Producing profitable peaches
The Valentine peach, a French-bred white peach, produced 400 fruits per tree in the second leaf. Right upper, Fruit size
New and improved stone fruits
Bloody-fleshed nectarines, plum pox–resistant stone fruit, and super-sweet apricots are a few examples of the products being developed at a
Varieties must be moneymakers
Guy Ligonniere, right, shows the small bin trailers used during harvest. French apple breeder Joris Nicolleau is on the left.
Goodbye plum, hello cherry
When the manager of an orchard at Manson, Washington, told grafter Ken Coates that he was thinking of pulling out
Loans for producers
Brian and Joe Nicholson, Jr., of Red Jacket Orchards used a local producer loan from Whole Foods Markets to erect
A new focus on economics
Dr. Karina Gallardo is a new Washington State University Extension economist from Peru.Scientists at Washington State University are working on many
Versatile robot
Dr. Derek Morikawa In developing a robotic apple-picking system, Vision Robotics Corporation has taken a revolutionary two-step approach that involves
$9 million for tree fruit research
Three research and extension projects designed to improve the competitiveness of the tree fruit industry have together been awarded more
Competitive pear system
Chuck Peters' experimental pear planting includes both upright and angled trellises Chuck Peters hopes an experimental planting at his pear
Mrachek heads young Hort board
Wenatchee businesswoman and fruit grower Laura Mrachek becomes the 104th president of the Washington State Horticultural Association this month and