Competition among growers to participate in new, managed varieties will be fierce, and they will have to work hard to be involved, says Garry Langford, general manager of the Australian Pome Fruit Improvement Program, Ltd., in ­Tasmania. It will require a significant investment in time, money, and expertise on the part of growers. “What are you prepared to invest in new varieties?” was the title of a talk he gave during the International Fruit Tree Association’s annual conference in Visalia, California, in February. There are more than 60 breeding programs in the world and many, many new varieties lined up […]