In My View – Chris Zanobini
The second World Pear Congress was held in May in Sint-Truiden, the main pear-producing area in Belgium. This unique all-pear
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BIRD CONTROL EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE netting for bird control from Neal Carter & Associates, Ltd. Nets are available for cherries,
New peach varieties
FlavrBurst has less acidity than typical peach varieties. SummerFest and FlavrBurst are two new peach varieties created by fruit breeder
To head or not to head
Brandon Lewis (center) of Columbia Basin Nursery listens to Dr. Matt Whiting (left) and Mark Hanrahan (right) discuss the UFO cherry
Cherry revolution
Growers learn about the UFO system in a cherry trial planted this spring at the orchard of Tim Dahle in
Sweet Skylar Rae
Skylar Rae cherries about a week before harvest. In tests, the soluble solids have been as high as 30° Brix.
Autosorting at the orchard
Technology that will be tested in Washington State this harvest could help apple growers sort out undesirable fruit in the
Good crop on the tree
The Washington apple industry expects to harvest a crop of large, high-quality apples this fall, which is what buyers want.
Growers can improve returns by leaving fruit in the orchard.
To pick or not to pick Low prices for small apples during the past season reinforced the notion that growers
Bee parasite sequenced
U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists at the Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, have sequenced the genome of a parasite