Project Description
Pears
Featured stories about pears appear in this issue.
Fall planting bears fruit
Oregon orchardist Marcus Morgan is amazed at the difference that five months makes in tree growth. The larger, more leafed Skeena cherry trees were planted
Fragrant pears produce sweet returns
There are 23,333 hectares (57,500 acres) of fragrant pears in Korla City in China’s northwestern province of Xinjiang, according to an article on People’s Daily
Breeding pears
Pear breeder Richard Bell (right) and horticulturist Ralph Scorza are pictured in 1999 while researching the effects of dwarfing genes on the growth of Bosc
More Chinese pears coming
Chinese producers will begin shipping fragrant pears to the United States this season—assuming that an on-site visit by U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors turns up
Scientist plots codling moth’s demise
Steve Garczynski Dr. Steve Garczynski loves to dream, and recently landed his dream job. He’s joined the research team at the U.S. Department
B.C. growers hope for higher prices
Joe Sardinha Despite hail that pounded Okanagan growers in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley in Canada this summer, most apples reaching markets are likely to be
Nurseries wait for dormancy
Mother Nature is what holds up nurseries in complying with a grower’s wish to purchase trees for fall planting, says a Pacific Northwest nurseryman. “Mother
China asks to export sand pears
Last spring, the Chinese government requested access to the U.S. market for its sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia), which is the Japanese Nashi Asian pear. U.S.
Real-time crop information
Off-the-shelf load cells used in Julie Tarara’s research automatically detect increases in the tension of a grape trellis wire every ten seconds, formulating an average
Canned pear inventory is low
Pacific Northwest canned pear processors will start the 2006 season with a low inventory and a below-average volume of Bartlett pears to process. The volume
Investigation of Chinese fruit industry requested
The Pacific Northwest Canned Pear Service joined forces with the California canned peach and fruit cocktail industries to ask the U.S. government to investigate the
Processed pear prices set
The Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association has announced a price agreement with three Pacific Northwest processors for 2006-crop processing pears. The three cash-buying processors (Truitt Brothers,
Organic grower diversifies
Tough economic times in fruit growing have prompted Mike Brownfield of Chelan, Washington, to develop new marketing strategies and expand the range of crops grown