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Apples
Featured stories covering apples and marketing topics in this issue.
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Growers who innovate in the Golden State
California apple growers hang in there and invest with focus on fresh market.
The solitary orchard
A tour of Byron Albano’s orchards in California’s Cuyama Valley in March. The orchards rest high in the Sierra Madre Mountains, across a dry
Fighting fire blight
Antibiotics and Apogee continue to top the list of control products.
Thinning without carbaryl
Darwin thinning followed by MaxCel application shows promise for Galas and Honeycrisps.
Growing with Pazazz
New York grower Dan Pettit shares his experience growing Honeybear Brands’ latest club variety.
Beating bitter pit in Honeycrisp
The key lies in combining foliar calcium sprays with reduced potassium fertilization.
Why gaps are money losers
The quicker you fill the space on a trellis, the more sunlight is captured in the canopy.
Grafting provides ‘A better solution’
Hedges Family Estates grafts Cabernet Sauvignon to Merlot as a cost-effective option to replanting
WSTFA annual meeting 2016: How continuous change forces adaptation
Why change now? A Good Point by Sam Godwin
Demystifying cold-hardy grapes
Northern Grapes Project is designed to encourage the wine industry in colder climates.
Domestic apple market looks bright
U.S. grown apples in Selah, Washington, on October 5, 2016. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower) The value of the dollar and the increasing size
Wal-Mart weighs in on food safety
Apples on display at a Yakima, Washington, Wal-Mart. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower) Illnesses caused by foodborne pathogens are becoming much easier to track
U.S. growers hope to send apples to Japan once again
Washington apple samples from the 2000 harvest in Japanese retail stores in 2001, the last time U.S. apples were exported in Japan.(File photo courtesy
Picking prospects: 2016-17 USApple forecast
Drought in Eastern U.S. dampens outlook, but other U.S. regions are forecasting steady — or even larger — apple crops.
Monica Libbey, Young Grower from Manson, Washington
family background/ Both sides of Monica’s family have long histories farming in the Chelan Valley, in Manson and long ago in Stehekin, Washington.