October 2018

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Apples

Featured stories covering apples in this issue.

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Adult female apple clearwing moth works are recognizable by their orange stripes. (Courtesy Mark Gardiner)

Is apple clearwing moth on the move?

California’s Napa Valley, one of the world’s premier viticultural regions famed for its prized Cabernet Sauvignon, is home to more than 400 wineries. (Leslie Mertz/for Good Fruit Grower)

Napa Valley faces watershed moment

Himalayan Mountain peaks provide a backdrop for an apple orchard in Himachal Pradesh, where growers are attempting to modernize their fruit industry. (Courtesy Kunaal Chauhan)

Himalayan aspirations

After Ambrosia: ‘Where do we go from here?’

University of Minnesota apple variety MN #1955 is trademarked nationally as Rave and sold by Minnesota growers as First Kiss. (Courtesy David Hansen, University of Minnesota)

Variety Watch: An apple so nice, they named it twice

The Midwest Apple Improvement Association is developing U.S. and international marketing strategies for its first commercial release: the MAIA1 variety/EverCrisp apple. (Courtesy of MAIA)

EverCrisp: A club for everyone

Multileader makeover from old Red Delicious orchards

Juan Pablo Ramirez removes a bin of organic apples from a fourth leaf Buckeye Gala planting at the New Royal Bluff Orchard in Royal City, Washington, on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. Gala is expected to overtake Red Delicious as the state's number 1 variety by volume this year. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

2018 apple harvest by the numbers

Making sure Cosmic comes out Crisp – Video

Good to Know: Funding for apple research

Matt Duke, a young grower in Yakima, Washington