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• Ridpath pie recipe found for holidays

  November 16, 2011 in Food on Page C7 Reader Jennifer Linville wrote a note recently asking for the recipe for Silver Grill Apple Pie, a family favorite she clipped from the paper a dozen years ago. “I somehow …

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  Volunteers gather 30,000 pounds of produce for food bank

  November 6, 2011 in City on Page B1 An apple a day can help keep hunger at bay. And thousands of pounds of apples can feed a lot of hungry people. More than 200 volunteers descended on Green … 3

• Volunteers harvest food for area hungry

  November 5, 2011 in City An apple a day can help keep hunger at bay. And thousands of pounds of apples can feed a lot of hungry people. More than 200 volunteers descended on Green … 1

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  Inmates tapped to fill labor shortage harvesting orchards

  November 3, 2011 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Even after deploying 105 prison inmates this week to help pick apples, Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire says growers still need from 3,000 to 4,000 workers to help harvest … 12

• Apple growers desperate for pickers to gather crop

  October 16, 2011 in City on Page B2 TACOMA – Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire says the shortage of apple pickers in the nation’s top apple-producing state is dire. In the Wenatchee Valley, apple growers have posted help-wanted signs … 14

• Dinner in Minutes: Turkey gets flavor from apple sauté

  October 10, 2011 in Features on Page C5 The colorful display of crisp, juicy apples in the stores inspired me to create this autumn dinner. Apples add flavor and texture to this recipe for Harvest Turkey Sauté. Granny …

• Fruit growers to donate $27 million to WSU

  September 20, 2011 in News, Region The state’s apple and pear growers have voted to donate $27 million over the next eight years to support tree fruit research at Washington State University, the largest single gift … 4

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  Grow some fruit and veggies for food bank

  June 11, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V4 This is going to be a tough vegetable-growing year. Even the crops that tend to love the cooler spring weather are way behind. Things like tomatoes and peppers are just …

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  Grow some fruit and veggies for food bank

  June 9, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S9 This is going to be a tough vegetable-growing year. Even the crops that tend to love the cooler spring weather are way behind. Things like tomatoes and peppers are just …

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  Apples that don’t brown offered for U.S. market

  November 30, 2010 in Business on Page A10 CASHMERE, Wash. – A Canadian biotechnology company has asked the U.S. to approve a genetically modified apple that won’t brown soon after it’s sliced, saying the improvement could boost sales …

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  Apple drive puts health in focus

  November 25, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page S1 There were apples everywhere. There were apples in boxes in the minivan. There were more apples in boxes at the school. There were green apples and red apples and yellow …

• Apple lore: Maybe it’s finally time to replace regional symbol

  September 26, 2010 in Features on Page D1 The scene: The Northwest’s signature fruit, the apple, has been summoned to an urgent meeting with the executive who heads the agency that hires and fires regional symbols. Man in … 4

• Growers say tariff will cost millions

  August 22, 2010 in Region on Page B2 Washington apple growers expect they will take an estimated $44 million hit this year from a new Mexican tariff. The trade dispute has already hurt cherry and pear growers. 2

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  Apple growers eye harvest

  October 13, 2009 in City on Page A5 Green Bluff apple growers are holding their breath, hoping that record cold nights over the weekend didn’t do too much damage to the fruit still on the trees. Some apple …

• Cherry crop may be delayed; apple crop larger

  April 8, 2009 in Region Cooler than usual spring weather could put Washington’s cherry crop behind schedule.

• Record apple crop projected

  December 10, 2008 in Region WENATCHEE, Wash. — This year’s apple crop in Washington is estimated at a record 113 million boxes. 3