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Summer Fruits & New Varieties
Featured stories about summer fruits and new varieties appear in this issue.
Peaches on ridges
Impressed by early research results, Titan Farms planted 200 acres of peaches on ridges to try out this new approach to Armillaria root rot. Richard
H-2A provides dedicated workers
Female H-2A workers do the sorting at Titan Farms, enforcing a high quality standard that assures loads won't be rejected. Richard Lehnert Titan Farms has
Florida growers diversify with peaches
Florida is known for several things, such as citrus production, Walt Disney World, and alligators, but less well known is that it has a growing
Opportunities for cherry exports
The Pacific Northwest cherry harvest is running later than usual this year, which could open up opportunities in export markets. Because of a late spring,
The end of earmarks?
Earmarks are often considered equivalent to pork barrel legislation, but the two are not necessarily the same. Over the years, agriculture—including the fruit industry—has benefited
Malaysian labeling will be required
Mark Powers is vice president of the Northwest Horticultural Council. Jim Black Fruit exporters should gear up to label cartons destined for Malaysia in the
Pear assessments drop
Pear growers in the Pacific Northwest will pay less money to the Pear Bureau Northwest for winter pear promotions in the coming season. The Pear
Titan Farms
Amancio Palma, right, manages the huge crew of more than 400 H-2A workers who work in the peach orchards. With Chalmers Carr III, they look
Mr. Peach
Chalmers Carr III is active in the South Carolina peach industry, as well as his own business. His efforts have been recognized by the South
WSU apple breeding program’s fruit evaluation system
Members of the breeding program’s Industry Advisory Council visit a Phase 3 evaluation site at Quincy in 2010. They are: (from left) Dave Gleason, Kershaw
Virus-free peach trees
Simon Scott moves plants at the Musser Fruit Research Farm's greenhouse, where about 300 trees of a hundred low-chill cultivars will be grown. Richard Lehnert
Fast, easy test reveals fungicide resistance
When disease organisms become resistant to a fungicide, spraying is like hitting them with rainwater—expensive rainwater. In the last three years, Georgia and South Carolina
Good point
This spring, the Social Security Administration reinstituted its annual reality check for employers, “SSN No-Match letters,” after a three-year hiatus. I immediately received a call
Eastern U.S. wine industry gets lift
Tony Wolf, center, is director of the Alson H. Smith, Jr. Agricultural Research and Extension Center, a 124-acre site in Winchester, Virginia, devoted to research
Clemson peach team
More peaches—about 17,000 acres— are grown in South Carolina than any other state east of California, and Clemson University, the land-grant university of South Carolina,
Everything about PEACHES
Desmond Layne’s work in peach cultivar evaluation means tasting a lot of peaches. “It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it,” he quips.
Last Bite
The Santa Rosa plum was the most widely grown plum in California until the mid-1970s. The Santa Rosa plum, one of the most popular and