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  • January 15th 2019 Issue
  • Story by TJ Mullinax, Shannon Dininny
  • Dininny: A+ effort on next apple defect guide

    Good Fruit Grower teamed up with WSU and WTFRC on a new guide documenting defects and disorders in apples.

    One of the title slides used to catalog thousands of files of damaged, diseased and, in this case, moldy apples for the future apple defect guide by Washington State University, Washington State Tree Fruit Research Commission and Good Fruit Grower. This particular photo of grey mold damage in Gala is for archival use and is one photo out of more than 14,000 images photographed for the project. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower) For years, Washington growers and packers have turned to a handy, 36-page guide to determine the exact cause of the flaws in their apples. Alas, the Quick Identification Guide […]

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