Good Fruit Grower

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• COVER
• PART VII: OPTIMIZING PRODUCTION Pest management requires precise tools
• Precision spraying
• Precise disease management is complicated
• Fewer pears for canners
• Connect with the customer
• Pear industry ripe for change
• Should pear growers update?
• THE TOP FIVE The top five pear research needs
• Plan will guide pear research
• A grower's advocate
• Sixth generation in the Delta
• New York apples named
• Over-the-row cherry harvesting
• The Boyers of Chestnut Ridge
• Reluctant Regina
• Peach growers' challenges
• New fixed-spray concept proves feasible
• Universities collaborate
• Manageable apple crop forecast
• Back Cover
• Rocks with a story
• Winery showcases estate fruit
• Good Job
• In The Box
• Good To Go
• Good Deals
• Advertiser Index
• Good Stuff
• Classified
• Last Bite Fruitrivia: Pears