Good Fruit Grower

NEW VARIETIES JUNE 2012 www.goodfruit.com VOL. 63, NO. 11

• Cover
• A redder Honeycrisp
• New, New York apples go in the ground this spring: Growers hope for an apple like HoneyCrisp, but without the problems.
• Breeding focus turns to blush: A cherrys yellow skin comes from recessive genes.
• B.C. releases blush cherries
• DS 22 planned for this falls market: New apple from private breeder will be managed as a club variety
• Dream cherry has a dim future: Promising WSU blush cherry tree goes into decline after a few years.
• World awaits B.C. cherries: Cherry varieties developed at Summerland, B.C., are carefully managed.
• Pillars of agriculture: Key laws for American-style agriculture have 150-year birthdays.
• Land-grant pioneer: Michigan State University struggles to keep to the vision.
• Cornell still serves the public purpose
• More predictability with MCP on pears needed
• MCP results influenced by temperature
• Saving resources with EQIP
• Moscato madness: Washington wine industry should wait for the sweet wine phase to pass.
• Muscat planting on the rise
• In The Box
• Good to Go
• Quick Bites
• Good Deals
• Advertiser Index
• Classified
• Last Bite : Hunza apricot
• Good to Know: WA 2 update: Ines Hanrahan, Tom Auvil, and Kate Evans
• Good to Know: Assesing new cherry varieties- Lynn Long