MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Where can hard cider connoisseurs roam the countryside, traveling from estate to estate and sampling the artisan crafts of local producers? Western Washington will be the venue for such activity, if Washington State University researchers have their way.
SULTAN, Wash. — WSU Extension is offering a series of Saturday workshop teaching skills for home tree fruit growers on how to establish and maintain a healthy orchard in Western Washington. Although western Washington weather gets a bad rap when it comes to growing apples, pears, peaches, and cherries, years of WSU Extension research into […]
WENATCHEE, Wash. — Apple orchards are intricate webs involving a delicate balance between trees, soils, water, insects and more. To manage the pests that can potentially damage a crop of apples, a grower might apply a pesticide. There are several problems associated with pesticide use, though, including risks to environmental and human health; the costs […]
WSU Scientists Use Flower Power to Combat Orchard Menace Apple orchards are intricate webs involving a delicate balance between trees, soils, water, insects and more. To manage the pests that can potentially damage a crop of apples, a grower might apply a pesticide. There are several problems associated with pesticide use, though, including risks to […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Apple and pear growers throughout the state have agreed to make a historic investment of $27 million over the next eight years to support tree fruit research and extension at Washington State University. It is the largest single gift in the university’s history. “A gift of this magnitude is truly transformational,” said […]
A Better Way to Manage Fruit Rots Providing consumers with the best possible eating experience is a constant goal of the Washington tree fruit industry and its research partners. That goal is being met through delicious new varieties of fruit as well as through more behind-the-scenes developments. One of those recent developments has growers using […]
High-throughput Technologies Get Fruit Breeders’ Juices Flowing Scientists in Washington State University’s horticultural genomics program are the first to routinely provide DNA information to their colleagues in tree fruit breeding programs to assist with the development of new apple varieties. The genes associated with desirable traits have traditionally been comparable to needles in a haystack, […]
For broadcast-quality video, click here. PULLMAN, Wash. — An international team of scientists from Italy, France, New Zealand, Belgium and the U.S. have published a draft sequence of the domestic apple genome in the current issue of Nature Genetics.
WENATCHEE, Wash. — Washington State University Extension educator Tim Smith has been named Apple Citizen of the Year by the tree fruit industry of north central Washington. He was presented with the award within a week of receiving the prestigious Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Outreach and Engagement from WSU for his dedication to helping […]
EVERETT, Wash. — In colonial times, hard cider was consumed more than whiskey, wine, and beer combined. The second president of the United States, John Adams, often drank hard cider at breakfast to “soothe his stomach.” Now, just as the microbrew revolution stirred interest in handcrafted beers, artisan cider makers are leading a newfound appreciation […]