July 2023

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Summer Fruits

Featured stories about summer fruits — and more — in this issue.

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The low-down on mini head-trained grapevines

Bee good to your berries

The Big Apple and the Big Blueberry?

Regenerative ag targets soil health and beyond

Van den Ende: Growth mindset

Peach State problems

The big picture for pears

Farms finding success with fruit diversification

Paper or plastic for weed suppression — Video

Good to Know: A planar plan for peaches

Good Stuff, July 2023

Ben Heusinkvelt, a young grower from Columbus, Nebraska

WSU seeks commercialization partner for WA 64

Labor Department penalizes California farm labor contractors and vineyard

Washington State Wine Commission hires Kristina Kelley as new executive director

Growing Bartlett in the two-leader system divides the vigor and increases the precocity, although a lot of training work went into establishing fruitful branches in the lower portion of the trees. The block produced about 18 bins per acre in the fourth leaf, a yield that Stemilt’s Mrachek expects to double each year until it tops out between 60 and 70 bins per acre. (Kate Prengaman/ Good Fruit Grower)

Northwest canners agree to raise Bartlett prices $15 per ton to reflect inflation