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Fruits That will Grow In Different The seasons In The US

Besides being a place that inhabits a diverse civilization; the United States of The states also carries out distinct cultivation and processing of a wide variety of many fruits. Fruits that are one of a kind to America currently have the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Mild winter weather could push up fruit prices

This year's mild winter could lead to smaller crops of fruits in the autumn, potentially pushing up prices, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) warned today. The RHS said most hardy fruit plants need a period of cold weather during [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

US (WA): Short crop, high demand for Washington apples

Coming off a year in which Washington apple producers grew a particularly large crop, this season has seen lower volumes. Coupled with increased demand, market prices for apples have been strong. “Last year, crop volume was high,&rd [...]

Posted On : Jan, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Fruit plus beauty — win-win gardening!

Have you read Kathy Huber’s Saturday, Jan. 7, article on “Fruit Trees — Landscaping With Taste“? If not, break here and click on the link above. Better yet, print it out, along with this blog post, to take [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Scarcely citrus: Rising commercialisation - A bane for Khanp...

Spread over around 280 hectares in the Panj Katha area, the Khanpur orange orchards are famous for their juice content and taste, producing around 2,200 to 2,400 tones of fruit per annum, said officials of Crop Reporting Centre Haripur. A [...]

Posted On : Nov, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

My Husband and Other Animals — Threats bear fruit

Before we could enjoy the fruits of our labour, before even the dratted monkeys could enjoy the fruits of our labour, our mango trees refused to flower. The horticultural department suggested enriching the soil with nitrogen or potassium, [...]

Posted On : Nov, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Fruit of fusion

Imagine an apple that tastes like grapes! Now, this is a fruit you won’t find on trees: grapple-flavoured apples. With the crunch of apples and the flavour of Concord grapes, the Grapple hits grocery stores in the US this fall, bill [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Vegetables, fruits push food inflation up 11.43%

The food price index jumped 11.43 per cent for the week ending October 15, over the corresponding week last year, on the back of spiralling vegetable and fruit prices. Green vegetables have seen the sharpest rise, hit by supply-chain prob [...]

Posted On : Oct, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Beware of spurious sweets this Diwali

With the sale of thousands of kilograms of sweets being sold this Diwali, adulteration is on the rise and is making news. Agencies are carrying out raids across the country in order to avoid the sale of spurious sweets. Lucknow Additio [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Local produce added to Detroit Schools lunch menus

Some items offered Monday on Detroit Public Schools lunch menus will feature local produce, including Michigan-grown acorn squash and blueberries, as part of national Food Day. The district says the observation of locally-grown produce is [...]

Posted On : Oct, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Avocado thief: No jail, but unusual sentence

An admitted avocado thief is reaping the fruits of his crime: He's banned from possessing more than 10 at a time. Barron Stein of Fallbrook was sentenced Thursday for grand theft by a San Diego County judge. Stein stole up to 1,000 [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Apples are tempting, and not just to us

With more forethought, Adam might not have bitten the apple and I might not have planted apple trees. But he did, and I did, and we each must deal with the consequences. For my part, I hadn't realized that apple trees had so many pest [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

USDA Expands Export Opportunities for American Cherry Produc...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that after 10 years of negotiations, U.S. cherries can now be exported to Western Australia, making cherries the first U.S. fresh fruit to gain access to that market. The market opening p [...]

Posted On : Sep, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

In South Africa, wine and fruit laborers subject to abuses

Long hours, extreme weather conditions, low wages, exposure to toxic pesticides, and lack of access to basics such as water or toilets are all part of an arena South African workers toil in to provide fruits and wines for the world, a new [...]