The Okanagan, and Similkameen and Creston valleys remain the only commercial pest free apple producing regions in North America.
In a recent interview, local orchardist Charles Claus delved into the threats posed to apple trees in Terrace by tiny maggots.The maggots can be easily transported to Terrace when people buy apples in the lower mainland and process them in Terrace.
Claus said last fall was a good apple time in Terrace with and with the cost of food nowadays, it was a decent source of local food. The CFIA and Ministry of Agriculture have issued guidelines to prevent the spread of this pest from the Lower Mainland and Prince George to the B.C interior commercial apple production areas.
Claus is also concerned about anthracnose canker, a fungus that infects and kills patches of bark on young trees and on the younger woods of the older trees. It is rarely witnessed in Okanagan, but is rampant in coastal BC because of incessant fall rains that promote the infections.
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