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  • July 2011 Issue
  • Story by Richard Lehnert

    • Virus-free peach trees

    Simon Scott moves plants at the Musser Fruit Research Farm’s greenhouse, where about 300 trees of a hundred low-chill cultivars will be grown. Richard Lehnert Until plum pox virus (PPV) appeared in Pennsylvania peach orchards in 1999, many peach growers took a pretty casual view of viruses—living with them and accepting a certain level of damage. Plum pox changed that attitude, according to Clemson University virologist Dr. Simon Scott. Growers became much more concerned about viruses of all sorts. As part of the National Clean Plant Network, Scott runs the Southeastern Budwood Program for South Carolina and Georgia peach growers […]

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    Richard Lehnert
    After growing up on a Michigan dairy farm, Richard Lehnert began writing about farming in 1962, while still a junior studying journalism at Michigan State University. He worked at newspapers for a year before joining the staff of Michigan Farmer, where he spent 26 years, the last 15 as chief editor. He was a member of the staff of Good Fruit Grower from 2010 until 2015. Read his stories: Story Index
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