(2022) Identifying Serious Virus and Phytoplasma Symptoms in Your Cherry Orchard
(2022) Identifying Serious Virus and Phytoplasma Symptoms in Your Cherry Orchard
(2022) Getting Ahead of X-disease X-disease has become a cyclic problem on the West Coast as outbreaks of X-disease emerge every 20 years or so. Understanding X-disease and identifying and removing infected trees will help break this cycle.
(2022) Getting Ahead of X-disease
(2022) 2021Cemetery Block Cherry Variety Evaluation 2021 fruit characteristics of sweet cherry cultivars and selections under evaluation in The Dalles at the Cemetery Block. All data was evaluated from 25 samples of each cultivar.
(2021) Migrant and seasonal farm workers in the Columbia River Gorge supported during pandemic Extension’s multi-pronged approach resulted in fewer cases of COVID-19.
(2020) How to Spot Signs of X-Disease in Cherries Field workers picking cherries can use this card to identify signs of X-Disease in a cherry orchard. One side of the card is in English and the other side is in Spanish.
Los trabajadores de campo que recogen cerezas pueden usar esta tarjeta para identificar signos de enfermedad X en un huerto de cerezos. Un lado de la tarjeta está en inglés y el otro lado está en español. Se pueden comprar paquetes de 50 tarjetas. Sold in packages of 50.
(2020) How to Spot Signs of X-Disease in Cherries
(2021) Sweet Cherry Rootstocks for the Pacific Northwest Cherry growers have many options when it comes to choosing rootstocks. The combination of new dwarfing rootstocks with high-density training systems leads to earlier production. But growers need to consider soil fertility, scion choice and training systems when choosing rootstocks. Here are some guidelines that can help.
(2021) Sweet Cherry Cultivars for the Fresh Market Describes dark red and blush sweet cherry cultivars, including harvest timing, color when ripe, suggested pollinizers and rootstocks, size, firmness, yield potential, and other traits. Includes color photo of each cultivar.
(2022) Picking and Storing Apples and Pears For the best apples and pears, home orchardists and small farmers pick fruit at optimum maturity. Apples and pears harvested at the right time taste better than fruit picked at other times. They store better, too. This guide to harvesting apples and pears will help you time it right.
(2022) Picking and Storing Apples and Pears
(2023) 2023 Pest Management Guide for Tree Fruits: Hood River, The Dalles, White Salmon, Rogue Valley, Umatilla County This guide provides tree fruit growers with the latest information on pesticides and herbicides for fruit trees. People who grow apples, pears and cherries can learn application rates and recommendations for each stage of tree growth.
(2023) 2023 Pest Management Guide for Tree Fruits: Hood River, The Dalles, White Salmon, Rogue Valley, Umatilla County
(2020) Managing Diseases and Insects in Home Orchards This pest management guide is for the home gardener. It recommends management practices for controlling diseases and insects in home orchards. It doesn't meet the exacting requirements of the commercial fruit grower.
(2021) Sweet Cherry Cultivars for the Fresh Market
(2021) Sweet Cherry Rootstocks for the Pacific Northwest
(2020) Managing Diseases and Insects in Home Orchards

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