Fruit in orchards takes dent from rain a [ MLive.com ] Jul 6, 2008  Chronicle News Service/Delbridge Langdon Jr.The storm Friday night hurt farmers' crops. Some apple trees at Joe Klein's farm have apple trees that snapped ... Read More ...

Charred body of woman found in fruit orc [ Malaysia Star ] Jun 16, 2008  KAJANG: The charred body of a woman was found in a rambutan orchard along Jalan Bangi-Semenyih here yesterday. Kajang OCPD Asst Comm Shakaruddin Che Mood ... Read More ...

Ancient Indian farming technique picks u [ FreshPlaza ] Jul 7, 2008  The yield has kept increasing year after year on his 12-bigha mango orchard and there are none of the usual pests to be found near the trees in the mango ... Read More ...

Q & A Tammy Locke of the Farmer's Eight [ KeepMEcurrent.com ] Jul 7, 2008  My dad helps out on the farm, he does all the manure, he takes care of the orchard and the strawberries while my mom takes care of all the other gardening. ... Read More ...

Farm tours are [ Watauga Democrat ] Jul 7, 2008  This third-generation, high-density apple orchard usually produces over 90 varieties of apples, as well as small plantings of apricot, cherry, chesnuts, ... Read More ...

Wenonah High School Plants Fruit Orchard [ NBC13.com ] Jul 7, 2008  By Nicole Zito One local high school now has its own fruit orchard. The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation has been at Wenonah High School all weekend. ... Read More ...

Rain, high prices hurt farmers [ News-Leader.com ] Jul 8, 2008  But daughter Laura Virnig, 19, noted that while the family had to irrigate new trees and aa new orchard in 2006 and 2007 just to keep them alive, ... Read More ...

Get tangled up learning the botany basic [ BlueRidgeNow.com ] Jul 7, 2008  This family also includes roses and many of our other major fruit plants, including strawberries, apples, pears, apricots and peaches. ... Read More ...

The Bottom Line Fruit-smelling deodorant [ San Jose Mercury News ] Jul 6, 2008  Invisible Dry, orchard blossom , $2.24, Target stores. 'I don't really get why fruit-scented deodorants are necessary, but in our smell-good ... Read More ...

Pete Petersen the produce expert expound [ The Oregonian ] Jul 8, 2008  Three long days later, every sour cherry was out of his orchard and headed to the cannery. Look for: Generally small, 1/2- to 1-inch diameter, ovoid-shaped ... Read More ...

California tree fruit growers reduce nit [ Western Farm Press ] Jul 7, 2008  That is of interest to PCAs and growers because with the rising cost of fuel, unnecessary trips through an orchard are costlier than ever. ... Read More ...

US Clinton sees damaged fruit farms [ FreshPlaza ] Jul 7, 2008  Hillary Clinton on Wednesday visited Western New York fruit farms devastated by June hail storms. At Maple Ridge Farm in Newark, Wayne County, she toured an ... Read More ...

Sunbeam Farming [ Ventura County Reporter ] Jun 26, 2008  'An orchard is an orchard, you can farm the sun, you can farm the fruit, you can farm the row crops. We just feel we're farming the sun,' says Teague. ... Read More ...

UC Santa Cruz Offers Summer Fruit Tree P [ UC Santa Cruz ] Jul 7, 2008  ... and shape of an overly vigorous tree,' says Sutton, founder of Orchardkeeper, a company specializing in ecological fruit tree and orchard management. ... Read More ...

A good year for peaches in Parker County [ Weatherford Democrat ] Jul 7, 2008  'Property has gotten so expensive that it wouldn't be feasible to put in a new peach orchard,' she said. 'Young people aren't that excited about farming. ... Read More ...

The Evergreen State College's organic fa [ The Olympian ] Jul 7, 2008  An ever-expanding orchard wraps around one end of the farm, and fields are separated by borders of perennial herbs and shrubs that also provide habitat for ... Read More ...

Farming becomes sexy [ Vancouver Sun ] Jul 5, 2008  Holidayers will harvest vegetables as well as honey alongside members of the orchard group within the farm co-op, which keeps beehives. ... Read More ...

The orchard ruin [ Times-Standard ] Jul 7, 2008  The orchard ruin wasn't expansive, but it was exquisite. One apple tree boasted fruit that looked like pears hitched backward to the branches. ... Read More ...