In Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge, the biggest disease in the sweet cherry crop is tomato ringspot. The viral infection, ...

Cherry Institute, the longstanding annual meeting hosted in January by Northwest Cherry Growers, will be moving to December ...

The era of open access to new apple varieties is over, New Zealand fruit breeder Allan White told Good Fruit Grower in 2000.

Eager for information on emerging varieties, the Pacific Northwest Fruit Tester’s Association spent two days touring plantings of Gala, Fuji, Braeburn and Jonagold apples, as well as new red pears […] ...

As the new owners of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, Court Wyckoff said his family’s company will honor contracts, continue to buy grapes from outside growers and hold pat on volume reductions. Thus ...

Washington State University apple breeder Bruce Barritt began making crosses in 1994, planted his first trees in 1997, and by 2000, he was rushing through a young orchard, taking bites […] ...

— A family of Oregon growers found a cherry mutation with sweet flavor and an interesting look. You might say they got lucky. Already part of our community? Log in hereOur premium content is now only ...

The Pear Bureau Northwest is considering raising assessments to provide sufficient funding to carry out the group’s new ...

Washington State University’s AgWeatherNet (AWN) program plans to debut a redesigned web portal on Feb. 15, according to a news release. The new web portal, developed over the past year by the AWN web ...

Tools measure tart cherry yield variability with reliable accuracy. —Utah State University researchers have developed tools to measure yield variability in tart cherry orchards.

High-elevation cherry orchards hit a high-priced August market window, but getting there requires maintaining fruit quality ...

Working in agriculture, it’s not uncommon to find myself one of a handful of women in a room full of men. But the Women’s ...