However, projected total of 256.3 million bushels would be down 1% over five-year average.

Featuring a pink blush over a yellow background, ‘WA 64’ combines qualities of two popular selections for a firm, sweet, and tart bite.

This year’s crop is expected to rebound from the small 2022 crop by nearly 30%.

Study indicates rootstocks matter — some more than others, like B.10 rootstock — in the control of troublesome disorder.

Studies have shown ‘weeping’ architecture — branches growing downward — helps allocate more resources and other nutrients toward reproductive growth.

Though popular in many parts of the world, apples hold a special place in the hearts of Americans.

The millions of ‘trees planted in Washington over the past several years are not viewed favorably by other growers around the country.

Check out TMS TreeScout, a fully integrated high-precision sensor technology launched by Aurea Imaging that helps fruit farmers optimize orchards.

Producers relate their experiences with new precision crop load management tools.

Popular variety’s successor, ‘MAIA-Mitchell’, has all the pluses – but makes its appearance eight weeks earlier in “chili-red” color.

The compounds create new xylem; calcium deficiencies offset.

Despite a few caveats, growers find plenty to like about the “manageable” fruit.

What happens when the leaves do not drop? Apple growers in Washington State are in the midst of finding out.

Researchers have developed a yellow and a red variety that are heat-tolerant, blight-tolerant, low-maintenance, easy to harvest, and more.

Beating this disease that threatens to scorch pome fruit orchards requires careful planning and execution.

Washington state well represented in U.S. Apple Association’s nextgen class.

While high-density pear trees thrive for Pennsylvania grower Clair Kauffman, the fruit’s most popular variety isn’t in the mix. Not yet at least.

A vision-guided sprayer improves weed management, with minimal crop injury, but reducing herbicide volume remains an issue.

One orchard’s bane is another’s beneficial. Such is the case with this insect.