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Pear Pruning for Young Bartlett
Dr. Stefano Musacchi, professor of horticulture at Washington State University and Bob Gix, horticulturist at Blue Star Orchard shared pear pruning tips at this winter's…
PAL-BX|ACID5
Atago’s PAL-BX|ACID5 is able to measure the soluble solid content (SSC) and the titratable acidity (TA) of the same sample. The master kit, besides the…
Accuvin Titratable Acidity Test
The Accuvin Titratable Acidity Test is a fast and easy to use tube test to estimate the titratable acidity (TA) concentration in apples. The price…
Water Sampling Done Simply
This document is meant to provide simple, easy to follow recommendations for water quality sampling under the FSMA Produce Safety Rule for Agricultural Water testing. The…
Monitoring and Conserving Earwigs in Washington State Apple Orchards
Studies show earwigs can suppress woolly apple aphid populations and they also feed on many other pests, including rosy apple aphid, apple aphid, codling moth…
Quarantine Diseases: Biology and Current Research with Pathogens of Manchurian Crabapple
In 2012 China closed their doors to US apples because of three diseases Bull’s eye Rot, Speck Rot (Phacidiopycnis washingtonensis) and Sphaeropsis Rot (Sphaeropsis pyriputrescens).…
Bartlett Pear Pruning
Dr. Stefano Musacchi, professor of horticulture at Washington State University and Bob Gix, horticulturist at Blue Star Orchard shared pear pruning ideas at this spring’s…
