Demystifying cold-hardy grapes
Northern Grapes Project is designed to encourage the wine industry in colder climates.
Domestic apple market looks bright
U.S. grown apples in Selah, Washington, on October 5, 2016. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower) The value of the
U.S. growers hope to send apples to Japan once again
Washington apple samples from the 2000 harvest in Japanese retail stores in 2001, the last time U.S. apples were
Swapping wheat for Pinot
One of the largest wineries in Oregon is planting 400 acres of Pinot Noir in what were wheat fields with the help of some new technologies.
MN55 to be known as Rave
University of Minnesota's MN55 has been named Rave™. (Courtesy Stemilt Growers) The newest apple variety developed by the
Let there be light on pears
Two Washington pear growers try to bring light to lower canopies with trees on Y-trellises.
In the hunt for cold-hardy pears
A Vermont organic grower is evaluating 84 pear varieties as cold-hardy rootstock candidates.
Field day tips for growing Cosmic Crisp
The university plans to hold a companion field day at 10 a.m. Sept. 22 in Quincy and Wenatchee.
Central Washington pear grower innovates, adapts
Rudy Prey of Leavenworth, Washington, does things with his pear trees that not all, or even most growers, do.
Dhingra: The age of the pear
The pear industry has unlimited potential and is ripe for a revolution