The History of the Honeycrisp Apple
For the past few decades, I have usually tried to grab a bag of Honeycrisp apples. Where did they come from? Who developed them?
The Honeycrisp apple variety (known in Europe as the 'Honeycrunch' Apple) has slowly made its way into America's top five most-produced apple varieties...
The Washington Department of Labor & Industries says workers were repairing an irrigation pipe when a portion of the trench caved in and buried one workers.
The Wenatchee Valley Fire Department is singing the praises of a local fruit grower for the high level of preparedness it displayed during a fire at one of its packing facilities this morning.
Crews with Wenatchee Valley Fire Department were dispatched to the blaze at Stemilt Growers in the 2800 block of Euclid Avenue in Wenatchee at just before 8 a...
Kissabel pink- and red-flesh apples arrive in Washington
I went home for a quick lunch with my wife. She cut up some apple slices. One of the varieties looked like an apple mixed with a pear and some bright red beets - that’s the only way I can describe it. Its ...
Wenatchee based Stemilt Growers will pay $3 million to settle claims it underpaid workers.
The Capitol Press reports Stemilt has denied any wrongdoing, but agreed to the settlement, which has been approved by a federal court in Richland
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Stemilt Growers were named Group Volunteer of the Year by the Washington Apple Education Foundation (WAEF) Thursday morning at a Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast. Stemilt and WAEF have been long time partners and been providing local students with college scholarships for 25 years...