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July 2010

July 2010

A direct marketer’s directory of apple varieties

Overcoming ripeness challenges

Overcoming ripeness challenges

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

Last Bite Variety Roundup

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.

Getting it ripe

Grape berry ­physiology

Grape berry ­physiology

In My View - Chris Schlect

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

When are grapes ripe?

When are grapes ripe?

Grape ripeness is difficult to define.

NEW APPLE  is first of many

NEW APPLE is first of many

WSU to release a range of apple varieties

Antibiotic on organic sunset list

New apples for New York

New apples for New York

Good Point - Kevin Moffitt

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

Apple growers need good niche apples

Apple growers need good niche apples

New York growers join the club

New York growers join the club

Avoid hazards when  choosing cherries to plant

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.

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

A grower reaches out to consumers

A grower reaches out to consumers

Exclusively New York

Exclusively New York

Pox-resistant  plum registered

Pox-resistant plum registered

Plum pox-resistant plum registered

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Last Bite Variety Roundup

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.

Obituaries

Obituaries

In The Box

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