December 1, 2008

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Seeing Green

Featured stories about harvest aids, cover recipe, online organic courses appear in this issue.

Harvest aids

Practical aid to Afghans

More students going into ag

Breeder focuses on resistance

Apple appellation

Rosy outlook for blush apples

Enclosed orchards

W trees

Extra-healthy apples?

Good to Know

Producing profitable peaches

New and improved stone fruits

Varieties must be moneymakers

Goodbye plum, hello cherry

Loans for producers

A new focus on economics

Versatile robot

$9 million for tree fruit research

Competitive pear system

Mrachek heads young Hort board

New Hort president grasps opportunities

First Bite

Good Job

Vines in hot water

More online organic courses

Francisco, left, and Humberto Ramirez graduated from Wenatchee Valley College’s Hispanic Orchard Employee Education Program. (Geraldine Warner/Good Fruit Grower)

New orchard owners value their employees

Vintage views

A better life

Keep the customer satisfied

Apple Matters

Good Stuff

Quick Bites

Good to Go

Make the dessert featured on the cover

Change Creates Opportunities in Asian Markets

Industry leaders honored

Consulting can be mutually beneficial

Consultants provide expertise

Another set of eyes

Recognizing vine cankers

Use cultural practices to manage pests

Pruning cold-injured grapes

Do-it-yourself wasp control

Benefits of cover crops in vines