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Cherries
Featured stories about cherries and more in this issue.
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Avoiding trellis trouble
An IFTA panel shares insights into the evolution of trellis design and how to engineer for a fruitful future.
Dogged detection for little cherry disease
Asymptomatic spread of X disease hinders ability to confirm dogs’ success in identifying it in the orchard.
Listeria hot spots
Study ranks packing line locations for prevalence of pathogen indicators.
Pest reduction with female killers and sterile males
Transgenic approaches could help control spotted wing drosophila.
Canadian cherry conquest
Profitable stone fruit pushing apples out of British Columbia.
MSU releases book on espalier growing technique
A new book, “Espalier Fruit Plantings in Northern Gardens,” is now available from Michigan State University, and all proceeds will support the MSU horticulture gardens. Written
Legacy of education inspires new scholarship in memory of Albert Don
Albert Don, longtime vineyard operations manager for Wyckoff Farms. (Courtesy Chuck Wyckoff) In April, the Washington Wine Industry Foundation announced a new scholarship fund, created
Psycho Clown scores a win for pears
USA Pears contracts with Mexican luchador as health spokesman.
Wineries find it pays to put a label on it
New York viticulture seeks to verify sustainable practices.
High-tech bee boosters
Cherry growers turn to tech companies to supplement honey bee pollination.
A healthy foundation for marketing
Decades of research undergirds fruit marketing messages.
Running genetic interference
New technology fights grape powdery mildew at the genetic level.
Cyclical cicadas
Growers don’t anticipate overwhelming fruit damage from emerging 17-year brood.
Thurlby: Make room for blooms
Cherry industry takes notes on last season’s success and invests in healthy markets for 2021.
Prengaman: Fresh eyes and opportunities
Good Fruit Grower ad sales team gains a new leader and new team member.
Riley Miller, a young grower in the Yakima Valley, Washington
Riley is a first-generation grower who obtained a degree in integrated plant sciences with a specialization in viticulture and enology from Washington State University. He is the vineyard manager of Elephant Mountain Vineyards and the son of Linda Hodge and Tom Miller.