Specializing in Problem Diagnosis

Fruit Tree Maintenance

Whether you want to restore and preserve that venerable but neglected old apple specimen, or establish a well planned back yard orchard of early bearing, disease resistant trees, we’re here to help.

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Emerald Ash Borer

Controlling invasive tree killing pests like the Emerald Ash Borer and the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid is a major priority for Healthy Plants.

See a map of EAB infested ares in NYS

Vern Rist, Ph.D.
Plant Pathologist

In the early 1980’s, while completing his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology at Cornell University, Vern visited Woodstock in the southeastern Catskills. It was love at first sight.