Good Fruit Grower

March 1

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www.goodfruit.com GOOD FRUIT GROWER MARCH 1, 2014 45 BIRD CONTROL WILSON IS THE LEADER in custom bird netting programs for all types of crops. Full line of bangers and bird irritant items. Call 509-453-9983. NATURAL CONTROL. The Ameri- can Kestrel Falcon will give you LOW COST bird control. Call Ben at Orchard Guard: 509-910-6598, www.orchard guard.com. MANUFACTURER WANTED for pat- ented bird/animal scare device. Call Doug Keithly, 509-966-7996, Yakima, WA. BLUEBERRY PLANTS BLUEBERRY NURSERY STOCK. Our focus is customer success. Best vari- ety selection. Plants available now. Impeccable service and grower sup- port. Fall Creek Nursery, www.fall- creeknursery .com, 800-538-3001. 61533 CROWN GALL CONTROL GALLTROL: THE MOST effective pre- vention of crown gall disease for 30 years! Unlike other crown gall control products that are made overseas and months prior, GALLTROL is produced DAILY in our California laboratory. Each plate of GALLTROL contains over 120 billion freshly-grown, vigorous bacterial cells that aggressively col- onize wounds to block infection. For GALLTROL, call 530-586-1561; www. agbiochem.com or e-mail: agbiochem 58@gmail.com. EQUIPMENT FOR SALE FIND EQUIPMENT for your farming operation at Wilson's. www.farmit again.com. Used equipment, buy/sell. EQUIPMENT REPAIR ALUMINUM ORCHARD LADDER re pair: We repair all brands of alumi- num ladders. Tallman factory author - ized. Call for drop off locations or pick-up. 509-884-1750 or 509-669-2822. EMPLOYMENT AVAILABLE C R O W N O R C H A R D C O M P A N Y, located in central Virginia is looking for an experienced, and highly moti- vated tree fruit orchard manager. The position involves all aspects of manag- ing a commercial tree fruit production with the help of skilled support staff. Responsibilities will include manag- ing and implementing crop protec- tion programs, training and managing field labor throughout the seasons. Executing an evolving food safety program will be key duties. Candidate will be highly organized and capable of multitasking. Profi ciency in English and Spanish will be expected. Please send résumé to, info@crownorchard. com. All inquires handled with confi - dentiality. ORCHARD MANAGEMENT position: should be experienced in all phases of conventional apple, organic apple, and cherry production. Salary and benefi ts negotiable. Horticulture degree and experience a plus. Once in a lifetime opportunity. Please send résumé to: Good Fruit Grower, Box 320, 105 S. 18th St, Suite 217, Yakima Wa 98901. FROST PROTECTION FROST OR FREEZE protection got you down? Warm up with AgHeat's propane heaters to protect your crops. Call or e-mail, agheat@gmail.com, 541-400-4875. www.agheat.com. FRUIT TREES STAN PETERSON FRUIT Tree Sales, has available 42 varieties of Amer- ican Heirloom Cider Apples. Trees still available for 2014 from Hostetler Farms. 231-499-9292, stan@fruit-tree- sales.com. LAPINS, G-6, 3 quarter inch, $8.75. 541-490-1708. QUALITY TREES for Quality Growers, sales agent for Van Well Nursery and C&O Nursery. Mike Anderson, 509-952- 3538. FUMIGATION TRIDENT AGRICULTURAL Products, Inc., specializing in soil fumigation for orchards, vineyards, hops, berries, nurseries, and other crops. Hood River or The Dalles, 971-563-8848; Yakima and Wenatchee, 509-728-2004; Okan- ogan Valley and Columbia Basin, 509- 731-5424; Northwest Washington, 360-630-4285. CUSTOM ORCHARD fumigation Re-plant ing? No job too small. Call now to schedule your 2012 appli- cations. 509-687-9572 Serving all of Washington. Visit us at Custom OrchardFumigation .com GRAFTING SALVADOR ZARAGOSA professional grafting, chip budding, and budding bench grafting. We guarantee 95% take. Mobile, 509-961-2986. PROFESSIONAL GRAFTING and ser- vice. Small and large acreage. 