Vineland launches an apple breeding program
Daryl Somers A new apple breeding program was born this year, on the Niagara Peninsula in Ontario, Canada. While operation
Good Stuff
Ty Snyder promoted C & O Nursery of Wenatchee, Washington, has promoted Ty Snyder to the position of orchard manager.
Self-rooted trees cut costs
This is not a story out of a horticultural book of fables. It is a story to ruffle your imagination.
Instant vineyard
These "super big" vines were planted in an Oregon vineyard earlier this year. Neil Hauff Imagine the labor savings if
Mildew resistance quest continues
Next year, Nnadozie Oraguzie will begin field testing a new generation of mildew-resistant sweet cherry selections as he works to
Krymsk rootstocks show advantages
Lynn Long (left) and grower Dave Meyer discuss pruning strategies in a block of fifth-leaf Chelan trees on the Krymsk
Cover crop choice takes time and research
The ladino clover cover crop thrived for the first two years but has begun to decline. Geraldine Warner Apple growers
U.K. growers try to lower residues
Jerry Cross is in charge of entomology and plant pathology at East Malling Research, where trials to minimize residues on
Research station has organic orchard
Joe Nicholson of New York with a Rubinola tree that shows symptoms of sulfur intolerance. Geraldine Warner Britain has only
Doubleday has broad interests
Oliver Doubleday tosses a Gala apple in the air as he explains that U.K. supermarkets don't want large fruit. Geraldine