January 1, 2020

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2020 Outlook

Featured stories covering the 2020 outlook, and more, in this issue.

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A comparison of tree sizes on Gisela 5, Gisela 6 and Mazzard rootstocks. Source: Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission, Illustration: Jared Johnson/Good Fruit Grower

What to do with the wrong rootstocks

Nurseries recognize rootstocks with mistaken identity

On the way to supplying local organic demand

It pays to promote

Tart cherry growers feeling the squeeze

Easing tart cherry trade troubles

A family finds their farm

Chart showing Washington Concord grape prices from 2008 to 2019. Source: Trent Ball, Yakima Valley College, Graphic: Jared Johnson/Good Fruit Grower

Grape juice prices getting better

Survey seeks input on selling sustainable wine

Tissue culture startup shuts down

Dininny: A Good Fruit goodbye and a welcome, too

More growers count in census count update

Preview: 2020 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention

Index of U.S. Fresh Apple Demand, 1993–94 to 2018–19. Source: Belrose Inc.

O’Rourke: Is apple demand falling?

Preview: 2020 Empire State Producers Expo

Kevin Shaw and Lance Davison, young growers from Vernon, British Columbia