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Special Issue: Buyer’s Guide
Featured stories about buyer’s guide appear in this issue.
First Bite
Good Fruit Grower is 60 years old this year—and we want to celebrate with you, our readers, advertisers, and owners—the people who have made the
Going all out
The late Bert Stevens, Mr. August, in a one-man, cherry pit spitting contest. When a local restaurant owner asked Brian McCormick if he’d be willing
What to do with runted trees?
What do you do with a block of young Gala trees that have stopped growing before their canopies have filled their spaces? International Fruit Tree
State marketing order approved
California’s peach and nectarine growers have resoundingly approved passage of a new state marketing order that they hope will be more flexible and responsive to
Pick only quality fruit
This is not a bag of apples, West Mathison tells growers. These green, low-grade Braeburns are a set of brakes. (Geraldine Warner/Good Fruit Grower)
How the economic situation developed
The economic situation that Washington State apple growers are struggling with today took root in the 1970s when several factors led to expansion of tree
How to grow only target fruit
For optimum profits, growers need to maximize their production of target fruit, Noel Adkins, manager of orchard operations with Dovex Fruit Company in Wenatchee, Washington,
Olsen brothers branch out
Leif (left), Larry, and Dick Olsen grow premium wine grapes to the west of Red Mountain, shown in background. Olsen Brothers Farms spreads over 2,000
Strategic plan for Washington wines
The Washington Wine Commission’s board has approved a long-term strategic plan that will require significant increases in assessments from grape growers and wine producers over
Wine Quality Alliance to get new life
The Washington Wine Quality Alliance is set to get a makeover. Don Corson, owner of Camaraderie Cellars and a board member of the Washington Wine
Languedoc wineries go upscale
The Languedoc-Roussillon region stretches across southern France from the Spanish border to the Rhône. The largest wine-producing area in the world, the Languedoc-Roussillon region has
Wireless technology shows promise
Wireless networks have yet to become commonplace for growers but research into the technology has given two Canadian growers a glimpse of the technology’s potential.
Last Bite
Richard Wachsmith, his father, and his brother arrived in the Yakima Valley in 1904. He purchased 30 acres at Parker Heights, Washington, in 1907, invested
Good Point
Growers of apples and other tree fruits, and those who market and promote the harvest of our industry’s orchards, need to give thought to a
Challenges in Chihuahua
White hail netting protects trees at the Federico Hagelsieb orchard in Guerrero. Fruit on trees under white net mature earlier and are larger than on
Tree fruit industry rebounding
Orchards contrast with desert in the Casas Grandes area of Chihuahua. Mexico’s apple and peach industry appears to be rebounding after decades of difficulties and
Apple growers shift to peaches
Casas Grandes grower Dana Johnson explains his cousin Lester’s peach growing systems. As the climate has gotten hotter, fruit growers in Chihuahua, Mexico, have been
Vermicomposting
Workers load vermicompost onto a truckbed at La Norteñita orchards. La Norteñita has developed a composting operation to produce vermicompost for its 5,000 acres of
Mexican grower hopes to export cherries
Rommel Corral’s Gala planting was hit by hail five times in the second leaf, before he installed the hail net. Some trees were lost to
Mexican growers object to cheap imports
As long as U.S. growers export apples to Mexico at below production costs, Mexican apple growers will continue to put pressure on their government to
Big trees are no obstacle to hail nets
Salvador Corral, president of La Norteñita, a major growing and packing operation in Cuauhtémoc, planted his first apple trees in 1968, and now has 5,000
Emigrant returns to grow apples
Washington State IPM consultant Naná Simone (right) chats with Chihuahua orchardist Hector Ordoñez. After spending most of his life in the United States, Hector Ordoñez
Chihuahua growers try cherries
Eric Robinson (right) explains to Carlos Chavez (left) and Pepe Armendariz how he’s training his cherry trees to the Spanish Bush system. The Robinson family
Packing APPLES
Bins of Golden Delicious are dumped at La Norteñita packing plant. A sign in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico, welcomes visitors to “the most important apple region in