Apples
Helping a Massachusetts apple farm be red and green
A towering, craggy old McIntosh tree in the center of the orchard at Red Apple Farm in Phillipston, Massachusetts, has weathered 113 winters, borne many tons of crisp, tart apples, and fed generations of customers.... more »
New York growers forecast growth for 2018 apple harvest
The New York Apple Association’s (NYAA) forecasts New York apple growers will produce 31 million 42-lb. cartons of apples this fall, an estimate that is up slightly over last year and on par with the... more »
Firms invest in Virosoft owner BioTEPP
Filaction, a Quebec development fund, and Natural Products Canada (NPC), a national not-for-profit focussed on natural products companies, recently announced an investment in BioTEPP, a Canadian biotechnology company with an innovative product for controlling codling... more »
Pennsylvania fruit, Extension work get funds from industry groups
The State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Apple Program recently awarded nearly $233,000 in funding to support new and ongoing fruit research and extension projects in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. The grants... more »
Orchard tours share WA 38 (Cosmic Crisp) knowledge with growers
Nearly 200 apple growers and industry professionals gathered recently at Washington State University’s Roza and Sunrise research orchards in Prosser and Wenatchee, Wash., to encounter the latest discoveries in growth and management of WSU’s new... more »
Glei’s apple orchard dabbles in new sorting technology in Michigan
Three miles east of Hillsdale (Michigan) College, Glei’s Orchards and Greenhouses is utilizing the newest technology in apple sorting. According to a story by Regan Meyer in the Hillsdale (College) Collegian, the new technology is... more »
UW-Madison, apple growers, bring data to the orchard
The robot weather station north of Richland Center, Wisconsin, stands sentinel above the deer fence of an apple orchard in the hills near Hell Hollow Road in Richland County. The device, a 21st-century enhancement of... more »
20-year study examines yields of high-density orchards
A Cornell University study shows the long-term effectiveness of planting high-density orchards. Gala, Fuji, Empire and McIntosh apples were planted in 1997 at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, located near Geneva. [caption id="attachment_18621"... more »