February 1, 2016

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Horticulture & Viticulture

Featured stories covering horticulture and viticulture in this issue.

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Roger Hudson, a young grower from Sanger, California

With pruning a cherry tree for the KGB system, “you raise poles, you don’t raise the branches inside,” says Gipp Redman. “To control the rate of vigor you have to have enough upright leaders. The problem with KGB is we get greedy and don’t make the cuts. You’ve gotta make these cuts to slow the tree down and get the tree thinking about producing fruit.” (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower photo illustration)

Oregon cherry recovery

How to use pear growth regulators

Geneva 11 rootstock at Cameron Nursery in Eltopia, Washington. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Which apple rootstock should you grow with?

Nic 29 at Willow Drive Nursery in Ephrata, Washington. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower photo illustration)

Avoiding rootstock mistakes

Some like the biggest trees

Pear Bureau Northwest’s redesigned website at www.trade.usapears.org features information on pear varieties and marketing trends.

Video: Pear Bureau Northwest new website focuses on pear sales

A Stemilt orchard managed by Dale Goldy is planted using a tall spindle system. The orchard was part of the first day of the IFTA Washington tour on July 15, 2015. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Basic rules of Stemilt’s tall spindle

Concord grape harvest in Outlook, Washington on October 10, 2014. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Grape canopy control

Cross section of grape and seeds. (istockphoto.com)

Grape seed color has little effect

Casey Corr

Corr: We partner to serve growers

Digging into the roots of a vineyard

Canvasback puts down roots

The view from Longwinds Vineyard on Red Mountain. (Courtesy Duckhorn Wine Company)

California winery at home in Washington

International cherry challenges

Final preparations are made on May 4, 2015 to complete and open the new Washington State University Wine Science Center in Richland, Washington. The center, located near the Tri-Cities campus of WSU, will be a hub for the Washington wine industry and bring together researchers, students, and industry members. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Hansen: Building a world-class wine research program