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  • April 1st 2013 Issue
  • Story by Richard Lehnert

    • Another Geneva mixup

    For the second time in as many years, there has been a stumble along the road to bringing the new Geneva rootstock, G.214, to growers’ orchards. Cornell University horticulturist Dr. Terence Robinson confirmed that a mixup in rootstock material will mean a delay of about one year in the introduction of this new apple rootstock, which is being billed as a disease-resistant replacement for Malling 9. The source of the mixup has not been identified. Material was sent to Prosser, Washington, for virus testing and then on to two laboratories for tissue culture ­propagation. What is now in those laboratories […]

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    Richard Lehnert
    After growing up on a Michigan dairy farm, Richard Lehnert began writing about farming in 1962, while still a junior studying journalism at Michigan State University. He worked at newspapers for a year before joining the staff of Michigan Farmer, where he spent 26 years, the last 15 as chief editor. He was a member of the staff of Good Fruit Grower from 2010 until 2015. Read his stories: Story Index
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