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Some peach cultivars struggled to leaf out this year in South Carolina due to lack of chilling this winter, including these trees seen at Clemson University’s Musser Fruit Research Center in April. Lower chill varieties bloomed well and early, but were then hit with a hard frost. (Courtesy of the Clemson Peach Breeding Program)

Southeastern peach growers eye solutions after freeze

July 10, 2017
Many trees are missing in this Colorado peach orchard due to a cytospora canker infection that is causing significant losses. (Courtesy Ioannis Minas)

Colorado’s canker crisis costing millions

July 7, 2017
Growers hope Cold Snap pears, shown here in an Ontario orchard in 2016, can restart the Canadian pear industry thanks to their fire blight tolerance and high-density production. (Courtesy Vineland Growers Cooperative)

New Canadian pear varieties are fire blight tolerant

June 29, 2017
Evercrisp, the first commercial release for the Midwestern Apple Improvement Association, sold well last year, and growers are expecting a big boost in harvest this year as more orchards come into production. (Courtesy Bill Dodd)

EverCrisp off to a good start

June 23, 2017
Ripe Cabernet Sauvignon grapes hang on the vine before harvest at Klipsun Vineyards near Benton City, Washington. Many winemakers believe hang time gives them the best fruit flavors, but new research shows it affects sugars more than flavors. The ensuing higher alcohol content then brings out the flavors. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower file photo)

Ripe fruit make the best wine, but why it does may surprise you

May 31, 2017
The pattern on the wing of the European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi, can be used to distinguish it from native fruit flies. (Courtesy Steve Paiero, University of Guelph)

Old World pest, New World wary

May 31, 2017
Gonzalo Villareal harvests SweetHeart cherries in Selah, Washington on July 16, 2015. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Sweethearts offer better returns than Bings in Washington

May 30, 2017

Make the most of your mulch – Video

May 17, 2017
A bulldozer sits idle after pushing over a block of Washington State University sweet cherry breeding program trees at the university’s Prosser, Washington, test orchard in April. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Reconstructing WSU’s sweet breeding program

May 15, 2017
TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower Roger Mennell looks over one of Willow Drive Nursery’s custom-made machines for automating some tasks during the 2017 International Fruit Tree Association 60th annual conference in February. This machine digs and cuts rootstocks from rows and deposits them into bins located at the back of the machine for use at Willow Drive’s Ephrata, Washington, nursery. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Modernizing the nursery with machines

May 11, 2017