Search Results for: Washington State Tree Fruit Commission
Washington: Apple dumping reports have been exaggerated
Over the last few weeks, major news organizations have reported a historic apple dump in Washington state. Millions of pounds — and dollars &mda... READ MORE »
Website highlights fruit genome databases
A new educational and outreach website has launched to provide information to scientists, growers and industry about genome databases for citrus, tree... READ MORE »
Cherry, stone fruit growers approve assessment to support WSU
Cherry and stone fruit growers throughout the state have agreed to make a $5 million investment over the next eight years at Washington State Universi... READ MORE »
Cherry, soft-fruit growers to vote on research assessment
Cherry and soft-fruit growers in Washington state will begin voting late this month on a proposal to expand research on their crops.The state Departme... READ MORE »
Washington apple growers short of workers
While much of the nation has a shortage of apples this season due to the spring freezes, Washington state is having a banner crop. The surplus is crea... READ MORE »
Washington stone fruit growers will vote a second time
If everything goes according to plan, Washington state’s cherry and other stone fruit growers will find ballots in their mailboxes in December, ... READ MORE »
Hail damages Washington apples, lowers crop estimate
With Midwest and Eastern apple crops down this year, the saving grace for the industry was expected to be a bumper crop out of Washington state. That ... READ MORE »
Starch chart for Honeycrisp apple fruit
Ines Hanrahan of the Washington State Tree Fruit Research Commission has recently developed a starch chart for Honeycrisp apples (see figure). The sta... READ MORE »
Hail lowers Washington crop estimate
With Midwest and Eastern apple crops down this year, the saving grace for the industry was expected to be a bumper crop out of Washington state. That ... READ MORE »
Fruit loss might lead to market shift
An unusually warm March followed by a round of spring freezes decimated much of the apple and cherry crops in the Midwest and East. Western crops mana... READ MORE »
