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Watch: Over-the-row cherry harvesting
https://youtu.be/qkbEDTjpiJE For the record—since this could be an event of historic significance—the harvest took place
Paying by the pound
Growers who have seen a new cherry harvest monitoring system developed at Washington State University are eager for it to be commercialized.
Marked for progress
The four-year, $14.4 million RosBREED plant breeding project, funded in 2009 under the Specialty Crop
FruiTrivia: Test your knowledge of fruit varieties
1 Which of the following cherries is not an offspring of Van? a. Lapins b.
Tougas Family Farm
Mo Tougas asks a question of Oregon State University sweet cherry expert Lynn Long on
Promising WSU cherry selections
One selection showing promise in Washington State University’s cherry breeding program is an early variety
Smart cherry breeding
Breeder Nnadozie Oraguzie stands in a Phase 1 block planted in 2011 and 2012. He'll
Summerland’s focus switches
Summerland cherry breeder Dr. Cheryl Hampson’s objective is to develop cherries that are large, firm,
Stellar lineage
The Pacific Northwest cherry industry is seeing the effects of a shift to self-fertile varieties
Career comes to late fruition
For more than two decades, Dr. Tom Toyama quietly got on with his work as
WSU program focused on self-fertility
Stone fruit breeding began at Washington State University in 1949 with the arrival of Dr.
Bing dethroned
The Bing cherry, long the king of the Northwest industry, is losing ground to the
Last Bite: Test your cherry knowledge
1 What percentage of Northwest fresh cherry exports was shipped to China (including Hong
Cherry cracking test
The Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission has developed a simple test for growers to determine
Quick Bites
New cherry bulletins, videos Two new publications on cherry production and several sweet cherry videos
Widely planted
Coral Champagne has been the hottest selling cherry variety in California in recent years, according
Popular cultivar almost wasn’t
Coral Champagne cherries ripen after Chelan and about ten days before Bing. New tree fruit
Chelan Fruit gears up
Orondo Ruby is a yellow-fleshed cherry that has more blush and matures earlier than Rainier.
Top five ways to grow large cherries
Lynn Long, Oregon State University Extension educator, gives a pruning demonstration during an international tree
SWD challenges growers
Unlike the common drosophila flies, spotted wing drosophila will attack cherries before they are ripe.
Cherry insurance reduces risk
Cherry insurance can provide a financial shelter for growers when the crop is rained on.
First Bite
As the Northwest cherry season draws closer, for the first time in six or seven
Cherry rootstock testing continues
It will be a few more years before new precocious, dwarfing rootstocks for sweet and
Tip top cherry
Kim and Troy Toftness with their children Brock and Brylee. Their Skylar Rae cherry brand
Trends in organic tree fruit
Washington State University’s sustainable agriculture specialist David Granatstein keeps tabs on organic tree fruit production
Why organic cherries are in decline
Organic cherry acreage in Washington State was up. Now it’s down. What’s behind the flux
Focus on next season
The 2012 Northwest cherry season was a challenging one, but growers need to focus on
Living with cherry diseases
Little cherry disease made a dramatic resurgence in Washington in 2010 and has since spread
No fruit, no funding
The short fruit crop in the eastern United States last year had a dramatic impact
One last Guthion spray
Fruit growers in Michigan can use existing stocks of the insecticide azinphos-methyl (Guthion) one more
Bacterial canker
A classic bacterial canker symptom showing cankers and gummosis of woody tissue.PHOTO COURTESY OF
Growers try hooped trellises
A new apple orchard planted to a V trellis uses greenhouse technology to support the
The future of Rainier cherries
The blush color of Rainier cherries sets the fruit apart in the marketplace. But color
IS Early Robin too red?
The 2012 season marked the first time there was significant quantity of the early Rainier-type
Paternity test implicates Napoleon
Genetic testing has revealed that the blush cherry Napoleon Bigarreau (Napoleon for short) is the
View new technologies in the making
The public will have an opportunity to see what’s new in automated and precision farming
Cherry research needed
Washington cherry and stone fruit growers will have another opportunity in the coming weeks to
New research orchard structures
Cravo roof in a closed position. PHOTO COURTESY OF CRAVO New protected orchard structures were
Over-the-row research
Research evaluating over-the-row tart cherry harvesting was funded in 2008 as a five-year project by
Cherries as berries
The Korvan 7240 blueberry harvester was first demonstrated at the Clarksville Horticulture Experiment Station by
The back story
After the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and the breach of the Berlin Wall
Cherry enterprise budgets available
Mike Omeg reminds growers not to get too hung up on the specifics. Photo by
Cherry economics
Several new studies that look at the enterprise budgets of standard and high-density sweet cherry
High-density cherry orchard economics
Planting a high-density cherry orchard, with its earlier production and potential for higher yields at
How cold hardy?
Washington State University scientists hope to find a better way to assess cold hardiness of
Good to Know—What growers want in new varieties
Adopting a new scion cultivar is a crucial decision for tree fruit growers, who must
Good Stuff
New Zealand’s Tow and Blow Tow and Blow is a portable wind machine developed in
Cherry Central is testing new drying technology
A new method of drying fruit using microwave heating and vacuum technology is being tested
Merging two cultures
During the early cherry season, West Mathison, president of Stemilt Growers, Inc., Wenatchee, Washington, spends
Extended Stemilt cherry season
Packing house workers, who live in the Stockton area, work for various fruit and