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Blue Bird, a Central Washington fruit packing company, plans to replace this controlled-atmosphere warehouse destroyed by fire in early March in Peshastin. (Reilly Kneedler/The Wenatchee World)

Blue Bird plans to rebuild after fire

April 24, 2019
Root growth on Geneva rootstocks are shown at Cornell University’s Geneva, New York, greenhouses in July 2016. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Cornell roots for Geneva rootstocks

April 23, 2019

A window to the roots

April 17, 2019

Not your usual graft

April 16, 2019
Todd McMyn

BC Tree Fruits hires CEO, CFO

April 11, 2019
Irrigating juice grapes up to 75 percent of evapotranspiration before veraison will lead to larger berries and bigger yields, said Washington State University viticulturist Markus Keller. However, beyond that 75 percent threshold, more water does nothing for the vines, he determined through five years of trials. “You’re essentially just wasting it,” he said. (Courtesy Markus Keller/Washington State University)

Irrigating grapes: water less, water early

April 11, 2019

Growers, researchers earn IFTA awards

April 3, 2019

New York growers moving toward the money

April 3, 2019

Punjabi growers help advance British Columbia’s tree fruit industry

March 28, 2019
Washington State University graduate student Jassim Alhamid sprays a dispersal of cellulose nanocrystals on Scifresh apple blossoms near Prosser, Washington. (Courtesy Matt Whiting/Washington State University)

Protecting fruit from cold with spray-on jackets

March 27, 2019