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Freshly treated with natamycin, cherries await further trials at the Pace International laboratory in Wapato, Washington, in 2016. Pace postharvest director Richard Kim said the product was used successfully in commercial trials with several California packers last year and should be available for use in Washington this year. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Biofungicide shows promise for cherry packers

January 22, 2019

Go with the flow for cold storage efficiency

January 17, 2019
Cherries splash into a bath of ozonated water at Blue Bird’s Wenatchee packing facility. Use of ozone for food safety is increasing in tree fruit packing and storage facilities. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower

Ozone filling a void for fruit packers

January 15, 2019
Clean Plant Center Northwest director Scott Harper is surrounded by fruit trees at the Prosser, Washington, center in August 2017. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Clean Plant Center exports mostly on hold

January 8, 2019
Musacchi shows just how deep growers should cut into the wood when click pruning the WA 38 variety. Pruners should listen for the “crack” of the bark, cutting only the bark and phloem just below the bark. These scoring cuts should be at an angle, not a 360-degree cut-around, which would leave the tree vulnerable to snapping. (Shannon Dininny/Good Fruit Grower)

Click pruning techniques for Cosmic Crisp

January 8, 2019

Washington State Grape Society awards

January 3, 2019
Concord grape near Outlook, Washington. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Higher prices for juice grape growers in 2018

January 3, 2019
Postharvest manager Paul Esvelt explains what makes the Opal apple special at a “pop-up orchard” event in New York City, designed to build social media buzz about the variety exclusively owned by FirstFruits Marketing. (Courtesy FirstFruits Marketing)

Apple marketers like social media

January 2, 2019
Orchard netting, as seen at the Auvil Fruit Co. ranch near Vantage, Washington, will become increasingly important to protect fruit from sunburn in the face of climate change. But that comes with a cost, said Oregon State University economist Clark Seavert, who developed an online program to help farmers understand how a changing climate will affect their operations. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

New tool helps growers budget for climate change

January 2, 2019

Virus cloning may lead to leafroll control

December 27, 2018