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Pink Lady America plans to add 4th promotional day to advertising trio

Pink Lady America, the company entrusted to promote the Pink Lady® Brand apple, has announced plans to add a 4th promotional day to its’ current advertising trio.  As of yet, Pink Lady America has designed and supplied point-of-sale material for New Years, Mothers Day, and Valentines Day in an effort to push greater sales drive of the – Read More…

AIGN® Annual General Meeting to be held in May

Lynnell and Marcie Brandt of Brandt’s Fruit Trees, Inc. will be traveling to South Africa this May for the AIGN® (Associated International Group of Nurseries) annual general meeting. AIGN® members will be traveling the country side of South Africa looking at test varieties as well as established orchards. They will be discussing their new ventures – Read More…

PremP109 – Asian-European pear

  PremP109 is one of the first interspecific hybrids of Asian and European pears to be commercialized.  It was developed in New Zealand by Plant and Food Research and the master license is held by AIGN (Associated International Group of Nurseries). PremP109 is a spherical, red blushed, juicy pear that is moderate to large in size.  – Read More…

Sweetie™ PremA280 cv.

Sweetie™ is a new apple variety from the Prevar™ program in New Zealand.  it is the result of a cross between Braeburn and Royal Gala.  The fruit matures just before Royal Gala.  The fruit is by colored and has an elongated shape with a very sweet rich taste.  Sweetie™’s fruit size is larger than Royal – Read More…

Kiona™ PC8007-2 cv.

Kiona™, the most recent sweet cherry release from the Washington State University breeding program, has dark red fruit that ripens 6-9 days before Bing and a few days before Tieton®.  Kiona™ develops sugar early and has been stated by the Good Fruit Grower magazine to be an “excellent tasting cherry”.  Kiona™ is commercially available at – Read More…

Fuji Supreme™ CABp Fuji cv.

Fuji Supreme™ is an exciting new Fuji selection that was first discovered in Central Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.  While retaining the fruit and storage qualities of the standard Fuji, Fuji Supreme™ offers superior fruit appearance, characterized by its dark red coloring and bold stripe.  Fuji Supreme™ is now commercially available for 2012 at Brandt’s Fruit – Read More…