From bud to bin

摘要

Higher yields, better varieties and increasing efficiencies are accelerating deployment of new technologies in apple orchards, from biological mapping of varieties to novel spraying, hedging and harvest equipment. The IFTA's 60th annual conference inWenatchee, Washington, in February, with a theme of "From Bud to Bin," included speakers and grower tours highlighting new methods of establishing an orchard, growing a tree, growing fruit and ensuring harvest maturity. New and emerging orchard systems proved to be a central theme.