Before planting a new apple variety, there are several questions growers should ask themselves, Winfield, B.C., orchardist Russell Husch suggested during the B.C. Hort Forum in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada: Are you ahead of the pack? “If you want to be in that mode, there are benefits, but there are a lot of costs associated with that.” Who is going to sell the fruit? If the grower’s existing sales agency is going to sell the fruit, does it have the customers to take the new product? If the grower decides to do it, are they prepared to do the leg […]