February 15th 2010

Choosing a nursery and trees

Melissa Hansen

Choosing type of tree

Melissa Hansen

Types of trees

Controlling mildew in organic cherries 2

Melissa Hansen

Stretching storage of Honeycrisp

As production volumes increase for Honeycrisp apples, the need for a longer marketing window becomes more important. Researchers like Ines Hanrahan are looking for ways to stretch storage of Honeycrisp beyond Christmas.

Melissa Hansen

Searching for cherry cracking strategies

Melissa Hansen

Next generation branches out

by Dan Hager

Long wait for immigration reform

by Craig Idlebrook

Conversations with the city

Chris Schlect, Conversations with the city, Column

by Chris Schlect

Last Bite - From timber to apples

Arden Harris was a member of a family that pioneered in the development of the lumber resources of the Entiat and Waterville regions of north central Washington State. His father was Charles Albert Harris, a native of Hannibal, Missouri, who was an engineer on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, a real estate entrepreneur, and a contractor for the construction of highways and power plants.The two designs of the Mad River Orchard Company label, draw upon the rugged beauty of the Entiat area, indicating to the buyer that Mad River fruit was both beautiful and came from a pristine environmenta pitch that obviously worked as evidenced by the company's success.

by John Baule

Good to know - Rayapati

by Naidu Rayapat

Storing organic apples is not easy

As Washington growers have ramped up production of organic apples, the volume of apples going into storage has also increased, and with it, the need to for longer storage. With few postharvest tools available for organic fruit, more research is needed to find ways to improve organic fruit storage, says a Stemilt Growers representative.

Melissa Hansen

Controlling mildew in organic cherries

Powdery mildew is a tough disease to control for Pacific Northwest cherry growers, but it’s even tougher for organic growers who have limited fungicides to use.

Melissa Hansen

Fireblight without antibiotics

Melissa Hansen

Scab control more challenging

The type of fungicide Michigan apple growers have been relying on for the last decade is losing its punch.

DAN HAGER

Questions to ask a prospective nursery

Melissa Hansen

Moving larger crops in the future

Melissa Hansen