Plant Spotlight: The Auspicious Asian Pear
“You HAVE to try the pears I bought from the market yesterday.” My friend and I have a colorful enthusiasm for the things that we… Read More
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POP TIPS: Preventing and Treating Fire Blight
Fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) is a bacterial disease affecting pome fruits including apples, pears, Asian pears, and close relatives like quinces and hawthorns. It gets… Read More
Plant Spotlight: The Small and Sour Sorrel
Looking for something sour, lemony, and refreshing? Nature has produced just the thing: Sorrel (Rumex acetosa), also called Common Sorrel and Garden Sorrel, one of… Read More
Plant Spotlight: Northern Bayberry, A Food Forest Companion
What is Northern Bayberry? (Morella pensylvanica, formerly known as Myrica pensylvanica)—also known as waxberry, wax myrtle, miracle bush, and candle berry—is a native, nitrogen-fixing shrub… Read More
Spring 2022 POP Events Recap
Throughout the first half of the year, POP staff carried out a number of events, ranging from pruning training sessions to orchard plantings to community… Read More
Biofungicides for Orchards: Serenade and Regalia
Spraying biofungicides on your tree to suppress diseases is like releasing beneficial insects in your orchard to decrease pest populations. Sometimes when I think about… Read More
Plant Spotlight: Passionate about Passionflowers?
Get the Inside Scoop on Maypops (a type of passionflower)! STORY BEHIND THE NAME Maypops (Passiflora incarnata) are called maypops for a reason, as the… Read More
Philadelphia Orchard Project Ink: From Pruning to Pigment
In March 2022, POP hosted an orchard pruning workshop at Sankofa Farm at Bartram’s Garden led by POP staff and orchard volunteers. After an in-depth… Read More
POP Spotlight: Tapping into Maple Season
“Indian Sugar Camp” (1853-1856) by John C. McRae after Seth Eastman (Source) INDIGENOUS ORIGINS Maple sap is one of the oldest food products in North… Read More