July 2010

A direct marketer’s directory of apple varieties

Richard Lehnert

Grape berry ­physiology

Melissa Hansen

Overcoming ripeness challenges

Growers can use canopy, irrigation, and crop management strategies to ripen their grapes in a timely manner.

Melissa Hansen

Getting it ripe

Melissa Hansen

Last Bite Variety Roundup

More than 30 club apple varieties are being grown around the world. The success of a new variety will depend on its distinctiveness, consistent quality, and the efforts of those growing, packing, and marketing it.

Dr. Susan Brown

Pox-resistant plum registered

Plum pox-resistant plum registered

Geraldine Warner

New apples for New York

Exclusively New York

New York growers join the club

Richard Lehnert

NEW APPLE is first of many

WSU to release a range of apple varieties

Geraldine Warner

Nova Scotia apple growers like their replant ­program—and extended it

Richard Lehnert

Antibiotic on organic sunset list

Geraldine Warner

Apple growers need good niche apples

Richard Lehnert

A grower reaches out to consumers

Geraldine Warner

Avoid hazards when choosing cherries to plant

With all of these new varieties, however, choosing the right one for a new planting can be both confusing and risky. For this reason, a sweet cherry variety trial was ­established at Omeg Orchards in The Dalles, Oregon, to evaluate new varieties ­available to growers. Some of the most recent introductions available to Pacific ­Northwest producers are reviewed in this article.

Lynn E. Long, Oregon State University, The Dalles

In My View - Chris Schlect

Decisions by the federal government appear to be driven by a bias against conventional pesticides.

Good Point - Kevin Moffitt

A study shows that increases in market development spending between 2002 and 2009 returned $35 for every dollar spent.

When are grapes ripe?

Grape ripeness is difficult to define.

Melissa Hansen