Seeing The Positives In Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Invasion

Honeycrisp aside, sometimes all it takes for a successful new cultivar is superior characteristics.

“The story seems different for specialty crops, like apple, that are directly consumed, viewed as inherently healthy and perhaps held to a different standard. Like it or not, the apple industry has apparently won the opportunity to be a pioneer in testing the consumer’s response to a GMO variety.”

The precipitation and temperature extremes throughout our tree fruit growing regions have been stressful on people and plants both.

Although funding for RosBREED is over, we will continue to reap rewards of this research.

In my last column, I asserted that a producer’s choice of plant material — the rootstock and scion combination — […]

These last few weeks of low temperature events in the Pacific Northwest have us worried and wondering about […]

We’re getting more and more nervous in the Pacific Northwest. The 2006 apple and pear crops are moving […]

Have you ever been to a strange party where you didn’t know many of the people … in […]