Good Fruit Grower

July 2011 Vol 62 number 12

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GOOD JOB To read more, go to the People page at www.goodfruit.com. Call for: • TREES • ROOTSTOCK • INTERSTEMS • BENCH GRAFTS • SLEEPING EYES • ROYALTIES TOP QUALITY VIRUS TESTED VERY COMPETITIVE PRICING CONTRACTS FOR 2012, 2013, 2014 Custom Contracted Apple, Pear, Cherry & Peach Trees FIELD GROWN AND GREEN GROW GRAPE VINES Call for varieties, pricing, and orders. A TIMELY REMINDER: •Time to order trees for delivery in 2013. •Order NOW for 2012 sleepy eyes. •Time to decide rootstock needs for 2012 bench grafts. Paul Tvergyak: 509-669-0689 • ptvergyak@genext.net We ship nationwide, so please call for price and availability! 509/662-6931 www.cameronnursery.com 1261 Ringold Rd., PO Box 300 • Eltopia, WA 99330 6 JULY 2011 GOOD FRUIT GROWER Ybarra joins Research Commission D ena Ybarra, general manager of Colum- bia Basin Nurseries at Quincy, Washington, has been appointed to the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission and will be the board’s first female member. She succeeds Pasco orchardist Denny Hayden, who has served 20 years in the position as an appointee of the Washington State Fruit Commission. He was vice president of the Research Commission and chair of its Cherry Advisory Committee. Ybarra, 46, earned a bachelor’s degree in horticulture from Washington State Univer- Dena Ybarra sity, and manages the family nursery and fruit growing operation, which was founded by her parents, Gie Perleberg and the late Carl Perleberg. She has attended the commis- sion’s research reviews for several years and has been a member of the commission’s Cherry and Apple Horticulture Advisory Committees. Hayden said he is still passionate about research, but wanted to give younger people in the industry a chance to be involved. “The way to get people involved is to step aside,” he said. Hayden said it’s been interesting to watch how the commission’s leadership has evolved. He joined the board when the late George Ing was manager. Ing led the commis- sion for almost 30 years starting in 1970, the year after it formed. Dr. Jim McFerson has been manager since 1999. “We had the right people at the right time,” Hayden said. “We had George when we needed a bulldog out there. He got the industry moving and interested in research.” McFerson has been able to work with various other groups on a national basis and leverage Washington growers’ research funds to expand the scope of research, Hayden said. It’s been a way to make growers’ investment in research go much further, and McFerson has taken it to a level beyond the commissioners’ expectations. s Berti Stewart chairs foundation B erti Stewart of Pro Ag Management at Prosser, Washington, is the new chair of the Washington Apple Education Foundation. She has been a board member since 2006 and served as vice-chair last year. She succeeds Steve Clive. Brian Alegria, chief executive officer of CPC International Apple Company, Tieton, is vice-chair; Stan Scheumann, controller at Auvil Fruit Company, Orondo, is treasurer; and Miles Kohl, chief executive officer of Allan Brothers, Inc., Naches, is secretary. Karen Doornink, a teacher and orchardist at Wapato, Washington, was elected to the 22-member board for a three-year term. Pete Van Well of East Wenatchee has retired after 12 years on the board, and Jack Toevs of Quincy has retired after 9 years on the board. s Stemilt founder honored T he late Tom Mathison, founder of Stemilt Growers, Inc., Wenatchee, Washington, has been honored by the Washington Agriculture and Forestry Education Foundation with the 2011 Stu Bledsoe Leadership Memorial Award. Mathison is the first person to receive the award posthumously. The award was made during the recent graduation ceremony of Class 32 of the foundation’s leadership program in recognition of his leadership. Mathison founded Stemilt Growers in 1964 with the goal of building consumer demand for fresh fruit and improving grower returns. He was a leader in sustainable farming. He was a founding member of the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission and a board member of the Washington Apple Commission, Northwest Fruit Exporters, and other industry groups. He received numerous awards, including Cherry King in 1971, the Silver Apple Award in 1991, and the Good Fruit Grower of the Year in 2002. He died in 2008 at the age of 82. His daughter, Lavonne van Someren Gréve, accepted the award on his behalf. Mathison is the twenty-first recipient of the award. s Wine Alliance has new director T he Walla Walla Valley Wine Alliance has appointed Duane Wollmuth as executive director. Wollmuth was previously executive director of the Southeast Washington Economic Development Association. He has also worked in strategic and business planning for Walla Walla Wines LLC. He succeeds Elizabeth Martin-Calder, who left the Wine Alliance last year. s www.goodfruit.com HIGHEST QUALITY FRUIT TREES AND GRAPE VINES!

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