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• Cover
• Ripe pears mean more sales
• Fruit ripening compounds discovered: They might solve ripening problems in pears treated with MCP.
• Pear slicing not perfected yet: Retail sales of sliced apples continue to soar.
• Don't give Honeycrisp away: Growers must deliver quality and marketers must hold out for high prices.
• Tips for storing Honeycrisp
• Improving cherry quality: Preharvest salt applications may reduce cherry pitting postharvest.
• Alternatives for disease control: Chitosan not only reduces decay but induces resistance in the plant.
• No ban on 12-row cherries
• Who will market WA 38! Growers will be free to work their regular packers and marketers.
• Michigan's Expo draws record crowd
• Labor worries: Michigan is at the north end of the migrant stream.
• Michigan growers asked to tax themselves
• Medford's pear industry rebounds
• Naumes stays focused on pears: The Naumes family returns to its roots in Medford, Oregon.
• Last pear packer standing
• Certified grape stock in short supply: If your nursery order isn't already in you, you're too late for 2014.
• New approaches to frost control
• Good Job
• Think Global
• Good To Go
• Good Deals
• Advertiser Index
• Classifieds
• Last Bite: Young Grower: Boone Davis
• In My View: Exports need to score! - Jim Allen
• Good Point: Checkbooks in hand- Michael Butler