Choosing a nursery and trees
This is the fourth in a series of articles covering all aspects of planning and establishing a competitive orchard. Before
Choosing type of tree
Left, Sleeping eye. Middle: Standard tree. Right: Potted trees. Bottom: Bench grafts. Several types of trees are available from nurseries
Types of trees
Workers harvest two-year-old Honeycrisp trees at C&O Nursery in Quincy, Washington. Bench graft: Starts out as a rootstock, with the rootstock
Stretching storage of Honeycrisp
As production volumes increase for Honeycrisp apples, the need for a longer marketing window becomes more important. Researchers like Ines
Searching for cherry cracking strategies
When researching rain-induced cracking of sweet cherries, it's obvious that rain is a requirement. Two years of research, though yielding
Next generation branches out
The Young Grower Alliance is growing. It's still shy of its official fourth birthday, but the YGA has expanded beyond
Long wait for immigration reform
Every year, the Valicoff Fruit Company in the Yakima Valley dutifully sends off W-2 tax forms for its pickers. President
Conversations with the city
Orchardists represent a sliver of American agriculture. Most of our nation's farmers grow field crops such as corn, wheat, and
Last Bite – From timber to apples
Arden Harris was a member of a family that pioneered in the development of the lumber resources of the Entiat
Good to know – Rayapati
Grapevine fanleaf, an infectious degenerative disease, is the oldest known viral disease of grapevines. It is believed that fanleaf virus