January 1, 2018

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2018 Outlook

Featured stories covering the 2018 outlook in this issue.

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As he walks down rows of vintage apples, John constantly stops to thin. Here, he plucks off a few Swiss Gourmet or Arlet, a cross between Golden Delicious and Idared that was developed in Switzerland. Photo by Leslie Mertz.

Bringing antique apples back to market

Researchers look at bitter pit development as one factor in evaluating the performance of Geneva rootstocks in the third year of the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission trial. The disorder is seen here on Honeycrisp on Geneva 214 during the August 2017 tour of the trial in East Wenatchee. (Kate Prengaman/Good Fruit Grower)

Growing big with Genevas

Going green with reds and whites

Concord grape near Outlook, Washington. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Plight of the Concords

The Cherry Express plane arrives at the cargo departures area of SeaTac airport in Seattle, Washington, on July 12, 2017, to take fresh cherries to the Chinese market, while other Northwest cherries bound for Korea, right, are staged for loading. Eight international cargo flights were packaged and loaded from the neutral apron loading areas at SeaTac scheduled for markets across Asia. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

All aboard the cherry express

Grower Rick Orozco describes the benefits of regular cultivation with a wonder weeder to attendees on a WSU NextGen Grower field day on transitioning to organic production at his HiPoint Orchards near Pasco, Washington on August 3, 2017. (Kate Prengaman/Good Fruit Grower)

Want to get in on organics?

It’s boom time for organics

John Naylor, president of Western Distribution Services, shows off his company's immense new cold storage facility in July near Seattle Tacoma International Airport, a development fruit industry officials expect to boost capacity for ever-growing international demand of sweet cherries in years to come. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

A cool place for cherry exports

Conner Sullivan, a young grower from Pasco, Washington

Three Cornell ag researchers retire

Bankers share financial tips for growers

Diane Kurrle, senior vice president of USApple Association, at the 113th Annual Meeting and NW Hort Expo in Kennewick, Washington, December 4, 2017. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Kurrle: USApple works for growers

Bryant: Troubling signs on trade

Growing by the acres