Good Job
Harold Thome is Pomesters’ Fruit Man of the Year Harold Thome, a fourth-generation apple grower on Fruit Ridge near Comstock
Cherries with stems
The challenge is getting the cherry to separate at the upper abscission zone at the twig. In the complex world
Wasps ruin cherry crop
The European paper wasp looks similar to a yellow jacket, but has a narrower body and longer hind legs. Cherry
The KGB revealed
In the late 1990s, Oregon cherry growers began planting pedestrian orchards, utilizing training systems developed in Europe to grow small
Like firecrackers for the 4th of July
Hoxsie’s Farm Market is ideally located to serve a million tourists during the week of July 4—but he needs sweet
Benefits of tunnels
Greg Lang explains how he removes buds in order to develop a whorl of limbs around the tree axis. High
Exploring tunnels
To best use valuable space, Greg Lang planted rows close and trained trees tall and narrow into a fruiting wall.
Cherries still top summer produce item
Market research conducted during the 2009 season on behalf of the Northwest Cherry Growers shows that cherries maintain the number-one
Protect trees from weeds and pests
Control weeds while they’re small and easy to kill, so they don’t compete with the young trees. In a new
Moth poses little risk in Taiwan
Dr. Lisa Neven is studying the survival of codling moth larvae in tropical conditions. There is little risk of codling