Glory be
Glory, a chance seedling discovered at Stemilt Hill, is a large, firm, sweet cherry that ripens after most other varieties.
A program for scab control
(Courtesy Kerik Cox/Cornell University) Growers producing apples in the cool, damp northeast quadrant of the United States need to take
BUYER BEWARE: Certified may not be clean
Recent Washington State grower experiences of finding disease in a vineyard planted with certified stock have highlighted the weaknesses of
Watch for crown gall and vine decline
Vineyardists in the Pacific Northwest have been relatively lucky regarding the number of grape diseases they have to worry about.
Opportunistic fungi
Disease organisms invade injured tissue and develop cankers that release spores. Some red strains of McIntosh are susceptible, for reasons
Scab-resistant varieties need protection, too
When apple breeders in New Jersey, Indiana, and Illinois came together in 1926 to form the Purdue-Rutgers-Illinois university collaboration called
Tackling scab resistance
Apple growers in the Midwest who stuck by the “old ways” of applying fungicides have not faced the problem of
Last Bite — Discovering Gold
Top: The russet-resistant Smoothee, discovered in 1958, is the widest planted strain of Golden Delicious in the United States. (Photo
Good Job
John Carter crowned king The Dalles, Oregon, cherry grower John Carter was named 2010 Cherry King during the annual Cherry