Charles King built a virtual empire in the thousands of acres he farmed around the settlement that eventually became a city bearing his name. In 1922, growers figured out the rudiments of shipping fresh produce long distances by rail, and the Salad Bowl of the World was born. Vacuum-cooled lettuce was lighter, easier to pack and permitted growers to pack produce in corrugated containers in the field. They grew tons of sugar beets for Claus Spreckels' big sugar operation and successfully...

Radio Australia - News - Senate concerned about NZ apple threat "); // end of hiding --> Radio Australia - News - Senate concerned about NZ apple threat A Senate Committee has sided with fruit growers in the Goulburn Valley, in Australia's southeast, who are concerned about the spread of disease if New Zealand apples are allowed into Australia. Radio Australia - News - Senate concerned about NZ apple threat "); // end of hiding --> Radio Australia - News - Senate concerned about NZ apple...

At Essington Fruit Farm near Wolverhampton, strawberry crops appeared earlier than usual due to premature heatwaves but the current downpours are putting people off picking them. Superb for strawberries, poor for potatoes and fluctuating for flowers the balmy weather conditions at the start of summer are reaping random success for growers and gardeners alike. It is almost a carbon copy of 1982 when there was blazing sunshine for four or five days at the start of the strawberry season,...

Located in Yen Thai Village, Buoi Ward, Tay Ho District, an area once famous for traditional crafts such as papermaking, silk weaving, malt cooking, mulberry growing, etc, the Buoi Market is one of a few markets in Hanoi retaining its tradition of special market days on the auspicious 4th and 9th days of each lunar month. Located in Yen Thai Village, Buoi Ward, Tay Ho District, an area once famous for traditional crafts such as papermaking, silk weaving, malt cooking, mulberry growing,...

Robert Bob Falls said he called Michigan blueberry growers to see what could be done to save the berries, but they told him if temperatures dropped below 24 degrees, there was little to do. Another grower lost not only the berries but the bushes as well. On Friday morning, Maxine and Bob Falls enjoyed a cup of coffee on their front porch as they talked about their losses, but it s not their usual activity for this time of year. The rabbit eye blueberry bushes stand higher than 6 feet tall...

Comment Devro saw 14m wiped off its stock market worth after the dampening effect of a big share sale by the Irish magnate that held talks with the sausage-skin maker was compounded by a profits warning. The company said trading had been mixed with mature markets like the UK being slower and developing markets more buoyant. The decision to offload the holding came 10 weeks after Devro said talks regarding a possible offer for the company with a party which it did not name had ended....

He says Riwaka is zoned for intensive horticulture which gives the apple growers the right of way. Federated Farmers Otago president Richard Burdon says the bad weather is nothing new for this time of the year and serves as a big wake up call that winter has finally arrived. Fruit growers in Riwaka, 30 kilometres north of Richmond, are defending their right to use the red netting for their apple trees, but some locals say the nets amount to visual pollution and should be banned. John...

It was Anita Bryant back in the 70s (if memory serves), who stated she was going to convert gays by giving them Florida orange juice and a Playboy magazine. Darn shame the SG can't find a cure for stupid so they could go to work on our chest thumping dictator. Remember that slogan? That welcomed my entry into the gay lifestyle and gay activism. A day without human rights is like a day without sunshine. Comments: Expand Shrink Hide 3 comments. Medical Views posted here. Alas, one of my...

Now is the time for apple and other fruit growers to check tree fruit health through leaf sampling. Now is the time for apple and other fruit growers to check tree fruit health through leaf sampling. Method of sample collection: Leaf analysis standards are based on samples of mid-shoot leaves collected from current-season terminal shoots on the periphery of the tree. Newly formed leaves, older leaves, flower buds or fruit collected at various times may best reflect the status of individual...