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American/Western Fruit Grower
June 2009
♦ COVER STORY: Going Solar -- A real win/win: saving millions of dollars and aiding the environment. More...


Fruit Growers News
June 2009
♦ Upper Mississippi Valley Aims To Create a Regional Apple Brand. Everyone knows that the state of Washington is a distinctive apple-growing region. It's huge. But there are lots of others - upstate New York, western Michigan, western North Carolina, the upper Mississippi Valley. More...


Good Fruit
June 1, 2009
♦ A mechanical thinning machine can operate in any kind of weather. Apple growers see mechanical bloom thinning as a way to reduce labor-intensive hand thinning of fruit. In the Pacific Northwest, hand thinning of apples tends to coincide with a peak demand for labor to harvest cherries. For the past two years, Karen Lewis, Washington State University Extension educator, has been testing the Darwin prototype 300 mechanical thinning machine from Germany in Washington State orchards. The machine is available commercially, and there are now ten machines in the United States. More...

 


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Meeting of the Minds: Cornell University hosts fruit scientists from around the world for an international symposium.
By Win Cowgill (Reprinted from American/Western Fruit Grower, February 2009)

 

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American/Western Fruit Grower's CROP initiative is designed to challenge the U.S. fruit industry to fulfill its potential in an increasingly challenging environment. CROP will provide leadership for growers and an industry that must develop new mindsets and innovative strategies to produce great-tasting, high-quality fruit; reduce production costs; organize for market strength, and; promote environmental stewardship.

The Massachusetts Fruit Growers Association (MFGA) is a proponent of fruit growing in Massachusetts and New England. It's membership consists of commercial and hobby fruit growers, industry personnel, extension and university personnel, and other interested persons.

Peaceful Valley Orchards
The sweet smell of apples, the pleasant sound of a babbling brook, and the friendly attitude all characterize the warm atmosphere at Peaceful Valley Orchards. Located in Pittstown, a town known for fruit production for over one hundred years, Peaceful Valley Orchards is representative of one of America’s oldest traditions. New Clinton location opened April 2005.

The Orchard With a Difference -- The UMass Cold Spring Orchard is a research facility of UMass Amherst, is a place to buy delicious fruit, and is a great spot to enjoy a spectacular view of the Holyoke Mountain Range.

Tougas Family Farm
Fresh air, fresh fruit, family fun! Come enjoy apple picking, pumkin picking, peach picking, blueberry picking, strawberry picking, hayrides, barnyard, kitchen and bakery!

NC-140 Regional Rootstock Research Project -- our goal to disseminate research information generated by pome fruit rootstock research projects throughout North America that are part of the NC-140 Regional Research Project.

Summit Tree Sales
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NECC-1009
Regional tree fruit cultivar evaluation Coordinating Committe. Formerly NE-183, Regional Apple Cultivar Evaluation Project.

 

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