20 years' experience. Jose Mendez, 509-584-0034 or (mobile) 509-949-1321. COATES GRAFTING COMPANY, spe- cializing in top working cherries. Over 35 years experience. Ken Coates, 509- 662-1882; 509-668-0262 (mobile). GRAFTING AND BUDDING supplies. Two types graft machines, waxes, bud- ding rubbers. Top of the line grafting knives, online www.wilsonirr.com, 509- 453-9983. FULL SERVICE FIELD grafting includ- ing chainsawing. Over 25 years' expe- rience, with practically same crew for over 15 years. Gary McMonagle Graft- ing. 509-669-1686. ZAMORA'S GRAFTING. Many central Washington growers satisfi ed with our unsurpassed results. Over 30 years' experience. Contact Ramiro Zamora at 509-689-6932 or 509-733-2754. Now fi lling applications for bench grafting. ARGO GRAFTING, accepting bench and fi eld grafting reservations for 2013. Call Mike Argo, go for quality. 509-952- 6593. ERNESTO ZAMORA, Professional Grafting. 15 years quality experience. Immediate and long-term satisfaction guaranteed. 509-689-0569 or 509-557- 5007. SCIONON®GRAFTING TOOLS get professional results and improved productivity. Exclusive distributor in the US/Canada. www.GraftingSystems .com. Matt Moser, toll free, 800-386- 5600. GROWER HOUSING SUPPLIES STURDY METAL BUNK beds and mat- tresses for H2-A farm worker hous- ing. Two week lead time from order to delivery. Free on-site delivery with larger orders. Call Crown Furniture, Wenatchee, WA, 509-663-4814 or 509- 670-4011; fax 509-663-6326; or e-mail crown1@nwi.net today for a quote. SPECIAL "SLEEP PACKS" Available now! Includes 33" X 75" 3 lb sleeping bag, standard pillow and pillow case. Call or email for our best price! Crown Furniture, Wenatchee, WA, 509-663- 4814 or 509-670-4011; fax 509-663- 6326; or e-mail crown1@nwi.net today for a quote. NURSERY STOCK STONEWALL=81 Hybrid willows, fast growing, excellent windbreak and privacy screen. 1ft-2ft trees starting @ $1.50; 5ft-8ft trees starting @ $6.00. Bulk pricing available=AD Call us today! 800-421-4001. ORCHARDS FOR SALE 20 ACRES cherries, 30 acres apples, 30 acres undeveloped, 85 total acres. Shop. Royal Slope, Washington area. Serious inquiries only. $1,500,000. 509-760-5484. ORCHARD LEASE WANTED LEASING FARMS? Dedicated and experienced farmer interested in leasing apple, cherry and pear farms in eastern Washington. Call 509-480- 2196. ORCHARD SUPPLIES WILSON IS YOUR SOURCE for all types of fabric and plastics used in farming. Shade, wind screens, green- house fi lms, and mulches. 509-453- 9983. WILSON'S HIGH Spanish style green - house tunnels. Early and in creased production and crop protection. www. growtunnel.com. 800-232-1174. TRELLIS SUPPLIES. Largest selection available: Jim's Supply, Euro posts, org/ wood, PWP Wood Posts, Davis Tree Island & import wire, bamboo, etc. 800- 653-2216, www.ovs.com. PACKING EQUIPMENT PORTABLE HYDROCOOLER and cherry sorting tables, portable Rainier line, portable Rainier line, and porta- ble cherry sorting belt. 206-321-8378. USED PACKING EQUIPMENT: We specialize in meeting your needs for used cherry, apple and soft fruit pack- ing and hydro cooling equipment. We custom fabricate as well. Call 206-321- 8378. NEW AND USED packing equipment. Greefa Rotary Sizer, Pomona Dry Dumper. 45 drop, 8 lane, Aweta roller star sizer, available in May 2014. Two 8-lane FMC sizers, 29 drops, Compac electronics. We manufacture new equipment and have a variety of used apple packing equipment. We have new and used repackers. See available equipment on our website at www. nolanandsonsnw.com. Nolan & Sons Northwest, Inc., Naches WA 509-658- 2604. geo@nolanandsonsnw.com. CHERRY PACKING equipment: 4 pump Fachaux separators, twin in-feed elevator, small fruit eliminator, 6 sort tables. All equipment is stainless, very gentle, suitable for Rainiers and Reds, very light use, equipment is like new. 250-862-1667. USED PACKING line. Four-lane Agri- tech sizer with Merlin color sorter. 24 drop with 21 fi ve-foot tables. 