B.C. growers support survival strategy
Integration, innovation, and quality enhancement have been embraced as the roads to a revitalized tree-fruit industry in British Columbia, Canada.
Integration, innovation, and quality enhancement have been embraced as the roads to a revitalized tree-fruit industry in British Columbia, Canada.
LEFT: Bill Warmerdam and son John grow and pack their own tree fruit in addition to packing cherries, apples, and
Left: Sentennial is a new late-season cherry from British Columbia. Right: Sovereign was named in honor of Queen Elizabeth’s 80th
Left: The apple maggot is about the size of a house fly and has distinctive markings on its wings,
An insecticide-laced bait that is squirted on trees to control cherry fruit fly has saved growers an estimated $2.75 million
The 2006-2007 crop marketing year is approaching the halfway mark. Prices and demand for Washington apples continue to be strong
Fundamental to the effective management of codling moth in Washington State orchards has been the use of a simple predictive
An oversupply of small cherries last season hurt growers financially. Fifty-six percent of the Pacific Northwest’s fresh sweet cherry crop