Gary Grove, a soon-to-be professor emeritus of plant pathology at Washington State University, told growers they face ...

December is National Pear Month, not just because we hear about them in a famous Christmas carol, but because most of the ...

We call them farms but the great bulk of food producing businesses in the west are better described as agricultural ...

Republican voters may rejoice this Christmas as they contemplate the harvest they have sowed on the winds of autumn. I’m sure many of them have read the Old Testament prophet Hosea, who warned that ...

The quince tree ( Cydonia oblonga) is in the rose family along with apples and pears, but is the only member in the Cydonia group. The fruit is tough to cut, and the cut flesh is the color of an apple ...

Discussions about how the election and recent federal court cases might affect agricultural employment highlighted the labor session at Day 3 of the Washington State Tree Fruit Association Annual ...

THE presence of fire-blight of pear, an extremely destructive bacterial disease caused by Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al., has recently been confirmed in England. This represents the ...

It may look pretty in bloom, but don’t be fooled—its blossoms stink, and so does its invasive ways!

The Veilguard introduces new lore related to the ever-enigmatic Executors, which sets the stage for something big for ...

The fruit and seeds from mountain ash trees are ... The most common disease of mountain ash is fire blight. This bacterial disease causes leaves at the ends of branches to blacken and look ...

A look at the contributions of the local land stewards transforming vacant properties into small farms and community gardens ...