Not enough canned pears
Pacific Northwest pear processors are raising grower prices to $300 per ton this season in hopes of sourcing more Bartlett pears for the processed market.
The BIG Stomach
RIGHT: Workers pack apples in the modern facility built two years ago at Crist Bros. in Walden, New York. The
WSU seeks licensee
Washington State University’s Research Foundation, which owns the new WA 38 apple, has issued an “announcement of opportunity” inviting individuals,
Orchard ground covers
For 21 years now, Dr. Ian Merwin has tended a 320-tree apple orchard on the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake
Rescue thinning
If you’ve thinned and thinned and there are still too many apples on the trees, there is one more growth
Meet Washington State’s new agriculture director
Bud Hover’s road to directorship of the Washington State Department of Agriculture began in 1938 when his mother and her
Weed ZAPPER
Engineer Graham Brodie developed the microwave weed-killing machine. Kitchen microwave ovens are routinely used to “zap” our food. They can
Beware of weed resistance
DON'T LET WEEDS GET AWAY It’s particularly important to keep up with weed control in a young orchard because the
Nutrient information needed
As yield expectations have soared in recent years, so has the importance of nutrient management. Apple growers who were once
Testing tree health
Dennis Smith, horticulturist with G.S. Long Company, Inc., in Yakima, Washington, has been doing soil and leaf sampling for fruit