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Pears
Featured stories about Optimizing Production and Pears appear in this issue.
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Plan will guide pear research
Pear industry representatives in Oregon and Washington are collaborating to create a Pest Management Strategic Plan for pears. The goal of the project is to
Pest management requires precise tools
Over the years, fruit growers have traded in their shotgun-like pest control tools for more precise rifle-like tools and bullets capable of hitting moving targets
Watch: Over-the-row cherry harvesting
https://youtu.be/qkbEDTjpiJE For the record—since this could be an event of historic significance—the harvest took place about two o’clock on the afternoon of July 11 in
Pears: A grower’s advocate
Pat Burnett tends to his 50 acres of pear orchard surrounding his red-roofed home at Leavenworth. by Geraldine Warner Pat Burnett, who has
Sixth generation in the Delta
The Hemly family at the farm along the Sacramento River. From left, Virginia Hemly Chhabra with her children, Saya and Ria; her parents, Doug
Top Five pear research needs
Ray Schmitten Although most pears are grown in traditional orchards, the same way they’ve been grown for many decades, there’s not a great
Pear industry ripe for change
When Dr. Amit Dhingra joined Washington State University seven years ago as a plant genomicist, one thing immediately struck him about the tree fruit industry.
Should pear growers update?
While many pear growers in the Pacific Northwest have welcomed Dr. Amit Dhingra’s efforts to push the pear industry into the twenty-first century, some have
Fewer pears for canners
The outlook seems positive for the Northwest canning pear industry going into the 2013 season. The industry is expecting to process 120,000 tons of Northwest
Growers need to adjust sprayers for deposition and drift
Precise application of pesticides in orchards provides growers with better crop protection, less environmental pollution, and better use of resources. It costs less when pesticides
Precise disease management is complicated
Like insects, diseases develop in predictable ways based on Âgrowing-degree accumulations, but diseases are driven more by moisture than are insects, which makes management more
Pear Marketing: Connect with the customer
Pears are a relatively small item in the fresh produce department, but they are still important to retailers. Pears make up 1.2 percent of fresh
The Boyers of Chestnut Ridge
In Pennsylvania, almost all the apples grow in Adams County but 90 miles west, there’s a ridge—Chestnut Ridge—where fruit trees, mostly apples but also peaches, pears, and cherries
Universities collaborate
Kari Peter, the new plant pathologist at Penn State, will serve fruit growers in three states.by Richard Lehnert Three eastern universities have agreed to
Winery showcases estate fruit
Kerry Shiels began as Côte Bonneville’s winemaker in 2009, after getting her master’s from the University of California, Davis, and working harvests for five
New York apples names
Jeff Crist shows the new logo for SnapDragon (formerly New York 1), pictured right. Photos courtesy of Cornell University Those two new apple
Peach growers challenges
Growing peaches is getting easier in some ways, harder in others, a rather normal description of many orchardists’ efforts. Take two steps forward, then one
Reluctant Regina
Cherry growers in Oregon like the Regina cherry. They like that it has some resistance to rain cracking and that the fruit ships well to Asia or Europe. They just wish the trees would be more productive.
New spray concept proves feasible
Entomologist Larry Gut has been experimenting with the Solid-Set Canopy Delivery system to apply codling moth mating disruption pheromone in an orchard at Trevor
Universities collaborate
Kari Peter, the new plant pathologist at Penn State, will serve fruit growers in three states. by Richard Lehnert Three eastern universities have agreed to
Manageable apple crop forecast
Washington State apple producers expect to harvest 120 million packed boxes of apples this fall, according to the industry’s August forecast, the first official tally of the season.
Rocks with a story
These four types of rocks found in DuBrul Vineyard each tell a different story about the region’s geologic influences.
Winery showcases estate fruit
Kerry Shiels began as Côte Bonneville’s winemaker in 2009, after getting her master’s from the University of California, Davis, and working harvests for five different wineries in California, Australia, and Argentina.