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Apples, Postharvest
Featured stories about apples, postharvest appear in this issue.
Keeping the customer satisfied
Over the past ten years I have initiated a number of research trials that, when taken together, tell an important story about
Farmworker becomes WINERY OWNER
Sergio and Kristy Martinez have partnered with their son and daughter-in-law to establish Martinez and Martinez Winery. A life-long farmworker, Sergio Martinez dreamed that if
Lofty goals
Andrew and Monica Martinez are the drivers behind the Martinez and Martinez Winery. Martinez and Martinez Winery was launched in the summer of 2008 at
Last Bite – Exponential growth
Capitalizing on Native American images to sell fruit, Skookum and Yum-Yum labels were developed in competing regions of Washington State. After large-scale irrigation systems and
WSU releases second new apple, called WA 5
Just a year after the release of WA 2, WSU’s apple breeding program in Wenatchee is releasing its second new cultivar, WA 5. WA 5
Steps to commercialization
New apple varieties from Washington State University are evaluated and commercialized under the following general guidelines. Phase 1: Initial seedling selection and evaluation The Washington Apple
Low-volume prestorage drenching is attractive
Dave Rosenberger described how he tested the effectiveness of low-volume nonrecycling drenches for fruit going into storage. His audience included New York fruit growers and
Ripe cherries are less likely to pit
It’s generally believed that riper cherries are more susceptible to pitting than less mature cherries, but Dr. Peter Toivonen, postharvest physiologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food
Gearing up for a new season
Several years ago, National Apple Week was expanded into National Apple Month, which is actually three months long and involves intense promotion of apples during
The apple world in 2020
A panel of experts took a look ahead at what the apple industry might be like in 2020, ten years from now. It was part
Mysterious ailment strikes
A mysterious disease that has been killing the best looking, reddest strains of McIntosh apples in the nicest orchards in the northwest quadrant of Michigan
Totally RED
Because the red pigments are antioxidants, red-fleshed apples do not turn brown when sliced. Swiss nursery owner and fruit breeder Markus Kobelt hit the headlines
Future Fruit Growers of Lake Ontario
The Young Grower Alliance organized this get-together with those from “the old generation” to discuss the orderly transition of ownership and management. The Young Grower
Is drosophila a Washington State resident?
Spotted wing drosophila pupa protruding from cherry. The pupa is about 1/8 inch long. Entomologists in the Pacific Northwest intend to find out
In the Box
Dear Good Fruit Grower: Can sweet cherries be grown in USDA climate zone 4—successfully? I live 20 miles north of Minneapolis in Minnesota. In the
Good Job
Oregon State University hires research assistant Preston Brown has been appointed research assistant at OSU’s Mid-Columbia Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Hood River. He