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Participants in the International Fruit Tree Association New York Study Tour saw lots of orchards with fire blight in them alongside the roads of Orleans and Monroe counties. (Dave Weinstock/Good Fruit Grower)

Fighting fire blight

October 21, 2016
File photo of sprayer 2013. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Thinning without carbaryl

October 21, 2016
Sun Orchard Fruit Co., Honeybear Brands’ exclusive Eastern U.S. packing partner, will pay a premium for Pazazz apples, similar to those paid for Honeycrisp or other club varieties.(Courtesy Dan Pettit)

Growing with Pazazz

October 20, 2016
Symptoms of bitter pit include dark sunken pits on the surface of the fruit and corky brown tissue. (Good Fruit Grower file photo)

Beating bitter pit in Honeycrisp

October 19, 2016

Cornell looks for insects that may transmit fire blight bacteria

September 30, 2016
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FDA awards Pennsylvania $6.3 million FSMA grant

September 27, 2016

Let there be light on pears

September 23, 2016
Todd Parlo, a Walden, Vermont, organic grower is evaluating 84 pear varieties as cold-hardy rootstock candidates. These David pears are one of the varieties he’s earmarked as a good possibility. (Courtesy Lori Parlo)

In the hunt for cold-hardy pears

September 22, 2016
A telling comparison: A fourth-leaf d’Anjou on Amelanchier rootstock bearing fruit (left) easily outproduced the barren fourth-leaf d’Anjou on OHxF.87 on the right. (Courtesy Todd Einhorn)

The big push for a dwarfing rootstock

September 15, 2016

The tech advantage of digital oversight – Video

September 1, 2016