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WA 2 legal battles escalate

February 6, 2020

New pear geneticist hired

February 6, 2020
In March, blueberries will join apples, pears, cherries and peaches among the ranks of fruit with their own smart phone emojis. (Courtesy U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council)

Feeling blue?

February 5, 2020

When the growing gets tough

February 5, 2020

Rootstocks from Krymsk, Russia, with love

January 29, 2020

Chlorpyrifos ban proposed in Washington state

January 28, 2020
Pears roll over the new line at Mount Adams Fruit, which rebuilt its packing facility in Bingen, Washington, with the latest technology after a 2017 fire destroyed the previous facility. The pear-specific equipment lines up fruit horizontally to roll it evenly for optical sorters. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Pear packers see the future on the line

January 28, 2020
Washington State University pome fruit breeder Kate Evans works in a greenhouse at the university’s Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center in Wenatchee. A group of pear industry growers and research officials have suggested starting a pear cultivar breeding program, likely helmed by Evans, who already leads apple cultivar breeding and pear rootstock breeding efforts at the facility. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

A variety of options for pear breeding

January 21, 2020

Getting misty for evaporative cooling

January 20, 2020
A comparison of tree sizes on Gisela 5, Gisela 6 and Mazzard rootstocks. Source: Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission, Illustration: Jared Johnson/Good Fruit Grower

What to do with the wrong rootstocks

January 15, 2020