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Crucial tips to store Honeycrisp
Treated properly, stored Honeycrisp can maintain quality nine months and longer.
Chinese fruit importers visit Northwest
Representatives from Chinese fruit importers are visiting Washington and Oregon to learn about the
Tannins from vine to wine
Vineyard practices can fine-tune grape tannins, but winemakers have the most influence.
Designer rootstocks
In a rootstock trial, the differences in size, shape, and bearing capacity of a
Row crops prepare ground for replanting
Pushing Fuji trees too hard can result in blind wood.
Dynamic pruning keeps trees productive
With constant renewal of limbs, pear trees will continue to produce large, high-quality fruit.
Quest begins to breed new pear rootstock
Dr. Kate Evans The Pacific Northwest fresh pear industry will allocate more than
New path for pears
The bi-axis system enables pear growers to plant high-density orchards on standard rootstocks.
WSU reports on growth in organic tree fruit
Retail organic food sales increased 11.2 percent in 2014. Organic fruit and vegetable sales
Lesser-known grape varieties are ‘hands on’
Do your homework before taking risk with minor wine grape varieties.
Tips for growing lesser-known wine grape varieties
Washington State grape growers Roger Gamache of Mesa and Mike Andrews of Horse Heaven Hills
Sliced pears show potential
Treatment with a ripening compound ensures that sliced pears stay juicy and flavorful.
Manage pears for higher yields
An experiment demonstrates how to increase yields of close-planted Bartlett pear trees by changing tree management, not the rootstock.
Success with fresh sliced pears and peaches
A Fresno-based, California company is one of the first to bring fresh-cut pears and stone fruit to the retail market.
Doorninks share yield-boosting strategies
Growers harvest more apples than they once thought possible.
Fresh-cut path for Woot Froot
Kim Gaarde did the impossible by bringing fresh-sliced pears, peaches, and nectarines to consumers.
Results rise with adjuvants
Bread yeast shows potential for improving pesticide performance.
Hedging to improve quality
A Washington grower-packer foresees multiple benefits from mechanical pruning.
Des Layne takes new WSU position in Pullman
Des Layne Dr. Desmond Layne, hired by Washington State University three years ago
McFerson named director of WSU Tree Fruit Research Center
Jim McFerson Dr. Jim McFerson assumed the new role of director of Washington
A pear a day…
Researchers are studying the health benefits of pears. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower photo illustration)
Help with hedging
When can mechanical pruning be done and will it increase fruit sunburn?
Growers transition to fresh market apples
Growers are moving from processing to fresh apple varieties, but it takes time.
Researchers honored at Hort Science conference
American Society for Horticultural Science past-president Fred Davies presents Beth Mitcham with the award
Embrace wine diversity
A veteran winemaker gives tips on making wines from cool and warm sites.
Warm and cool site challenges
Yield management is critical when growing Cabernet Sauvignon in a cool site.
Safe product repels drosophila
Butyl anthranilate also deters egg laying by spotted wing drosophila flies.
SnapDragon lacks vigor
New variety has a snappy flavor, but is no dragon when it comes to tree growth.
Intrexon buys biological insect control company, Oxitec
Intrexon Corporation, of Germantown, Maryland, a company that describes itself as involved in synthetic biology,
FairWeigh system for fair pay
WSU develops in-the-field weighing system for picking buckets.
Magic water
Electrolyzed water is making waves in storage and packing house sanitation.
Family farm puts flavor first
Family Tree Farms sources new stone fruit varieties from around the world.
IFTA summer tour highlights gear to help fruit beat the heat
The 2015 IFTA summer tour provided an intense learning environment for growers and researchers who
Digging back into peach history
The Chinese were clonally propagating peach trees at least 7,000 years ago.
Peaches in Florida
Citrus growers are diversifying into peaches.
In The Box: Arctic answers
Write to In The Box 105 S. 18th Street, #217, Yakima, WA 98901 or
California cling peach growers plant more trees as prices improve
A newly planted cling peach orchard near Reedley, California on April 9, 2015. (TJ
What is SnapDragon?
SnapDragon New York apple breeder Dr. Susan Brown answered questions about SnapDragon (NY
Drone ready to work in fruit
FAA approved Yamaha’s remote-controlled copter for agricultural use.
Matching the spray to the tree
As canopy volume has decreased, growers would like to use less pesticide.
Those rotten Honeycrisp
Among the cultivar’s many problem features is exceptional susceptibility to fruit rots.
How to manage young Honeycrisp
Crop load management is critical for return bloom and good tree growth.
Reds still dominate apple exports
Club varieties are too expensive when freight and duties are added.
Ambrosia restrictions to end
By 2019, Ambrosia will be an open variety in both the United States and Canada. But it won’t do well in all locations, growers are warned.
Clubs are changing how apples are marketed — and priced
Stemilt has the exclusive U.S. rights to market the German apple Pinova under the
Clubs exclude many growers
Varieties are managed to create a controlled scarcity of product.
New apple varieties excite consumers
But there's not room in the grocery store for all the contenders.
Apple varieties from A to Z
Sink your teeth into this alphabet of apples
Will Honeycrisp become a victim of its popularity?
Will Honeycrisp become a victim of its popularity?
Who’s going to sell all these apples?
And who's going to buy them?