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How to determine when apples are ready to pick
Learn how to determine when your apples are ripe enough to pick based on variety, color, firmness, seed coats, smell, taste and ease of removal.
Dear Mr. Apples and Oranges
Another final column of the year and, as is the custom, another year where readers will have the final word. Some of their words are bitter, some are sweet and all arrive with either red hot passion or cold blue conviction. Take the mid-August email that started, “You didn’t do a very good job of
Chemicals not needed in storing apples
Researchers at Michigan State University have found a way to prevent apple scald without chemicals when storing apples.
New biotech foods have direct consumer benefit
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announcedthat it is now accepting comments on Okanagan Specialty Fruits Arctic® Apples.
Newest apples for N.Y. growers only
ITHACA, N.Y. — Apple varieties developed by Cornell are grown around the world, but the newest releases will be New York state exclusives. Cornell has forged a licensing agreement with a new apple industry group — the New York State Apple Growers LLC — to grow and market two new, patented premium apple varieties developed
Produce growers hold summer field day in Wayne County
OPGMA summer field day features two Wayne County produce operations.
Apple production is down across the state, and spring weather is to blame
The apple harvest is coming to an end earlier than usual in Ohio with a reduced, but some say sweeter, supply.
Simmons family moves on from Peace Valley Orchards
After a lifetime of living and working amongst the fruit trees at Peace Valley Orchards, Dan Simmons is retiring from the family business.
Disease-resistant apples perform better than old varieties
You may not find them in stores yet, but it’s only a matter of time before new disease-resistant apple cultivars are more popular than old favorites.
USDA: Japan is blocking U.S. apples
United States files WTO case against Japan over unfair restrictions on American apples.
