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September 2001
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Apple Industry Hopes for Seller’s Market
With predictions for the smallest U.S. apple crop since 1988, apple industry representatives are optimistic about marketing and prices this year.

Vidal Grapes Made into Prized Icewine in Ontario
To say that the “nectar of the gods” is distilled upon windswept, frozen fields in the southern extremes of Ontario strikes close to the mark.

World Apple Forecast Down
as U.S. Pays Closer Attention
As world economies become intertwined, apple industry representatives in the U.S. pay closer attention to the outlook for apples in foreign countries, as well as export markets.

Choo-choo: Apple Express
Washington Fruit Express to move apples via Amtrak

Marketplace of Ideas
Processing Apple Growers Testify on Farm Bill

Man-made Droughts More Frustrating
than Natural Ones

Question of the Month
Do you agree with the Supreme Court that
generic marketing orders are unconstitutional?



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