November 2015

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New Technology

Featured stories covering new fruit industry technology in this issue.

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Growers need to begin engaging with consumers to counter the many online and television sources of misinformation about today’s agricultural practices, according to Kevin Folta, professor and chair of the Horticultural Sciences Department at the University of Florida. He will present his tips during a keynote address at the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable, and Farm Market Expo on Dec. 6-8 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.(Courtesy Tyler Jones/UF IFAS Communications)

Share your know-how and grow-how — Great Lakes Expo preview

Phenotyping in the field goes high-tech

Root pruning is making a comeback

A new product patented by Cal Poly prevents keeps sliced apples looking fresh. (Courtesy California Polytechnic State University)

Slice and sanitize to slow browning

One of about 6,000 trees lost to fire by Reggie Collins, chief executive officer of Chelan Fruit. His orchards overlook the Columbia River outside of Chelan, Washington. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Help to salvage burned land

After the Washington fires

Dr. Achour Amiri

Pome pathologist joins WSU

More profits from Concords

Concord grapes occupy about 30,000 acres between the Lake Erie shore and the Allegany Plateau Escarpment, the high ground visible in the distance. (Richard Lehnert/Good Fruit Grower)

Tough times on the concord belt

John and Virginia Weber expect the solar power installation at their winery will pay for itself within 15 years. (Courtesy Orofino Winery)

Solar power becomes affordable

Lasers guide new precision pruning tech

New mechanical grape harvesters have field sorting capability and can eliminate need for de-stemming, a task normally done at the winery. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

New grape harvester leaves MOG in the field

Pathogens on the surface of organic pears were significantly reduced after exposure to UV-C light. (Courtesy Roopesh Syamaladevi/Washington State University)

UV light controls pathogens

Young artist wins $1,000 in apple art contest

Growers tout crunch

Residues are below MRLs

Scientists join ARS Hall of Fame

University of Georgia honors peach grower

Chief operations officer retires from C&O Nursery

Dr. Lee Kalcsits stands under red netting while holding an instrument used to measure how trees react to different light spectrums at the WSU Tree Fruit Research Center. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

If netting is the future, what color?

Jake Robison in Chelan, Washington on September 23, 2015. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)Jake Robison in Chelan, Washington on September 23, 2015. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Jake Robison, a Young Grower from Chelan, Washington

Germany’s Altes Land fruit growing region has thousands of acres of modern, high-density orchards at an elevation of just three feet. (Photos courtesy David Granatstein and Harold Ostenson)

Washington still holds the organic edge