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Horticulture, Viticulture
Featured stories about horticulture and viticulture appear in this issue.
Four steps to cherry pruning
Pruning and training of trees on productive rootstocks, such as Gisela 6 or 12, require techniques that are completely counter to pruning trees on Mazzard
First Bite
After 60 years of collaboration with Washington State University Extension and research professors on this publication, Good Fruit Grower is launching a new magazine title
Major increase in cherry acreage
Sweet cherry acreage in Washington State has increased almost threefold in the past 20 years, a new tree fruit inventory shows. Washington has 36,000 acres
Tree training Mexican style
Orchard manager Jorge Suarez (left) explains the Ebro training system to Carlos Chavez. International Fruit Tree Association members saw a variety of apple tree training
Cherries—not just another berry
As part of a new national cherry campaign funded by a national tart cherry initiative approved by growers last winter, the Cherry Marketing Institute hired
The optimal orchard
The tall spindle system, with tree densities around 1,000 to 1,500 trees per acre, is highly competitive and productive and has potential for mechanical harvesting
Driving tree performance
At Auvil Fruit Company, trees are planted as bench grafts with the union 6 to 8 inches above the ground to avoid scion rooting. Soil
Get your orchard up to speed quickly
The long-term way for apple growers to improve their profitability is to become better horticulturists, says Yakima, Washington, fruit grower and packer Bruce Allen. He
Establishing a high-performance orchard
Dave Allan of Yakima is using a similar system to Auvil Fruit Company’s, except that he uses a vertical trellis At Yakima Valley Orchards in
What’s in store for the cherry grower?
A good future lies ahead for Washington’s fresh cherry industry, despite some marketing difficulties during the 2006 season, horticulturist Lee Gale believes. “There’s going to
Dwarfing rootstocks For stone fruit
Though significant tree size differences in the three rootstock photos are difficult to see due to the pruning, the canopies of Controller 5 rootstock trees,
Keeping vineyards clean
Teodulo Jimenez supervises the skilled crews at Inland Desert Nursery. The strength of Washington State’s wine industry is due in part to what isn’t often
Grape nursery timeline
With supplies of certain grape varietals and clones limited in Washington State, growers must plan ahead when making planting decisions and ordering vines. Depending on
Nurseries try to stay ahead of trends
Washington grape nursery representatives report brisk business, though the frantic planting of vineyards has slowed. Interest in wine grape clones is high, but material of
Increasing clean material
The availability of clean grape planting material in Washington State is a result of coordination and collaboration between the grape industry, government, certified nurseries, and
In My View
A new Congress—the 110th under our nation’s constitution—is in session. Due to the electoral upheavals of last November, majority control in both the House and
Last Bite
Gilbert Orchards of Yakima, Washington is the present-day descendent of the firm of Richey and Gilbert, founded in the 1890s by Horace Mark (H.M.) Gilbert
Steps to establishing a money-making orchard
Establishing or replanting an orchard is a money-making opportunity. The most cost-effective system to establish does not necessarily generate the highest return on investment. The