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NEW VARIETIES
10 Beyond Honeycrisp
Several new varieties are coming to market with high expectations.
12 California nursery sales brisk
13 What a Gem!
14 SweeTango's saga
New apples don't come with owner's manuals.
17 High demand for trees
18 Nurseries struggle to meet demand
Growers are spending their profits on updating orchards.
20 Building for the apple boom
Washington's apple production has ramped up faster than expected.
24 Breeding becomes more efficient
Genetic markers are available for predicting many fruit traits, but
nothing can replace the human palate.
26 More varieties on the way
30 Good, better, best?
The quest for better apple rootstocks.
34 Geneva in Washington State
Trials in Washington are revealing more about Geneva rootstocks.
6 What makes apple trees tick?
Alan Lakso devoted his career to learning about photosynthesis.
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36 Leafroll virus is costly
Expect to pay $100 per acre to live with the disease or $7,500 per acre
to remove and replant.
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