Big trees are no obstacle to hail nets
Salvador Corral, president of La Norteñita, a major growing and packing operation in Cuauhtémoc, planted his first apple trees in
Pick only quality fruit
This is not a bag of apples, West Mathison tells growers. These green, low-grade Braeburns are a set of
Mexican growers object to cheap imports
As long as U.S. growers export apples to Mexico at below production costs, Mexican apple growers will continue to put
State marketing order approved
California’s peach and nectarine growers have resoundingly approved passage of a new state marketing order that they hope will be
Mexican grower hopes to export cherries
Rommel Corral’s Gala planting was hit by hail five times in the second leaf, before he installed the hail net.
What to do with runted trees?
What do you do with a block of young Gala trees that have stopped growing before their canopies have filled
Vermicomposting
Workers load vermicompost onto a truckbed at La Norteñita orchards. La Norteñita has developed a composting operation to produce vermicompost
Going all out
The late Bert Stevens, Mr. August, in a one-man, cherry pit spitting contest. When a local restaurant owner asked Brian
Apple growers shift to peaches
Casas Grandes grower Dana Johnson explains his cousin Lester’s peach growing systems. As the climate has gotten hotter, fruit growers
Tree fruit industry rebounding
Orchards contrast with desert in the Casas Grandes area of Chihuahua. Mexico’s apple and peach industry appears to be rebounding