Beyond Honeycrisp
Several new varieties are coming to market with high expectations.
Bill Schultz, Young Grower from Mattawan, Michigan
age / 32 crops / apples, cherries, peaches, grapes, asparagus, and sweet corn business / Schultz Fruitridge Farms,
SweeTango’s saga
New apples don’t come with owner’s manuals.
What a Gem! A pear that resists fire blight
Gem is a new fireblight resistant pear tends not to russet. Gem, a new fire blight-resistant pear variety
Leafroll virus is costly
Vine removal costs include a three-person crew to use a front-end loader and pull out each vine. It works
What makes apple trees tick?
Lakso used "full canopy balloon chambers" to measure carbon dioxide removal from air to study whole tree photosynthesis and
California nursery sales brisk
Coral Champagne is still a popular variety for new plantings in California. California tree fruit nurseries are as
Geneva in Washington
Third-leaf Fuji on Malling 9 rootstock in unfumigated groundat Brewster, Washington. (Courtesy Tom Auvil)The following observations regarding replant-tolerant Geneva rootstocks
Club apples are in demand
WA-38.(Geraldine Warner/Good Fruit Grower) Twenty years ago, Red Delicious apple production peaked in Washington at more than 60
Beyond Honeycrisp
Pazazz apples A number of new varieties that are coming to market are being touted as being better