WA 38 will have a name
The commercialization plan for WA 38 will be different than for its first release, WA 2. Washington State University is
Apple name delights grower
Bob Meyer, right, discusses the merits of WSU’s new apples WA 2 and WA 38 with Jim Cowin at
Fireblight-resistant apple
Ladina, a new high-quality apple variety with low susceptibility to fireblight and mildew, has been developed by a Swiss research
The future of Rainier cherries
The blush color of Rainier cherries sets the fruit apart in the marketplace. But color is also one of the
Quick Bites
British are Smitten Prevar Limited has licensed the rights to grow, market, and sell the Smitten apple in the United
Red-fleshed apples
The red trait, which is common in crab apples and ornamentals, produces flesh colored anywhere from pink to deep red.
First fruit
Bill Dodd stands next to the EverCrisp mother tree, which grows at the Doud family’s County Line Orchard near Wabash,
Hello EverCrisp, goodbye Fuji?
Midwest Apple Improvement Association founders Ed Fackler (left) and Mitch Lynd (right) met in Jim Eckert’s MAIA planting to
Packer finds his niche
Scott Smith stands in the first block of Jazz apples that he planted. The orchard in the distance has
Paternity test implicates Napoleon
Genetic testing has revealed that the blush cherry Napoleon Bigarreau (Napoleon for short) is the father of the Bing cherry.