Project Description
Horticulture/Viticulture
Featured stories about horticulture, viticulture and more in this issue.
Seeking efficiencies for tart cherry growers
Hopes for high-density plantings not panning out, so tart cherry researchers turn to technology.
Cashing in on Cosmics
Prices for Cosmic Crisp finish 2020–2021 season as one of highest in apple market.
Early leaf removal keeps grape clusters dry
Technique combats cluster rot in grapes.
Pennsylvania plantings
Growers try Ambrosia in a new region.
Considering carbon capture credit for tree fruit farms
Economics and scale make carbon markets a hard sell for tree fruit.
Ready for a heat repeat
WSU researcher shares lessons from 2021’s summer heat wave.
Vole control
Oregon growing areas wrestle with vole pressure.
Fog, fruit and an unclear future
Weather joins economics and geography to challenge California pears.
Proving pear density
High-density systems can boost Bartlett productivity, according to trials from California’s North Coast.
Breeding for uncertainty
Fruit breeders predict future needs in era of climate change.
Lorenzo Pacini III, a young grower from Ukiah, California
Lorenzo graduated from California Polytechnic State University with a degree in viticulture and grows Zinfandel in the Talmage Bench. He is the son of Lorie and Allen Pacini, and his family has been growing grapes in the Mendocino Valley since 1911.
Low-density leads Concord trial
High-density planting reduces Concord production in WSU research trial, while widely spaced vines can easily fill the space.
Hansen: Long-term investment in nematode research pays off
Alternative cover crops being evaluated to trick or trap nematodes.
Scharlau: Rebels with a sustainable cause
Washington wine leaders worked long and hard to finally reach “the Standard.”
U.S. raises H-2B cap
The U.S. government has raised the cap on H-2B visas, which may free up more foreign guest workers for tree fruit packing houses. In late