Apples
May 1 apple holdings down from last year
According to the U.S. Apple Association, U.S. fresh apple holdings on May 1 totaled 33.4 million bushels, 26 percent below the record inventories of 44.9 million bushels on May 1, 2015, and 6 percent below... more »
Time for Lakso carbohydrate model in Pennsylvania
More Pennsylvania orchards entered full bloom over the weekend. In some cases, there was as much as a week’s difference in full bloom with some cultivars. For example in Bedford, Pennsylvania early blooming cultivars like... more »
Root pruning helps reduce excessive vigor
Using root pruning to help control excessive tree vigor has been researched by Dave Ferree of Ohio State University and Jim Schupp of Pennsylvania State University. Root pruning is accomplished by pulling an offset subsoiler... more »
Equipment monitors orchard temperature
When it comes to apples, idealists continually search for the best one, pessimists settle for the one within easiest reach, while optimists take them all and make pies – or in the case of the... more »
USApple launches redesigned website
The U.S. Apple Association (USApple) has released its first new website, still housed at usapple.org, in more than a decade in an effort to better reach consumers, industry members and others. USApple... more »
RosBREED prioritizes disease resistance
The focus of RosBREED 2, a program to produce better-tasting fruit that resists storage problems and other challenges, is disease resistance. A $10-million, five-year grant from USDA is driving the wide-ranging national fruit-breeding project. The... more »
Pazazz apples drive winter retail sales
Pazazz, a new variety from the Honeybear Brands varietal development program, debuted in more than 350 new retail locations across North America in the first quarter of 2016. The new variety has been selling out in... more »
IFTA spotlights Gala, Fuji and Honeycrisp production
For a long time, Red Delicious was the backbone of the U.S. apple industry. If you wanted a dependable income, you grew that variety. But the crop mix is more complicated today and competition for... more »
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