Growing Organic Apples
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Growing organic apples in Michigan is a difficult thing to do. There are three major problems: pest control for insects...pest control for diseases...and weed control. So what better place to conduct this important research than at the Clarksville Horticultural Experiment Station, where they planted their own organic apples in 1999.

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High Tunnel Sweet Cherries
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The fresh market sweet cherry industry has grown by leaps and bounds over the last ten years. Researchers at Michigan State University have planted some high-value varieties like Rainier, to see if Michigan can grow the Washington native.

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Tart Cherry Varieties
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Researchers at the Clarksville Horticultural Research Station are developing new varieties of tart cherries that will increase profitability in tart cherry production and ensure the environmental stewardship of the lakeshore land. One such variety is the balaton.

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Apple Thinning a Day Keeps Overproduction Away
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Apple trees have the tremendous capacity to have multiple fruits per spur. In other words, instead producing 100%-they can overproduce up to 150%-which is not good. It means the next year the tree might only produce 25%. Researchers at the Clarksville Horticulture Experiment Station are using a chemical thinning process to help apple growers achieve consistency.

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