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Fruit Crop Guesstimate is June 19

The 58th annual Fruit Crop Guesstimate will be held June 19 at the Amway Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Orchard cover crop field day

The May 30 tour will visit two orchards.

FDA's Gorny returns to industry

The NOSB's 'lose-lose' decision

A decision by the National Organic Standards Board not to extend use of a key antibiotic to control fireblight in organic fruit production represent a loss for both producers and consumers, says Harold Austin, an NOSB board member.

Geraldine Warner

Michigan Apple Committee restores sales staff

The apple trees are still dormant in Michigan, but already in mid-April the Michigan Apple Committee has hired two account managers who will facilitate the sale of Michigan apples in retail stores. After freezes last year decimated the state’s crop, a large crop is now thought to be in the making.

Nurseries invest in Phytelligence

Phytelligence can produce plants through tissue culture and do genetic analysis to guarantee their identity.

Geraldine Warner

Canadians quarantine infected apple trees, trace them back to U.S.

While lending a hand with some pruning work in a Scotian Gold Cooperative apple grower’s orchard last summer, fieldman Larry Lutz noticed some strange growth on several trees, so he notified the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Testing showed it was apple proliferation phytoplasma (APP).

Richard Lehnert

Company wins recognition for its Arctic apples

Okanagan Specialty Fruits, Inc., of Summerland, British Columbia, has won a Gold Leaf Award for its biotechnology accomplishments in developing Arctic apples. The award is given by BIOTECanada, Canada’s national biotechnology industry organization.

The baffling Papple

It looks like an apple, but....

Golfers against Gangs event