Brints said, "Probably over 90% of our crop was lost, so as a result we had to rely on orchards around us to bring in apples. We're told since the freeze lasted not just an hour, but multiple hours, it affected the fruit, not only at Apple Country, but at manyorchards across the South Plains, including peaches and pecan orchards. However, there are other crops that won't be setting any records this year due toa problem that began six months ago. However, since most of these area farmers do...

By TOM RAGAN Sentinel staff writer This fall's apple harvest is unusually good due to the cold winter, apple growers are reporting. Gene Silva, a grower of apples since the 1950s in Watsonville, said the dry spring helped the apples out a lot this year. That's to say that the summer never had a long stretch of hot days that put undue stress on the trees. Of the dozen of varieties he grows, Gizdich said he's going to have to go with the winesap, braeburn and the black twig as his favorites....

Agri-tourism refers to attractions such as working farms where one can help milk the cows, or in the case of Apple Hill, opportunities to pick apples and watch them being processed. Wineries, a brewery, pumpkin patches, Christmas tree farms and even a spa are part of the mix. But this time of year, apples are the focus. Argyres believes the growing popularity of Apple Hill is built on the success of its ranchers. All things apple: Head to the Hill. Morgan Kriz/Nevada Appeal News Service...

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If the pest "gets a foothold in the state, prices of fruit and vegetables will skyrocket," an official says. By Megan Bagdonas STAFF WRITER More than 250,000 sterile male Mediterranean fruit flies are set to be sprinkled from low-flying planes over parts of the Palos Verdes Peninsula today, two days after four sexually mature females were found in nearby neighborhoods. By Megan Bagdonas STAFF WRITER More than 250,000 sterile male Mediterranean fruit flies are set to be sprinkled from...

Wind-driven wildfires torching Southern California have charred fruit orchards, wilted flowers and littered the ground with avocados, delivering a devastating blow to area farmers already reeling from a deep winter freeze and the long drought that followed. Market Watch Online email. Wind-driven wildfires torching Southern California have charred fruit orchards, wilted flowers and littered the ground with avocados, delivering a devastating blow to area farmers already reeling from a deep...

Willowy apple trees produced their first crop this past summer Darron Kloster, Times Colonist Published:Saturday, October 27, 2007 On a slope of fertile glacial till in Central Saanich that has grown loganberries and provided food for cattle and sheep for more than a century, a new generation of farmers -- and a new commodity -- is taking root. Willowy apple trees produced their first crop this past summer Darron Kloster, Times Colonist Published:Saturday, October 27, 2007 On a slope of...

Borderlines: Rotten apples and sour grapes - Telegraph RSS . Britain's No. It was a good question, for the Asian pear that I grow, Pyrus pyrifolia 'Shinseiki', has masses of attractive, round, yellow fruit but they are gritty in texture, watery rather than juicy, and absolutely not in the same stratosphere of taste as a 'Comice' or even a 'Beth' It was a good question, for the Asian pear that I grow, Pyrus pyrifolia 'Shinseiki', has masses of attractive, round, yellow fruit but they are...

I joined her at the Bellevue store recently, glad to shake the hand that knows the fruit that rolls around in my fridge. But there is an urgency to farming; a willingness to do what it takes to keep the crop in people's kitchens and your name on their tongues. You can find her most afternoons, brandishing her Global knife ("The best, man") and an innate sense of the power of produce. She rolled out a cutting-board-topped cart from the store's back room, grabbed an apple from the bin and...