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Pears
Featured stories covering pears appear in this issue.
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Grow perfect Forelle pears on Tatura
Forelle is an attractive, medium-size pear that requires special management and skill to grow it to perfection. The pears need sunlight to remain red throughout
Last Bite
The tribute to John McIntosh appears on a blue plaque near Dundela, Ontario, Photo by Alan L. Brown. The lower plaquue is a tribute to
Single audit standard on the books
Produce growers are getting closer to being able to follow one standard set of food safety rules and undergo a single auditing procedure that assures
Varieties in the concept pear orchard
Tony Sunnucks’s concept orchard includes two new varieties developed by Delbard Nurseries in France: Delsanne (trademark Delbard d’Automne)—A cross of Delbias and Passe Crassane bred
Southeastern peaches enter Mexican markets
H-2A workers in the Titan Farms packing plant cheered when they found their peaches were going to their home country. Richard Lehnert For the first
Rood stays up-to-date
Many fruit growers know Paul Rood. The Covert, Michigan, fruit grower is a frequent traveler on International Fruit Tree Association trips, where his opinions are
Reviving the British pear
British pear growers have been removing pear orchards at an alarming rate because they’ve not been profitable. Now, the East Malling Research Center in the
Pear heaven
Jan van Dijk uses "run through" nursery trees, which are taller, calmer, and have more feathers than the traditional knip trees. He removes any strong
U.K. grower demos modern concepts
Tony Sunnucks, a fruit grower in Kent, England, is developing a concept pear orchard financed by the U.K. fruit marketer OrchardWorld. The concept orchard at
Quince evaluated for hardiness
Pear trees are inherently inefficient at partitioning growth resources to fruit. Modern-day pear rootstock/scion combinations typically used in the United States are vigorous, resulting in
Michigan grower sees bright future for plums
Some of Rood’s older plum trees show there can be problems. This tree shows rootstock compatibility problems, and the bark cracks persistently, even when painted
Sticking with pears
Rood built this platform especially for removing fireblight strikes. Controls let him steer, brake, clutch, shift gears, and control acceleration. Shears or saw on a