Good Fruit Grower
Fryhover: Supply, demand, decisions. U.S. apple industry is at a critical crossroads of difficult choices. Good Fruit Grower 2024-09-12T12:35:30-07:00.
Crops – Good Fruit Grower
August 15th, 2024. The U.S. Apple Association made its final prediction of the size of the 2024–25 U.S. apple crop: 260 million 42-pound bushels...
From root to fruit – Good Fruit Grower
Oct 17, 2024 · From root to fruit. The wide-ranging research project that aimed to help growers optimize rootstock choice for fruit quality, stress resistance and profit wraps up five years of findings. April 15th 2021 Issue. Kate Prengaman // April 22, 2021. Rootstock breeder Gennaro Fazio shows the root growth on two G.16 rootstocks at Cornell University ...
About Us – Good Fruit Grower
Oct 17, 2024 · About Us. Good Fruit Grower magazine was established in 1946 and is eagerly read by orchardists and vineyardists worldwide. It covers the growing, packing, handling, marketing and promotion of tree fruits (apples, pears, cherries, apricots, peaches, nectarines and plums), as well as juice and wine grape production. The magazine is published in ...
Updates - Good Fruit Grower
September 10th, 2024 | Labor, Legal & Regulatory, Northwest Horticultural Council, Ross Courtney, Updates. While a judge’s order prompted a pause to the enforcement of new federal farmworker protection regulations for some states last month, growers in tree fruit states including Washington, Oregon, California, Michigan, New York and ...
Come on, get Happi – Good Fruit Grower
December 2021 Issue. Kate Prengaman // December 29, 2021. A Canadian-bred pear variety, HW 624, awaits harvest in a Quincy, Washington, block in late August. It’s the first commercial harvest for the fruit, marketed as the Happi Pear by Stemilt Growers, which holds the exclusive U.S. license to the pears. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)
Precision decisions – Good Fruit Grower
Oct 17, 2024 · Precision decisions. From the Good Fruit Grower archives: Thinning apples with more confidence. Apples need to be measured when they are at least 7 millimeters in size. A digital caliper is a handy tool. (Courtesy Duane Greene/University of Massachusetts) Editor’s note: While our March 15, 2022, issue focuses on emerging technology promising ...
Pearest of them all – Good Fruit Grower
Oct 17, 2024 · The great pear contest of 2021 ended with a crowded winners’ circle. Self-identified Portland pear fans selected seven varieties — Paragon, Bartlett, Green Anjou, Concorde, Comice, HW 624 (which is marketed under the brand name Happi Pear) and Seckel — as the most overall liked in a 2021 consumer preference study by Oregon State University.
Blueberries – Good Fruit Grower
Berries on hold with high-tech, low-pressure storage. January 24th, 2024 | Blueberries, January 15th 2024 Issue, Kate Prengaman, Marketing, Postharvest. Low-pressure storage chambers extend blueberry storage six weeks for Washington farm. Read More.
Our Print Magazine – Good Fruit Grower
Good Fruit Grower produces the tree fruit and grape growing industry's most respected editorial coverage, from deeply targeted technical articles and educational features to informative images, videos, graphics and charts. Click to start your subscription to Good Fruit Grower magazine We publish 17 issues each year:January 1 —