Rockit Apple is moving into the third year of partnership with Special Olympics for fall 2024 and into 2025. Together, Special Olympics and Rockit Apple share a mutual vision to promote inclusion and celebrate bravery and resilience.

Gee Whiz, a leading grower of Washington apples and cherries and the only producer of the Hunnyz apple variety, announced that for the first season since the variety was introduced, volume is expected to extend into late spring.

Idaho apple season kicked off in August this year with the Gala variety. The early apples, growers said, were somewhat smaller after Mother Nature’s hot flash in July, but later fruit is sizing up, and quality is reported as good.

As the many varieties queue up, Idaho apple lovers are glad to accept the perennial invitation to “Taste the Flavor,” as the Idaho Apple Commission’s tagline suggests.

Stemilt Growers reached a milestone donation of over $1.3 million through its partnership with the Washington Apple Education Foundation. Since 2007, Stemilt has been raising funds to offer the Mathison Family scholarship, Stemilt Growers scholarship and the Thomas K. Mathison scholarship to students with direct ties to Washington’s tree fruit industry who are pursuing a college degree.

Washington state is responsible for 65 percent of the entire U.S. fresh apple production, and also accounts for more than 95 percent of fresh apple exports from the United States.

The Washington Apple Commission (WAC) is an industry-funded agency of the state of Washington Department of Agriculture and represents all Washington state apple growers.

Coming off another successful cherry and blueberry season, the teams at Superfresh Growers are diving right into apple and pear harvest.