Trellised peach trees at Greendale Orchard in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, last September. Orchard manager Roy Slothour said growing processing peaches on trellises delivers higher yields a…
Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Lake Ontario Fruit Summer Tour 2022 will be held Aug. 9 in eastern Orleans County, New York. The all-day tour, hosted by…
An advanced grape selection at UMN’s Horticultural Research Center. Most varieties in the breeding plots don’t make the cut and are never released. (Matt Milkovich/Good…
A breeding plot at the University of Minnesota’s Horticultural Research Center in Excelsior last September. All of these trees are vying to grow the next…
Michigan State University Extension is hosting a new conference for the Michigan grape and wine industry. Dirt to Glass 2022: Elevating Michigan Wine from the…
A drone at rest in a Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory vineyard in Portland, New York. Cornell researchers deploy various sensors on drones…
The tricky balance of storing Honeycrisp. After harvest, the profitable variety is typically kept at 50 degrees Fahrenheit for a week before storing it at…
Honeycrisp harvest at Mt. Ridge Farms in Adams County, Pennsylvania, in September. New planar growing systems allow for mobile platforms and less labor-intensive ladder work.…
Cornish Apple – Like many other fruit farms in the past decade, Sacia Orchards in Galesville, Wisconsin, has come to depend on the skill and…
Cornish Apple – Fire blight has worsened in New York’s apple-growing regions. Whether it’s in the Hudson Valley, Champlain Valley or Western New York, the…