Good Fruit Grower

January 2012

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CLASSIFIED 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. 57004 NATURAL CONTROL. The American Kestrel Falcon will drive away many of the birds that are causing DAMAGE TO YOUR FRUIT. Just give them a home. Owl houses and bat houses also avail- able. Call Ben at Orchard Guard, 509- 910-6598, www.orchardguard.com. 57084 BLUEBERRY PLANTS BLUEBERRY NURSERY STOCK. Our focus is customer success. Best variety selection. Plants available now. Impec- cable service and grower support. Fall Creek Nursery, www.fallcreeknursery .com, 800-538-3001. 57058 BUILDINGS FOR SALE LARGE FRUIT warehouse building on 10+ acres ,44,000 sq ft concrete tilt up insulated building with 30 ft. ceiling height. Warehouse is divided into 16 separate 45X60 rooms. Located at Tonasket, Washington. Pictures at: www. mcdanielproperties.net. Bill McDaniel, 509-322-4732. 57111 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 colo- nize wounds to block infection. For GALLTROL, call 530-586-1561; www. agbiochem.com or e-mail: agbiochem 58@gmail.com. 57085 EQUIPMENT FOR SALE FIND EQUIPMENT for your farming operation at Wilson's. www.farmita- gain .com. Used equipment, buy/sell. 57005 EMPLOYMENT AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF OUR expanding opera- tions we are seeking a Fruit Fieldman with sales experience to call on and service independent growers in Cen- tral Washington. We are NOT seeking a professional visitor. Candidates must be comfortable with organized pros - pecting and able to sell using features and benefits. Send resume and cover letter that describes your sales experi- ence to FruitFieldman@gmail .com 57117 LOCATION: NORTHERN California. Position: Farm Supervisor. Managing Organic Apple Production operation Requirements: 4 year degree preferred. 5 year minimum on job experience. Crew management and data manage- ment. More details upon request. Phone: 1-209-224-9066; Fax: 1-877- 859-6839 57091 CLASSIFIED ADS are $1.25 per word per insertion. Ads up to ten words are charged a mini- mum of $12.00. Include name, address, and phone number in figuring 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 SERV- ICE is available for an additional $10.00 per issue. www.goodfruit.com FRUIT TREES STAN PETERSON FRUIT Tree Sales, representing the nation's premier fruit tree nurseries to serve you, the grower, with the best. The newest apple vari- eties, sweet and tart cherries, peaches and more. 888-333-1464, stan@fruit treesales.com. 57006 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; Eastern Washington and Columbia Basin, 509- 731-5424; Northwest Washington, 360- 630-4285. 57026 CUSTOM ORCHARD FUMIGATION. Replant ing? Call now to schedule your 2012 applications. 509-366-5180, Man- son, Washington. 56897 GRAFTING SALVADOR ZARAGOSA professional grafting, chip budding, and budding bench grafting. We guarantee 95% take. Mobile, 509-961-2986. 57010 PROFESSIONAL GRAFTING and ser - vice. Small and large acreage. 20 years' experience. Jose Mendez, 509-584- 0034 or (mobile) 509-949-1321. 57007 COATES GRAFTING COMPANY, spe- cializing in top working cherries. Over 35 years experience. Ken Coates, 509- 662-1882; 509-668-0262 (mobile).57008 GRAFTING AND BUDDING supplies. Two types graft machines, waxes, bud- ding rubbers. Top of the line grafting knives, on-line www.wilsonirr.com, 509-453-9983. 57011 WANTED: FARM MANAGER for a 700 acre fresh apple orchard in Colborne, Ontario, Canada. Duties include inte- grated pest management, coordinat- ing staff and managing day to day operations, harvest, winter tree main- tenance and new cultivar plantings. Knights Appleden is located one and a half hours east of Toronto in the county of Northumberland on the north shore of Lake Ontario. Knights Appleden is a family owned and oper- ated business and has been growing and packaging apples for over 50 years. The company is continually expanding its growing and packaging operations. A dynamic farm manager who is look- ing to expand the growing operation would add greatly to the company mix. Please direct inquires to David Knight, davidk@knights-appleden.ca. ORCHARD MANAGER needed for 300 acres of apples, pears and cherries in the upper Lower Valley area. Qualified applicants will have managerial expe- rience, bilingual preferred, and the ability to keep accurate computer records. Responsibilities include supervising all farming operations, orchard renewal and development, record keeping and payroll. Must have a private applicators license. This posi- tion comes with a full benefit package, company pickup, medical, 401k, vaca- tion. All applicants must pass a pre- employment drug test. Send résumé and salary requirement to: Box 326, Good Fruit Grower, 105 S. 18th St, Suite 217, Yakima, WA 98901. 57079 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. 56920 ARGO GRAFTING, accepting bench and field grafting reservations for 2012. Call Mike Argo, go for quality. 509-952- 6593. 57118 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. 57009 NURSERY STOCK BING AND RAINIER cherry on Giesla 12; Bing and Rainier cherry on Giesla 6 ; Bing, Rainier, Lapins and Tieton on Giesla 5; Peaches on Guardian root- stock. 1-800-828-TREE, Burchell Nurs- ery. 57077 ORCHARD LEASES LEASING FARMS. DEDICATED and experienced farmer interested in leas- ing apple, cherry, and pear farms in eastern Washington. Call 509-480- 2196. 