Good Fruit Grower

NTENTS DEPARTMENTS 6 Good Job 47 Good To Go 48 Good Stuff 49 Good Deals 52 Advertiser Index 53 Classified 54 Last Bite Kevin VerSnyder COLUMNS 43 Good Point Concerns about fungicides and bees Dr. Dave Rosenberger 45 Good to Know Destined for export Deborah Carter and Mike Willett ON THE WEB Sign up for eFlash. Get GOOD FRUIT GROWER reports delivered right to your inbox. Visit www.goodfruit. com/eflash- signup. GOOD FRUIT GROWER is now on Twitter and Facebook! Follow us @goodfruit grower. Like us at www.facebook.com/goodfruitgrower. www.goodfruit.com GOOD FRUIT GROWER MAY 1, 2014 5 Fidalina Lleneas picks cherries for Zirkle Fruit Company, Yakima, Washington. PHOTO BY TIM HULL YAKIMA, WASHINGTON ©2014 NO REPRODUCTION OR DISPLAY WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION. www.goodfruit.com 18 32

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• Advertiser Index
• FEATURE: Growers make H-2A work- Washington is the fourth largest employer of H-2A workers.
• FEATURE: Paying for rest time- Paying a piece-rate equivalent for rest breaks promotes productivity.
• FEATURE: Michigan growers worry about labor
• FEATURE: Labor shortages favor imports
• FEATURE: Protective clothing studied
• FEATURE: Evaluating technology- New orchard technologies must be compatible with high production.
• FEATURE: One variety, one market for Harry & David- If fruit doesn't meet gift quality, it may be left on the tree.
• FEATURE: Opal apple verified as non-GMO
• FEATURE: Four decades of discovery- First article in a series about key tree fruit physiologists.
• FEATURE: Harvesting the light
• FEATURE: How much pheromone? Codling moths need less perfume than growers might think.
• FEATURE: Short crop, long tail- Michigan apple industry copes with 2012 freeze aftereffects.
• FEATURE: Is fresh best?
• FEATURE: A-mazing new technology- Novel spraying system is incorporated into an apple tree maze.
• FEATURE: Potato chips and fine wine- A famous Northwest snack helped establish a winery.
• FEATURE: New approach needed for nematodes- Avoid white varieties on a site with knot nematodes.
• FEATURE: Nematode-resistant rootstocks available
• Good Job
• Good To Go
• Good Stuff
• Good Deals
• Classified
• Last Bite -Kevin VerSnyder
• Good Point: Concerns about fungicides and bees- Dr. Dave Rosenberger
• Good to know: Destined for export- Deborah Carter and Mike Willet