Desmond O'Rourke

Desmond O'Rourke has studied and worked in the Washington State fruit industry for more than fifty years (thirty in the WSU Department of Agricultural Economics), and since 2000, as a private consultant through his company, Belrose, Inc., for 24 years publisher of the World Apple Report. He has published on many aspects of the world fruit trade, and has served on numerous national, state, and university committees.

Desmond O'Rourke has studied and worked in the Washington State fruit industry for more than fifty years (thirty in the WSU Department of Agricultural Economics), and since 2000, as a private consultant through his company, Belrose, Inc., for 24 years publisher of the World Apple Report. He has published on many aspects of the world fruit trade, and has served on numerous national, state, and university committees. See less