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Pears
Featured stories covering pears in this issue.
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The clean team
Workshops go on-site to warehouses to show workers where pesky pathogens could be hiding.
Cornell looks for insects that may transmit fire blight bacteria
Matt Boucher hand collects bees from blossoms in an orchard infested with fire blight. Boucher is capturing bees and other insects in an effort
Swapping wheat for Pinot
One of the largest wineries in Oregon is planting 400 acres of Pinot Noir in what were wheat fields with the help of some new technologies.
Let there be light on pears
Two Washington pear growers try to bring light to lower canopies with trees on Y-trellises.
In the hunt for cold-hardy pears
A Vermont organic grower is evaluating 84 pear varieties as cold-hardy rootstock candidates.
Pear industry continues push for more pear conditioning
Persistent conditions
Field day tips for growing Cosmic Crisp
The university plans to hold a companion field day at 10 a.m. Sept. 22 in Quincy and Wenatchee.
Central Washington pear grower innovates, adapts
Rudy Prey of Leavenworth, Washington, does things with his pear trees that not all, or even most growers, do.
The big push for a dwarfing rootstock
Amelanchier rootstock continues to exceed expectations, while cold-hardy quince candidates have been narrowed to 14 accessions.
Dhingra: The age of the pear
The pear industry has unlimited potential and is ripe for a revolution
Fresh pear industry pushes for stand-up “pouch” bags
Grab and go for consumer convenience
Lessons learned from Listeria contamination of caramel apples
Aftermath of an outbreak
The tech advantage of digital oversight – Video
Rick Howitt, right, monitors a small computer that records data collected from a Huron Fruit Systems platform during apple thinning on July 1, 2016
Jared Gidley, Young Grower from Parkdale, Oregon
Jared is a first-generation farmer who worked several orchard jobs growing up in Parkdale, Oregon.
Orchard innovators: Practices should change with mechanization
Learning Wafler Farms’ tall spindle tipped (TST) system.
Mechanization is rolling along — Video
Innovative New York growers find success with platforms and more.
New tools to determine fruit quality parameters
Several devices and methods to measure fruit quality have been introduced to the market — here’s a look at what they do.