December 2008 Issue

A foam-lined picking box, with curtained bottom, is used during harvest at D-L orchards. Right, stepladders are stored until harvest

Afghan orchard owner Mohammad Younus (left), now deceased, talks with Roots of Peace Extension team leader Pohanyar Pir Mohammad. Grape

Valley College ag instructor, Leo GarciaA year ago, just four students enrolled as freshmen to study agriculture at Wenatchee Valley

Delbard Nursery uses tissue culture to produce up to 1.5 million rootstocks each year. Delbard Nursery is quick to adopt

Hail nets are a necessity in Limousin, France, where it hails "ten years out of ten years, and some years,

A box of Blush Rose Golden Delicious apples. Below, Perlim barcode scanner. Perlim, a French growers' cooperative that packs and

  Myriam Siham, entomologist, says that several growers are experimenting with using hail nets to keep insects out of apple

Delbard Nursery has found a niche in the retail market growing "ready-to-fruit" trees for backyard gardeners. Delbard has found success

The idea of enriching apples with additional antioxidants elicited a wide range of reactions in a consumer study conducted by

The thickness of the fruit wall is maintained by mechanical pruning performed annually six or seven weeks after bloom, as