February 15, 2011

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Diseases & Disorders

Featured stories covering diseases and disorders appear in this issue.

No apple releases imminent

Resistant rootstocks key to surviving fireblight

Washington’s grape disease worries grow

WA 2 ready for commercial plantings

WA 2 traits, evaluation and commercialization

Export funding increase unlikely

More export focus needed

Get it right at planting

Education for migrant families

Little cherries, little flavor

Glory be

A program for scab control

BUYER BEWARE: Certified may not be clean

Watch for crown gall and vine decline

Opportunistic fungi

Scab-resistant varieties need protection, too

Tackling scab resistance

Top: The russet-resistant Smoothee, discovered in 1958, is the widest planted strain of Golden Delicious in the United States. (Photo courtesy of Willow Drive Nursery.) Bottom left: A promotion card that the Washington Apple Commission used in 1958–1959. Bottom Right: Goldspur, shown in the Van Well Nursery catalog of 1963, was a bud mutation of Golden Delicious discovered by Grady Auvil. It was a heavy bearer but more prone to russet than a standard Golden. (Photo courtesy of Van Well Nursery.)

Last Bite — Discovering Gold

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