Fast track ends for Jerry Haak
Jerry Haak focused on growing fruit and helping others, not his pain.
Thinning doesn’t always boost cherry size
A research project to find out whether Ethrel (ethephon) could be used as a postbloom thinner for cherries showed that the material can reduce the fruit load.
Do cherries need water before harvest?
Growers have conflicting opinions
ReTain can improve cherry fruit set
Bloom-time applications of an ethylene inhibitor can keep cherry blossoms viable longer
More trials for cherry rootstocks
New MSU cherry rootstocks are dwarfing and precocious
Honeycrisp: Don’t kill the golden goose
New red strains might disguise improper maturity
Adjust Honeycrisp crop early
Overcropping Honeycrisp will result in poorly colored, poor-storing, and poor-tasting fruit.
GRAS2P record-keeping
The Washington State Horticultural Association and ApRecs have teamed up to offer growers and packers access to a spray record
Washington State fruit consolidation plan advances
The boards of four Washington organizations will vote in the next few weeks on whether to go ahead with a plan to consolidate into a new organization called the Washington Tree Fruit Association
Top 5 global wine trends
A survey of 115 international wine trade professionals, commissioned by ProWein, an international trade fair of wines and spirits, points