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Air volume should match canopy volume
As growers move to modern, high-density planting systems to improve yield and orchard management, they
Good to Know: New traps and lures for tree fruit pests
Left: Figure 1. Ajar trap for oriental fruit moth with exclusion holes. Right: Figure
A new tool for IPM
Left: Syrphid fly (also known as hover fly) larvae or maggots like this are
The Top Five
Before you buy a new orchard sprayer, you’ll want to think about it a bit.
For the birds
Preliminary estimates of bird damage to fruit crops made during 2012 show what fruit growers
Stinkbug is strong flier
The stinkbug injects saliva into the fruit and then sucks out the juice, causing brown
Bug pheromone studied
In tree fruit pest management, most monitoring and mating disruption technologies are based on pheromones
Food Safety Committee guides research
The Pacific Northwest Food SafetyCommittee, an industry advisory group representing tree fruit growers, packers, and
Natural enemy inventory
Herbivore-induced plant volatile (HIPV) lure to attract natural enemies in orchards. Monitoring is one of
Good Stuff
Hydroponic irrigation New technology combining hydroponics and drip irrigation is being used to grow fruit
A replacement for Tiberon
Nurseries working to provide apple growers with the well-branched, “feathered” trees they want to plant
Fireblight-resistant apple
Ladina, a new high-quality apple variety with low susceptibility to fireblight and mildew, has been
Top 5 points when installing irrigation
More and more, fruit growers—even in wet climates—are installing irrigation systems at planting time. While
Vigor control and promotion of fruiting of pear trees
D’Anjou pear trees in the Apogee trial are shown in November 2012. Left tree
An expensive disorder
Photos courtesy of Bhaskar Bondada A shrivel is not just a shrivel. Of the various
Saving water in early peaches
Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, looking for ways that growers can save water
Irrigate early if winter is dry
Bleeding (inset photo) caused by root pressure is associated with bud swell and bud break.
Growers try hooped trellises
A new apple orchard planted to a V trellis uses greenhouse technology to support the
Mist cooling for freeze protection
This experimental plot at Michigan State University’s Clarksville Horticulture Experiment Station was established last year
Frost protection strategies
Tree and vine crops can be won or lost because of one or two critical
The five most common mistakes
for a vertical trellis Line posts are spaced too far apart. Kuhn advises spacing line
Wind machines
David Rennhack says wind machines saved at least a part of his crop last
Enhancing biocontrol
Knowing when and where natural enemies, such as the green lacewing, are active is critical
Good to Know: Promalin as a frost rescue for apples
The Southeast wasn’t spared from the spring freezes that plagued much of the Midwest and
Predicting problems
At left, Dave Rudell checks stored Honeycrisp for development of scald at the USDA lab
Defect sorting could reduce costs
The Washington apple industry must be one of the few that puts every possible input
Cider squeezing with the dragon
Developers put some teeth into their apple press. Photo courtesy of Anderson Island Historical Society
The future of Rainier cherries
The blush color of Rainier cherries sets the fruit apart in the marketplace. But color
Quick Bites
British are Smitten Prevar Limited has licensed the rights to grow, market, and sell the
Red-fleshed apples
The red trait, which is common in crab apples and ornamentals, produces flesh colored anywhere
Auction benefits research
Washington State’s wine industry will receive a big windfall this year when the Auction of
Tower sprayer works for Quebec grower
This sleeve sprayer was custom-built for Fruiteraie des Gadbois based on research findings by
First fruit
Bill Dodd stands next to the EverCrisp mother tree, which grows at the Doud family’s
Hello EverCrisp, goodbye Fuji?
Midwest Apple Improvement Association founders Ed Fackler (left) and Mitch Lynd (right) met in
View new technologies in the making
The public will have an opportunity to see what’s new in automated and precision farming
Packer finds his niche
Scott Smith stands in the first block of Jazz apples that he planted. The
Paternity test implicates Napoleon
Genetic testing has revealed that the blush cherry Napoleon Bigarreau (Napoleon for short) is the
Eradication not likely
The light brown apple moth is about a quarter of an inch long. PHOTO BY
Over-the-row research
Research evaluating over-the-row tart cherry harvesting was funded in 2008 as a five-year project by
The back story
After the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and the breach of the Berlin Wall
Cherry enterprise budgets available
Mike Omeg reminds growers not to get too hung up on the specifics. Photo by
Use AgProfit to customize data
The high-density orchard establishment study and the enterprise budgets are designed to work with AgProfit,
New research orchard structures
Cravo roof in a closed position. PHOTO COURTESY OF CRAVO New protected orchard structures were
Cherries as berries
The Korvan 7240 blueberry harvester was first demonstrated at the Clarksville Horticulture Experiment Station by
Last Bite: Cox pipped out by Gala
Cox’s Orange Pippin is a firm, juicy, full-flavored apple with an orange-red skin and cream-colored
Red’s not dead
Photo by Melissa Hansen For the past 30 years, Red Delicious has been the poor
Salish launched in B.C.
Courtesy of Rich MacDonald (AAFC) A new apple variety from British Columbia, Canada, called Salish
The dark side of Honeycrisp
Honeycrisp apples have outstanding flavor and texture, but the tree has a long list of
How long can this last?
Consumer demand for Honeycrisp apples is so intense and the return so high that growers
Good Point
As a tree fruit grower in Washington state, you are involved in a risky business.