509 248 6436 ROOTSTOCKS TRECO® ROOTSTOCKS mean quality. Buy from the industry leader. TRECO has supplied 60 percent of the nation's malus rootstock needs to the nurser- ies for more than 70 years. Go directly to the source and buy the root stocks trusted and preferred by the major nurseries: TRECO; PO Box 98, Wood- burn, OR 97071. Ph: 1-800-871-5141; fax: 503-634-2344; e-mail: rootstocks@ treco.nu or Web site: www.treco.nu. CARLTON PLANTS, LLC is a quality grower of virus-certified rootstocks and seedlings for fruit, fl owering, and shade trees. Apple: M9-NIC, M26, M7, M25, MM106, MM111, domestic. Cherry: Mazzard, Mahaleb. Pear: cal- leryana, communis. Plum: M29C, St. Julian. For questions or to place an order, please call our sales department, 800-398-8733 or fax 800-442-1452. FIRDALE NURSERY, certifi ed apple rootstocks: EMLA 7, EMLA 106, EMLA 111, M 9 (337) and BUD 9. Beaverton, OR. 503-628-2755. COPENHAVEN FARMS NURSERY. "We're at the Root of The Business." Quality Oregon-grown rootstock and seedlings for fruit, fl owering, and shade trees. Specializing in virus-free apple, cherry, plum, and pear rootstock since 1982. Christopher and Marilyn Dolby 503-985-7161; Fax: 503-985-7876. E-mail: copenhavenfarms @comcast. net, www.copenhavenfarms. com. WILLAMETTE NURSERIES offers Oregon-grown, virus-certified fruit tree rootstock, including popular M.9 clones and fruit tree seedlings (apple, cherry, pear and plum.) Excellent quality, reasonably priced. Outstand- ing service. Visit our updated website, including availabilities, at: www. willa- mettenurseries.com Willamette Nurs- eries, 25571 S. Barlow Rd., Canby, OR 97013. 800-852-2018, 503-263-6405. E-mail: willamette@canby.com. SPRAYERS COMPLETE LINE of sprayers. Swihart Sales Company, Quinter, KS. 800-864- 4595, www.swihart-sales.com. STAKES / POSTS / POLES QUALITY PAYS—PRINCETON Wood Pre servers pressure-treated posts, poles. Quoted by truckload. #10-477 Martin St., Penticton, B.C. V2A 5L2. Plant phone: 250-492-9190, fax: 250- 492- 175, toll free, 877-797-7678. E-mail: e.everitt@shaw.ca; Web: www. pwppost.com. PANHANDLE FOREST PRODUCTS: Quality posts, poles, and stakes. CCA pressure-treated, with delivery. Par ti al loads. 888-289-7678; www.panhandle .com. POSTS, POLES, AND STAKES: Pres- sure treated in the USA. Vari ous sizes and lengths. Untreated available for organic growers. Jasper En ter prises, Inc.; PO Box 102; Chat taroy, WA 99003; phone 800-238-6540; or e-mail sales@ jasper-inc.com. STEEL APPLE and grape trellis. Custom systems available. Bamboo, treated wood, top of the line quality and ser- vice. Online catalog. Wilson Vine yard and Orchard Supply, Yakima, W A. 509- 453-9983, www.wilsonirr .com. TRELLIS SUPPLIES FREE TRELLIS SUPPLIES CATALOG – Planting guidelines, trellis designs and products and more. Visit www.ovs. com to download your free copy! TRELLIS SUPPLIES, largest selection available: Jim's Supply, euro posts, organic wood, pwp wood posts, Davis, Tree Island, and Import wire, bamboo, etc. 800-653-2216, www.ovs.com. TREE SPREADERS BEST PRICING: notched and nailed. Wilson, 509-453-9983. TREEAGE, TREEHEALTH, Treeform, TreeFruit! treeform@sympatico.ca. TREE TRAINING TREE TRAINING and trellis supplies online at www.wilsonirr.com. WIND MACHINES CHINOOK WIND MACHINES, sales/ service. All makes, new/used. H.F. Hauff Company, Inc., 509-248-0318. CASCADE WIND MACHINE Service, distributor of Orchard-Rite® wind machines. PO Box 9308; Yakima, WA 98909, phone 509-457-9196; Wenat- chee, WA 509-662-2753; British Colum bia, 250-495-7245. WIND MACHINE SALES: sales/ser vice, new and used wind machines. 509-877- 2138. TWO 2012 SHUR Farms Cold Air Drains, used two seasons. 35 HP and 15 HP (with Honda V-twin power unit, 20 HP) 509-421-2859. CLASSIFIED 509-853-3520 800-487-9946 509-853-3521 fax classifi ed advertising is effective and economical CLASSIFIED ADS are $1.29 per word per insertion. Ads up to ten words are charged a minimum of $12.00. Include name, address, and phone number in fi guring the cost. Count hy phenated words as two words. Count each initial, abbreviation, symbol, whole number, as one word. State and zip code count as two words. BLIND BOX SERVICE is available for additional $10.00 per issue (plus word count). Re plies forwarded daily, postage paid. Best SHOW Visit our new web site for videos on best growing practices. • Watch Cornell Professor Terence Robinson on increasing profits. • View an archive of speakers from the Washington Hort Show. • Videos in English and Spanish. goodfruit.com/hortshow of

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