December 2008 Issue

Consulting for wineries helped Charlie Hoppes establish his own winery. The benefits from consulting often go two ways, according to

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

John Bookwalter says his winemaking style reflects the consultant's but remains his own. The Bookwalter family has been making wines

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

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Fieldma'am Joan Johnson talks with Tom Garrison during the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers's summer tour. In the 30

The Valentine peach, a French-bred white peach, produced 400 fruits per tree in the second leaf. Right upper, Fruit size

Hot water treatment of grapevines is an important—and in some cases, mandatory—tool for controlling the spread of pests and disease,

Botryosphaeria is often overlooked as a pathogen for canker diseases of grapevines, but Dr. Doug Gubler of the University of

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