Dr. Jim Olmstead, manager of Washington State University’s cherry breeding program at Prosser, has developed two new cherry varieties which may be resistant to powdery mildew. So far, only a few trees of each have been grown in research orchards, but Olmstead said they will go into replicated trials in a couple of years, and he would like to find growers willing to test them in their orchards. If the selections still look promising, the fruit will be put through small-scale packing and storage tests. Sulfur Olmstead believes that if the varieties are ultimately commercialized, they would be suitable for […]