Trouble on the Double Z
Roxanne Bell photographs a Double Z ranch foreman who is peering through the steel fence—just feet from where it trails
Electronic trap saves labor
An electronic trap for monitoring insect pests will free up growers or employees from the chore of checking trap catches
Fresh cherry harvester
Picker Technologies, a Washington-based developer of automated equipment, is working on a mechanical harvesting solution for fresh cherries. Sweet cherries
Safety regulations nix customized platforms
A worker uses a Girette to prune trees. (Courtesy Flathead Cherry Growers, Montana) Regulators in British Columbia, Canada, have developed
Define bloom consistently
Left: With a bloom time of only one or two days, this Chardonnay cluster in New York shows even development.
In The Box
Fruit fan Jesse James Botha enjoys reading the Good Fruit Grower at his grandfather’s home in South Africa. Amy Botha
Performance of WA 2 in industry evaluations
Figure 1: “Parrot beak” can occur on WA 2 fruit grown on one-year-old wood. Washington State University’s new apple variety
Order out of chaos
The Ditton Laboratory at East Malling was built in 1926 to conduct research on storage of tree fruits and develop
Last Bite–Fuji, a world-class apple
Fuji proved to be more difficult to grow and pack than Grady Auvil imagined. Fuji is in his right hand
Grow perfect Forelle pears on Tatura
Forelle is an attractive, medium-size pear that requires special management and skill to grow it to perfection. The pears need