This circular brings together suggestions from the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station and the Illinois State Natural History Survey relating to orchard practices and pest control. It provides some basic steps in pest control and discusses some specific orchard pests such as grasshoppers, mites, mice, and rabbits. In addition, it gives some tips on using pesticides for pests on apples, peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums, cherries, and pears. Finally, general management practices such as tree nutrition, thinning peaches, and advancing apple maturity, and orchard chemical formulations are discussed. (BB)