About NTFVDC

The New Tree Fruit Varieties Development Council supports the Ambrosia Variety by conducting research, promoting the variety, and encouraging quality production. We are funded by industry levies on BC ambrosia apple sales and project funding from government.

Annual General Meeting 2024 will be held Thursday, July 25, 2024

at 7pm at 9525 Wharton Street, Summerland

Press Release - January 12, 2022 - 2022 Light Reflective Materials (LRM) Program

Press Release - November 12, 2021 - The Path Forward: A Blueprint for B.C.’s Tree Fruit Industry supports findings laid out in New Horizons for Ambrosia Report

Ambrosia Levy Remittance: Self-Reporting Form

Governance and Newsletter

Research Programs funded by NTFVDC

Since the Council was established in 2001, substantial work has been coordinated to allow the Ambrosia variety to succeed, one of many areas has been in research.

Review some of the highlighted research projects below:

Rootstocks with Different Vigor Influenced Scion–Water Relations and Stress Responses in Ambrosia™ Apple Trees (Malus Domestica var. Ambrosia)

Summer fruitlet thinning enhanced quality attributes of Ambrosia™ apple at harvest and after 4 months of cold air storage

Characteristics of Sunburn Browning Fruit and Rootstock-Dependent Damage-Free Yield of Ambrosia™ Apple after Sustained Summer Heat Events

Early-Summer Deficit Irrigation Increases the Dry-Matter Content and Enhances the Quality of Ambrosia™ Apples At- and Post-Harvest

Internal Quality Attributes and Sensory Characteristics of ‘Ambrosia’ Apples with Different Dry Matter Content after a Two-Week and a Ten-Week Air Storage at 1 ◦C

Postharvest quality implications of preharvest treatments applied to enhance Ambrosia™ apple red blush colour at harvest

More details on projects funded by the NTFVDC can be read in the February 2023 newsletter.

Information on Growing Ambrosia

Research reports and articles on growing quality Ambrosia:

Light Reflective Fabric Research: Effect on Ambrosia Apple Colour

Effect of Pre-Harvest Treatments to Increase Red Colour on Storage Quality of Ambrosia

Watch our two part video series by Steve Brown on thinning Ambrosia apples like a pro:

Watch our four part video series by Steve Brown on picking Ambrosia apples like a pro:

Watch our six part video series by Steve Brown on how to prune Ambrosia apples:

Apple Marketing Commission

After twenty years of being the advocate for Ambrosia through promotion, quality improvement and grower education, the New Tree Fruit Varieties Development Council will not approach the growers for a renewed mandate. Instead, the NTFVDC has contracted with Ference and Company, to investigate the feasibility of transitioning NTFVDC into a Marketing Commission for Ambrosia.

The Apple Marketing Commission information meeting was held on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 in person in Kelowna and virtually via Zoom.

Summary proposal for an Apple Marketing Commission

Full Report on the Development of an Apple Marketing Commission

“Funding support provided, in part, by the BC Government’s Tree Fruit Competitiveness Program; delivered by the BC Fruit Growers Association and the Investment Agriculture

Foundation of BC