Julianna Wilson had tales to tell about the spotted wing drosophila, the invasive fruit fly that’s become a major pest of ...

To get the right combination of cold resistance and coveted wine flavor, Plocher and other breeders cross North America’s ...

When Clayton Slaughter noticed the large volume of fruit left on the orchard floor during harvest, it bothered him. Some might see dropped apples as the cost of doing business in an orchard. Slaughter ...

Washington now grows enough WA 38 apples to fill store shelves all year, but how to do that and maintain quality standards is part of an ongoing industry debate. In 2024, the sixth year of commercial ...

This chart highlights the percentage of U.S. apples, cherries and pears exported to Mexico from 2012 to 2024. (Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service; Graphic: Jared ...

Large, high-quality cherries make a block profitable, even if producing them is expensive. Training limbs, renewing branches and harvesting all cost money, but doing those things well help growers ...

The new year kicked off with some new alignments in the Washington tree fruit industry, following the closure of the Sage ...