There are too many new apple varieties, says Polish orchardist Krzysztof Hermanowicz. New market niches, more emphasis on eating quality, technological advances in the orchard, more regional focus on food, and closer relationships with retailers are changes that a handful of tree fruit growers across the globe envision in the next decade. Trever Meachum of High Fruit Farms, Hartford, Michigan, sees fewer young farmers coming back to the tree fruit industry to be what is thought of as a commercial grower—one that produces a few types of tree fruit, delivers fruit to a packing house, and has the packing house […]