Chelan-Douglas County Horticultural Pest and Disease Board

Mission Statement

To eradicate infested fruit trees that threaten commercial orchards and work with the public to keep back yard fruit trees free from pest infestations.

Backyard Fruit Trees and their Pests

Quarantine Pests: Two horticultural pests considered quarantine level pests are apple maggots and cherry fruit flies. When these pests show up in back yard trees and orchards the tree fruit industry is compelled to contain and control them to protect their shipping infrastructure

Cherry Trees: What Every Homeowner Must Know

• Western Cherry Fruit Fly
• Shothole Borer

Apple & Pear Trees: More Trouble Than They Are Worth?

• Codling Moth
• San Jose Scale

Pear Trees:

• Codling Moth
• San Jose Scale
• Pear Psylla

Links

• A pest management guide for apples, cherries, and pears in WA state - in Spanish and English formats.
• WSU IPM Decision Aid System for Tree Fruit - http://entomology.tfrec.wsu.edu/das/
• Yakima Pest Board

Home Garden Cherries

Home Garden Apples

Special Interests

• The Purpose of Pest Boards
  
  
• White Page: Justification for Chelan-Douglas County Horticultural Pest and Disease Board Assessment
  
  
• Chelan-Douglas Horticultural Pest and Disease Board Written Complaint Form

2013 Meeting Schedule