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WSU releases second new apple, called WA 5
Just a year after the release of WA 2, WSU’s apple breeding program in Wenatchee
Steps to commercialization
New apple varieties from Washington State University are evaluated and commercialized under the following general
Totally RED
Because the red pigments are antioxidants, red-fleshed apples do not turn brown when sliced. Swiss
Keeping the customer satisfied
Over the past ten years I have initiated a number of research
Mysterious ailment strikes
A mysterious disease that has been killing the best looking, reddest strains of McIntosh apples
Low-volume prestorage drenching is attractive
Dave Rosenberger described how he tested the effectiveness of low-volume nonrecycling drenches for fruit going
Ripe cherries are less likely to pit
It’s generally believed that riper cherries are more susceptible to pitting than less mature cherries,
Is drosophila a Washington State resident?
Spotted wing drosophila pupa protruding from cherry. The pupa is about 1/8 inch long.
In the Box
Dear Good Fruit Grower: Can sweet cherries be grown in USDA climate zone 4—successfully? I
Pear breeding moves toward better varieties
Richard Bell works to develop better pears with the flavor of Bartlett and resistance to
Reflective fabric = more pears
Researchers are finding that a reflective mulch in the rows of a mature pear orchard
There’s promise in new pruning method
Michigan State University horticulturist Dr. Greg Lang visited Stefano Musacchi in Italy in 2008, and
Mechanical thin cherries
The Darwin string thinner is attached to the front of the tractor. The Bonner is
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Minnesota growers feel excluded
A key question for Minnesota growers is whether SweeTango is a club, niche apple of
On tour to see sweet cherries
Michigan State University horticulturist Dr. Greg Lang visited Stefano Musacchi in Italy in 2008, and
High density apple systems cost more
The Michigan study compared three systems—from left, central leader, vertical axe, and tall spindle. It
Nutrient needs by apple trees
Getting the right nutrient levels in the orchard starts with answering the basic questions: How
Storing Honeycrisp
A new CA control system supplied by Storage Control Systems, Sparta, Michigan, was installed at
Target fruit
The optimized orchard system generates high production and high-value target fruit. The trees have little
Answers to food safety questions
The Center for Produce Safety held its first produce research symposium in June to review
Water stress impacts cherries
Denise Neilsen explains how an atmometer is used in a cherry irrigation experiment at the
Last Bite Variety Roundup
Left to right: Envy, an ENZA variety, is in field trials in New Zealand, France,
Pox-resistant plum registered
The HoneySweet plum is sweet and flavorful and highly resistant to the plum pox virus.
New apples for New York
Dr. Susan Brown began breeding the new releases in 1996 and screened thousands of seedlings
Exclusively New York
A row of New York 1 apples nears maturity. Cornell University has had an apple
New York growers join the club
New York 1 is a Honeycrisp offspring without many of its flaws, and New York
NEW APPLE is first of many
About 130 Washington growers are evaluating WSU's first apple, WA 2, in their orchards. Soon,
Apple growers need good niche apples
Nothing adds spice to a horticulture meeting like a discussion of new, upcoming, promising apple
A grower reaches out to consumers
Rosa Lynn is a chance seedling discovered on Washington’s Royal Slope. The fruit stores well.
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A direct marketer’s directory of apple varieties
Harvest date* Variety Comments 8/20 Zestar! Crispy, juicy, nice sweet/tart balance, good flavor for an
Avoid hazards when choosing cherries to plant
Early Robin has the potential of meeting the demand for an early harvest Rainier-type cherry.
Saving water and energy
Pictured checking a new meter station are members of The Dalles Irrigation District’s Save Water
Tracking labor costs
This labor tracking program uses a scanning device to read a worker's bar coded identification.
Do you know your labor costs?
Labor tracking programs help growers know their labor costs in near real-time, instead of after
Tracking prevents favoritism
The real advantage that University of California’s Gregorio Billikopf sees from labor tracking programs is
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After crossing the Cascade Mountains, the Seattle-Chicago train can pick up another 15 rail cars
Mulches can conserve water
Clover Research in the Pacific Northwest suggests that mulch placed in the tree
Bringing the desert back
Small plastic cage sleeves were used to protect the native seedlings from herbivores like rabbits.
Quarantine alternative
Dr. Wee Yee, entomologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Yakima, Washington, is conducting
Geneva releases four new rootstocks
This rootstock, commercialized as Geneva 214, is one of four newly released from the
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Like firecrackers for the 4th of July
Hoxsie’s Farm Market is ideally located to serve a million tourists during the week of
Clonal research takes years and money
UC staff member Jorge Osorio Aguilar weighs grapes from a Syrah clonal selection under test
Grape clones: Learn by doing
Without published research on which grape clones are best suited to Washington State conditions, growers
Wanted: Endangered apples
Walking through the Maine Heritage Orchard in Unity, Maine, is like walking through a Noah’s
Maine apples wanted
John Bunker examines an apple at the Sandy River Orchard, Mercer, Maine, with 90-year-old Francis
You hear that buzz?
SweeTango orchards like this one at Pepin Heights produced enough fruit last year to start