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Grower helps develop automated reflective color-fabric roller

September 5, 2017
Ric Van Well, left, and Bill Howell look over a list of Geneva 935 rootstocks to be inoculated at the beginning of virus trials at Van Well Nursery in Wenatchee, Washington, in May. Howell, from Northwest Nursery Improvement Institute, and Van Well are conducting tests to learn more about why G.935, along with a few other Geneva rootstocks, struggle with several common apple viruses. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Researchers put virus theory to trial in G.935 decline

August 23, 2017

Allan Bros. paces innovation

August 23, 2017
Fourth Leaf Fruit Co. staff members pitch custom packing services to grower Ed Webster, wearing red, at Webster’s Rothrock Farms north of Prosser, Washington, in June. Fourth Leaf, formerly Holtzinger Fruit, is one of the few packers in the nation that does not own its own orchards. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Fourth Leaf flies independent flag

August 15, 2017

Washington apple crop expected to be big, but not a record

August 7, 2017

Overcoming the pear plateau: Interpera 2017 – Video

July 28, 2017
The V-trellis style orchard system showed the second highest financial return during Belgian trials of Conference pears. (Courtesy Jef Vercammen/Proeftuin pit- en steenfruit)

The quest for new varieties, cold-hardy rootstock

July 28, 2017

New blueberry varieties may stretch season, refresh slowing market

July 25, 2017

IFTA Summer Tour wraps up with focus on research, frost

July 18, 2017

IFTA in Michigan, Day One: fruit set was not affected by netting

July 16, 2017