Kansas has potential for successful commercial grape production. Kansas has several factors that encourage grape production, including soils that are adapted to grape culture, water available for irrigation, and abundant sunshine. Grape acreage in Kansas has steadily increased since the first commercial wineries opened in 1988. Demand for Kansas-grown grapes also has increased because the wine …
Summary. PINES HAVE EARNED A SECURE NICHE IN America’s urban landscape thanks to their diversity, adaptability, and beauty. Over the past 20 years, however, a disease called pine wilt has killed so many Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) in the Midwest that extension specialists in several states no longer recommend planting this oncepopular species as a landscape tree. This bulletin explains how…