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  • December 2008 Issue
  • Breeder focuses on resistance

    Delbard was the first nursery in France to breed disease-resistant apples.

    Delbard Nursery uses tissue culture to produce up to 1.5 million rootstocks each year. Delbard Nursery is quick to adopt new technology. It was the first to establish a tissue culture laboratory for propagation in France, and it is now experimenting with regenesis, a technique to create new genetic material. On the retail side, the nursery is making a mark with its “W” fruit trees that are consumer-friendly, already trained, and are ready for production. Delbard Nursery dates back more than 70 years to when George Delbard began breeding fruit trees at his family farm in central France’s Malicorne area. […]

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