Apples
High-density Orchards, Dwarfing Rootstocks Gaining Popularity
High-density apple orchards on dwarfing rootstocks have become common in many apple growing regions of the world. This has allowed apple growers to achieve earlier production, higher production and better fruit quality than previously. However,... more »
Scheduling Achieves Agronomic Benefits Beyond Production
South Tyrol’s apple growing area extends to more than 44,400 acres, with virtually all this area being equipped with irrigation. Irrigation is in fact one of the pre-requisites for commercial apple production, although the amount... more »
Assistant Editor Returns to the Industry
What goes around comes around, they say. But is it progress when you end up so close to where you started? I was born and raised just a few miles from here (Sparta, Mich.). One... more »
New York Apple Growers Face Renewal Vote
This spring, apple growers in New York will decide if they want to stick together, or go their separate ways. On March 15, apple growers will get ballots in the mail, asking them to reauthorize... more »
Northwest Apple Deal Shuts Out Other Exporters
When the apple trucks lined up at the Mexican border March 1, chances were they’d all be from the Pacific Northwest and none will be from Michigan or Virginia or California. But apple producers from... more »
The Squeeze is On – Not Just in Apple Juice
Every orchard and every firm in the apple business needs to have a strategy for dealing with the charge from China. For growers, that probably doesn’t mean planting more Fuji apple trees. Right now, China’s... more »
Irrigation Outlook Mixed
The irrigation outlook for 2005 is better than it has been in years, at least in Colorado. The last few years, water levels have been low due to drought, but local growers are hoping the... more »
Trip Provides Insight to Industry Diversification
So how come nobody told me Boston was the coolest city ever? History, scenery, shopping, entertainment, eye candy – it’s all there. Last month, I spent hours walking around downtown and saw only a fraction... more »
Grape Grower Optimistic About 2005
What Michigan Niagara and Concord juice grape growers need is a really good year. For many of them, it’s been four bad years running. For grower Bill Schultz, near Mattawan: “Grapes used to be my... more »
State Apple Industries Debate Mandatory Pasteurization
Should all apple cider be pasteurized? The answer to that question has caused divisions within the U.S. apple industry. Some see it as a safety issue, while others see the interests of large producers vying... more »
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