Washington State University has given its newest apple, WA 64, the official trade name Sunflare. University apple breeder Kate Evans announced the new name on Dec. 10 at the Washington State Tree ...
The Washington State Tree Fruit Association kicked off Day 2 of its annual meeting with a cherry session and a tour of an ...
Ed Ing, Bill Zirkle, Leo Garcia and Dave Gleason all took home honors on Dec. 10 at the Washington State Tree Fruit ...
“The main point you’re looking for is the ratio between sweetness and acidity,” Krishna Kumar said. “If there’s any ...
That means “heaven for tree fruit,” said company CEO Willem Coetzee in his introduction to the tour group, though others ...
Gary Grove, a soon-to-be professor emeritus of plant pathology at Washington State University, told growers they face ...
Kate Prengaman—graphic by Jared Johnson and Kate PrengamanIt’s been a brutal year for apple growers, who received returns below the cost of production on the bumper 2023 crop while paying ...
Theron’s colleague, Elke Crouch, and Mariette Kotze of Hortgro, the pome and stone fruit industry’s grower association, also ...
The Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission announced in a news release the recent completion of its annual study of ...
It’s been a rough year for many. Escalating costs, weather challenges, new regulations, retail consolidation … the list goes ...
NW HORT SHOW & EXPO COVERAGEGood Fruit Grower is covering the 119th Washington State Tree Fruit Association Annual Meeting and NW Hort Show Dec. 4–6and the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market ...
Growers and farmworkers take pride in their resilience and ability to overcome a variety of challenges — from complex paperwork to catastrophic weather — to get the job done. This stubborn “rub dirt ...