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). Ellis et al. (2010) reported harvesting as an area with the most significant need for improvement by advanced technologies. Improvements in harvest are needed because apples are picked manually by employees who carry them from trees to a bin using a

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In 2019, US sales of edible and ornamental pepper ( Capsicum annuum ) plants for the home gardening market were valued at $38.5 million and $1.7 million, respectively [US Department of Agriculture ( USDA) 2020 ]. Edible pepper is followed only by

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Carotenoid Development in Four Watermelon Colors: A Discussion of the Impact of Ploidy and Other Genetic Factors Jennifer Waters* 1 , Haejeen Bang 1 , Angela Davis 2 , Daniel Leskovar 3 , and Stephen King 1 , 1 Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center

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). Horticultural therapy is used in different health care and hospital settings in the world, such as nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, psychiatric hospitals, and prisons. It has been shown to have positive effects on mental disorders [e.g., schizophrenia

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obtained from commercially viable cultivars. After grafting, each student, GYA member, or Master Gardener participant had an apple tree to take home, along with instructions for planting, pruning, and fruit thinning, allowing teaching and learning about the

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with PTSD ( Golding, 2011 ). For this period, 15,000 veterans were not treated for PTSD by the VHA system or the vet centers. While these calculations overlap, the total number is undetermined; however, the total number of veterans diagnosed with PTSD

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State University Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center, Wenatchee, WA by K.M. Evans, B.H. Barritt, B.S. Konishi, L.J. Brutcher and C.F. Ross. Enterprise × Honeycrisp; crossed in 1997; selected in 2003. HortScience 47:1177–1179. Fruit: round

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pandemic potentially increased demand for DIY tools and equipment, it decreased demand for landscape services because of mandatory stay-at home orders ( Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020 ). The landscape service industry was valued at $105

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tees, and in higher mown areas such as home lawns. This is especially true of thin and high-trafficked areas. Typically, smooth crabgrass encroachment can be prevented, or greatly diminished, by application of a preemergent herbicide such as dithiopyr

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primocane-fruiting red raspberries ( Rubus ideaus L.). These first two primocane-fruiting cultivars were intended primarily for home-garden production and for limited commercial trial evaluations. ‘APF-45’ is the first primocane-fruiting cultivar with

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