White hail netting protects trees at the Federico Hagelsieb orchard in Guerrero. Fruit on trees under white net mature earlier and are larger than on trees under black netting, reports orchard manager Jorge Suarez. A group of 50 members of the International Fruit Tree Association traveled to the Mexican state of Chihuahua this summer to take a close look at the tree fruit industry there. Chihuahua is Mexico’s major apple-growing region and also produces peaches and cherries. A mile high on a desert plain in northern Mexico, families with names like Robinson, Johnson, and Jones are battling nature to produce […]