SAN FRANCISCO - Full grown, the light brown apple moth is roughly the size of a nickel: a little dirt-colored insect with an adult life span shorter than the average summer vacation. As a caterpillar, the moth feeds on flowers, fruits and firs, a diet that can include corn and tomatoes for dinner and cherries, peaches and plums for dessert. A native of Australia, the moth had never been seen in the continental United States before February, when a retired entomologist discovered one in a...

Sunday, July 01, 2007 BY RYAN LUCAS Associated Press LOMIANKI, Poland -- Under a row of pine trees in his yard, Karol Majewski brushes needles off green-tinted seven-gallon glass jugs filled with sweet cherries, apricots and fir shoots steeping in alcohol. Sunday, July 01, 2007 BY RYAN LUCAS Associated Press LOMIANKI, Poland -- Under a row of pine trees in his yard, Karol Majewski brushes needles off green-tinted seven-gallon glass jugs filled with sweet cherries, apricots and fir shoots...

Searching for some scrumptious strawberries. The market also offers people an opportunity to learn more about their food. Farmers Market kicks off next week with fruits and veggies. BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Rebecca DeLeon and Moises DeLeon, 2, of Carson City, buy strawberries at the farmers market at the Pony Express Pavilion at Mills Park on Wednesday. With the first Carson City Farmers Market of the season kicking off Wednesday, most of the patrons left with the sweet red fruit in their...

Forecasts for a larger orange harvest may lead to lower juice prices, according to analysts. The programs give students plenty of time for practice quizzes before the nest SAT date in October. The three programs, in critical reading, math and writing, correspond to the three graded sections of the exam. in the first quarter, leapfrogging Amazon.com and Target in units sold. It wasn t disclosed when the store would open or what merchandise it would carry. Florida s harvest this year is...

In short, check out anyone with something to gain if orange juice takes a spill as the favored drink of a prominent athlete. Maybe it's just a little citric acid, but something in the gut doesn't feel right about this. Hofmann, it turned out, had been convicted of fraud for dealings with a German telecommunications firm, but an 18-month jail sentence was reduced to a fine. Hold the orange juice at the honeymoon brunch. Among other advice, he told her to drink up to three quarts of orange...

Scott sees the potential for agritourism growth in places like Newberry Springs, near Barstow, where there are pistachio farms and fruit orchards, and Lucerne Valley, where the county recently approved a winery. But recently county governments have stepped in to encourage agritourism as a way to help preserve agricultural land in the face of growing pressure from development. Inland area agritourism has thrived for years in places like Oak Glen with its apple orchards and apple-pie stands...