October 2016

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Apples

Featured stories covering apples and marketing topics in this issue.

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Growers who innovate in the Golden State

The solitary orchard

Participants in the International Fruit Tree Association New York Study Tour saw lots of orchards with fire blight in them alongside the roads of Orleans and Monroe counties. (Dave Weinstock/Good Fruit Grower)

Fighting fire blight

File photo of sprayer 2013. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Thinning without carbaryl

Sun Orchard Fruit Co., Honeybear Brands’ exclusive Eastern U.S. packing partner, will pay a premium for Pazazz apples, similar to those paid for Honeycrisp or other club varieties.(Courtesy Dan Pettit)

Growing with Pazazz

Symptoms of bitter pit include dark sunken pits on the surface of the fruit and corky brown tissue. (Good Fruit Grower file photo)

Beating bitter pit in Honeycrisp

Meticulous training of these 17-month-old apple trees on Malling-Merton 106 lays the foundation of a productive apple orchard. The positioning of the secondary framework (branches) of these Open Tatura trees ensures there won’t be gaps in the canopies between trees. Light interception in third, fourth and fifth leaf is estimated at 45 percent, 55 percent and between 65 and 70 percent, respectively. Trees produced 11 tonnes and 45 tonnes per hectare (4.9 tons and 20.1 tons per acre) in the second and third years, respectively. (Courtesy Bas van den Ende)

Why gaps are money losers

John Gomez of Hedges Family Estates talks about field grafting in the winery’s Red Mountain vineyard near Benton City, Washington, in August. Gomez shared his experience with grafting Cabernet Sauvignon onto Merlot plants during a Washington State University Viticulture and Enology Field Day. (Shannon Dininny/Good Fruit Grower)

Grafting provides ‘A better solution’

Tim Smith speaks on the main stage during the 2013 WSTFA annual meeting in Wenatchee, Washington.(TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

WSTFA annual meeting 2016: How continuous change forces adaptation

Field researchers harvest grapes at one of the locations in the nutrition study. The research group hopes to provide growers with nutrient sufficiency ranges for Frontenac, Marquette and La Crescent. Courtesy James Crants/University of Minnesota

Demystifying cold-hardy grapes

U.S. grown apples in Selah, Washington, on October 5, 2016. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Domestic apple market looks bright

Apples on display at a Yakima, Washington, Wal-Mart. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Wal-Mart weighs in on food safety

Washington apple samples from the 2000 harvest in Japanese retail stores in 2001. (File photo courtesy Washington Apple Commission)

U.S. growers hope to send apples to Japan once again

Picking prospects: 2016-17 USApple forecast

Monica Libbey, Young Grower from Manson, Washington