Why Dry Matter Matters In Apples

Washington is predicted to have a 162-million box crop by USApple, smashing the record.

Northwest crop smaller than last year’s record high, but well above average.

Grower/packer/shippers are plowing the last few years’ profits into state-of-the-art equipment.

USDA wing offers grants and information to improve farm operations and farming practices.

Willow Drive Nursery in Ephrata, WA, presents a Honeycrisp color sport, a Gala sport, Cripps Pink sport, and more.

Wafler Nursery of Walcott, NY, offers a new Honeycrisp cross, McIntosh sport, early Gala, and more.

Van Well Nursery in Wenatchee, WA, presents a new Cripps Pink sport, new scab-free cultivar, new Italian cross of Gala and Elstar, and more.

Summit Tree Sales in Lawrence, MI, presents an early apple for the fresh market, early-to-mid-season cherries, a sweet freestone peach, and more.

Stark Bro’s Nurseries & Orchards Co. in Louisiana, MO, presents a new Cameo strain, new freestone peach in the Stellar Series lineup, and more.

Flamin’ Fury® Peaches in Coloma, MI, offers freestone, cold-hardy, and both late and early peaches.

Double A Vineyards presents cold hardy winegrape varieties, seedless grapes, and more.

Dave Wilson Nursery in Hickman, CA, presents a new interspecific apricot, clingstone nectarine, red-speckled pluot, and more.

C&O Nursery in Wenatchee, WA, offers a Jonagold sport, an early Fuji, and a Red Delicious sport.

Adams County Nursery, Inc., in Aspers, PA, offers a Honeycrisp strain that ripens three weeks before the original variety.

Sierra Gold Nurseries in Yuba City, CA, offers two dwarfing cherry rootstocks, a salt-tolerant pistachio rootstock, and more.

Nourse Farms, Inc. in South Deerfield, MA, offers the first primocane black raspberry, the first white strawberry offered in the U.S., a new day-neutral strawberry, and more.

Fowler Nurseries, Inc. of Newcastle, CA, present a new late-season fresh market pear, stone fruit rootstocks, and more.

The Burchell Nursery, Inc., in Oakdale, CA, offers a new self-fertile almond, an early-season nectarine, and a late-season peach.