Primaries

Christian Schlect, President, Northwest Horticultural Council

Adding it up

Todd M Fryhover Washington Apple Commission

Stone Fruit Marketing in Canada

BJ Thurlby

Growers appointed to Michigan Apple Committee

Michigan apple growers Bob Gregory and Mark Youngquist have been appointed to the Michigan Apple Committee for terms ending in 2015.

Richard Lehnert

Bill Shoemaker to Retire

Bill Shoemaker, superintendent and senior research specialist at the University of Illinois St. Charles Horticultural Research Cente, is retiring after 30 years with the university.

Richard Lehnert

New Web site for Ontario growers

The Ontario Tender Fruit Producers Marketing Board has launched a new Web site for growers and marketers to use as a marketing and communications tool. The site is at www.ontariotenderfruit.ca.

Richard Lehnert

California tree fruit forecast a mixed bag

Some counties are reporting more than a 30 percent loss in stone fruit crops from mid-April hail storms.

Melissa Hansen

Eastern fruit crops severely shortened by April freezes

Fruit growers in the eastern United States are assessing the damage and figuring out how to manage what’s left. A series of April freezes have done enormous damage all across the Mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes regions.

Richard Lehnert