June 2015

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New Varieties

Featured stories covering new tree fruit and grape varieties appear in this issue.

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Humans don’t care much for stinging nettle but beneficial insects and butterflies do. Research has found the moisture-loving weed can be host to large populations of beneficial bugs and predatory mites. (Courtesy David James/WSU)

Stinging nettle is beneficial

Northwest pear crop is estimated at 20.5 million boxes for 2015. Source: Pear Bureau Northwest. (Jared Johnson/Good Fruit Grower)

Pear production stays stable

Spray guide offers tree row volume spraying tips

Matching the spray to the tree

How to manage young Honeycrisp

Reds still dominate apple exports

Ambrosia restrictions to end

A direct link to consumers

Clubs are changing how apples are marketed — and priced

Clubs exclude many growers

Lack of shelf space is a growing concern for retailers trying to accommodate an abundance of new and enticing varieties. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

New apple varieties excite consumers

Apple varieties from A to Z

Evan Kruse, Young Grower from Roseburg, Oregon

Will Honeycrisp become a victim of its popularity?

Washington vs. U.S. apple production. Total crop, including processing apples, in millions of 42-pound units. Source: USApple Association (based on National Agricultural Statistics Service data.) (Jared Johnson/Good Fruit Grower illustration)

Who’s going to sell all these apples?

Corr: Consumers decide

Apple consumers today find an abundance of choices on supermarket shelves. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

How many apple varieties are too many?

Student-made Blended Learning wines will be poured at the grand opening of Washington State University’s Wine Science Center. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Student wines toast WSU Wine Science Center’s opening

Industry celebrates WSU’s wine science center