Loss Of Californian Grapes A Small Price To Pay
As well as grapevines the insect can attack other horticultural produce including apples, peaches, plums, citrus, cherries, olives, pears, and asparagus. Mr Ewen-Street said it was important that the broad risk analysis was done, because ... [... more]
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Proposed Food Standards Could Affect Fruit
The New Zealand Herald reported today that under the draft rules, the amount of sugar will be taken into account. This would mean apples, pears and most stonefruit will be disqualified from health claims because their natural sugar levels exceed ... [... more]
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Hortfact - General Index
Black Spot (Venturia inaequalis) in Apples and Pears - An introduction to the disease Ripe Spot in apples and pears Dry eye rot (Botrytis cinerea) in apples and pears Glomerella (Glomerella cingulata) in ... [... more]
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Maxine Clair
"The air cools to crisp, carries sound farther. Last pears ripen and fall, ferment on the ground; the aroma of their wine mixes with the pungency of leaf smoke from nowhere and everywhere. At nightfall, the wing-song ... [... more]
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Leslie Pietrzyk
Leslie Pietrzyk is the author of Pears on a Willow Tree. Her short fiction has appeared in many literary journals, including TriQuarterly, Shenandoah, and The Iowa Review. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia. ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Top Exporter Builds Next Season Around Tiny Kiwifruit
The company began five years ago by processing kiwifruit for the domestic market and working on the development of the Australian kiwifruit market. By bringing pears and apples on board following the deregulation of that industry, the firm is ... [... more]
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