September 2015

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Pears

Featured stories covering pears in this issue.

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Which rootstock is best for Honeycrisp?

Designer rootstocks

Working in “Pearadise”

Row crops prepare ground for replanting

As legacy ends, another begins

Dynamic pruning keeps trees productive

Quest begins to breed new pear rootstock

A 12 ounce sliced Green Apples Appeling bag. (Appeling Fruit Inc.)

Appeeling Fruit Inc. recalls sliced apples

New path for pears

Should you pay for travel time?

Selling lesser-known wines

Malbec grapes, known for their dark, inky color and robust tannins, need lots of sun and heat to ripen. The variety is one of the six grapes allowed in the blend of Bordeaux wine. Photo credit: Melissa Hansen

Lesser-known grape varieties are ‘hands on’

Tips for growing lesser-known wine grape varieties

1-MCP-treated d’Anjou pears sliced and treated with the a proprietary ripening compound at 1%, 2% and 3% concentration by Crunch Pak. Note the browning of the slices at 3% concentration, indicating that the 1-MCP treated sliced fruit can be ripened by the ripening compound. As Crunch Pak does not yet produce sliced pears commercially, apple bags were used for the experiments.(Courtesy Washington State University)

Sliced pears show potential

Manage pears for higher yields

Woot Froot freshfruitcuts snack cut pear processing in Kingsburg, California on April 9, 2015. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Success with fresh sliced pears and peaches

Doorninks share yield-boosting strategies

Andy Smith, a Young Grower from Poplar Grove, Illinois

Books introduce kids to farming

ReTain registered for double dose

A pear a day…

C&O Nursery restructures management

Robert Snyder 1921–2015