultural needs of the southeastern apple industry (NC, SC, and GA).

Recent Posts by Tom Kon

Initial fruit set is unsettled for some orchards in the southeastern US. This is largely due to challenging weather …

Dr. Mike Parker and Dr. Tom Kon will lead an informal, in-orchard discussion and demonstration on: Apple Tree Pruning, …

Gala is starting to develop some red fruit color in western North Carolina. Across most of the region, a relatively …

For those that have a crop of apples, opportunities to apply chemical thinners have been limited. Inclement weather (high …

CrimsonCrisp fruit set on 4.24.23. While fruit size is appropriate for chemical thinning across many varieties, cool weather this …

Happy New Year! Below is an announcement of an upcoming webinar series on Precision Crop Load Management for Apples. Registration …

Multiple mid-to-late season apple cultivars, such as ‘Fuji’ are at risk of high wind-induced preharvest drop with Hurricane Ian. As …

Inconsistent return bloom of ‘Golden Delicious’. Trees with strong return bloom were part of a blossom thinning experiment. Adjacent …