55863 ORCHARD SUPPLIES WILSON IS YOUR SOURCE for all types of fabric and plastics used in farming. Shade, wind screens, green- house films, and mulches. 509-453- 9983. 57019 WILSON'S HIGH Spanish style green - house tunnels. Early and in creased production and crop protection. www.growtunnel.com. 800-232-1174. 57020 PACKING EQUIPMENT 70 HP COPELAND condensing unit. One portable Rainier cherry packing line, 206-321-8378. 57021 AB BLUEBERRY PACKING line com- plete with eliminator, grading table, sizer, automatic clam shell feeder and closer, conveyors, etc. Like new condi- tion. Paid $61,000 new. Sale price is $30,000 FOB Searcy, AR. 800-458-4756. 57087 COMPLETE CHERRY PACKING line for sale or lease, includes bin dumper, sorting tables, 12-lane Van Doren row sizer, Van Doren cluster cutters, vol- ume fillers and light fixture. Complete item and equipment listing available on request, and appointments to view equipment available at any time. Sold as is, $80,000. Contact Joe at 209-712- 1212. 57090 PRESIZE PACKING LINE for sale. Well maintained, with recent upgrades. 1999, 6-lane, 8 drop, autoline sizer, additional 24' frame section available for additional 4-6 drops. Compac Elec- tronics upgrade in 2008. 6 Van Doren high-speed tray drops, automatic box feed. 6 SeaTac automation tray insert- ers. Automatic empty box feed system. All electronics included: 2 touch- screens for line control, Van Doren PLC control. 16' sponge roll sorting table. Cull belts anddown-grade from pack- ing stations and sorting tables. All elec- tric drives. Currently operational, available 2nd quarter of 2012. Pictures, video, tours available upon request. Contact Fern. 509-697-6101. (1999 Van Doren flow-thru dumper also avail- able.) 57092 POMONA BIN FILLERS, $1200 each; cherry cluster cutter table only $1200; Massey Ferguson 35 tractor gas engine, $3500; Apple line water transfer eleva- tor, $1000. Also have assorted plastic belting, $1000. Bowtie Tech, 250-498- 7705. 57115 ROOTSTOCKS TRECO® ROOTSTOCKS mean quality. Buy from the industry leader. TRECO has supplied 60 percent of the nation's malus rootstock needs to the nurseries 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. 56960 CARLTON PLANTS, LLC is a quality grower of virus-certified rootstocks and seedlings for fruit, flowering, 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. 57086 FIRDALE NURSERY, certified apple rootstocks: EMLA 7, EMLA 26, EMLA 106, EMLA 111, M 9 (337) and BUD 9. Beaverton, Oregon. 503-628-2755.57088 COPENHAVEN FARMS NURSERY. "We're at the Root of The Business." Quality Oregon-grown rootstock and seedlings for fruit, flowering, and shade trees. Specializing in virus-free apple, cherry, plum, and pear root- stock since 1982. Christopher and Marilyn Dolby 503-985-7161; Fax: 503- 985-7876. E-mail: copenhavenfarms @comcast.net, www.copenhavenfarms. com. 56843 WILLAMETTE NURSERIES offers Ore- gon-grown, virus-certified fruit tree rootstock, including popular 9 clones and fruit tree seedlings (apple, cherry, pear and plum.) Excellent quality, rea- sonably priced. Outstanding service. Visit our updated Web site, including availabilities, at: www.willamette nurseries.com. Willamette Nurseries, 25571 S. Barlow Rd., Canby, OR 97013. 800-852-2018, 503-263-6405, E-mail: willamette@can by .com. 57046 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. 57023 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. 57022 STEEL APPLE and grape trellis. Cus- tom systems available. Bamboo, treated wood, top of the line quality and service. Online catalog. Wilson Vine yard and Orchard Supply, Yakima, W ashington. 509-453-9983, www.wil sonirr.com. 57024 PANHANDLE FOREST PRODUCTS: Quality posts, poles, and stakes. CCA pressure-treated, with delivery. Par ti al loads. 888-289-7678; www.panhandle .com. 57025 TREE SPREADERS FANTASTIC PRICING! Cedar spread- ers, last and last! Steel point and notched – 4 to 6 inches. U-make pro- grams. Cedarbrook Lumber, 800-634- 6334. 57028 BEST PRICING: notched and nailed. Wilson, 509-453-9983. 57029 509-853-3520 800-487-9946 509-853-3521 fax classified advertising is effective and economical "V" SPREADER, Eastern contact: 519- 599-2299; Western contact: 209-484- 8502. www3.sympatico.ca/treeform TREE TRAINING TREE TRAINING and trellis supplies on-line at www.wilsonirr.com. 57030 WIND MACHINES CHINOOK WIND MACHINES, sales/ service. All makes, new/used. H.F. Hauff Company, Inc., 509-248-0318. 57032 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, 604-495-7873. 57089 WIND MACHINE SALES: sales/ser vice, new and used wind machines. 509- 877-2138. 57031 ADVERTISER INDEX 2012 Technical Fruit Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 800Drywood.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Agro-K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Banning Orchards & Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Bob Meyer/FMF Excavation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Brandt Monterey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Brandt's Fruit Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Brewt Power Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Burrows Tractors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 C & O Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,5 Cameron Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Cascade Wind Machine Service . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Certis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Clark Jennings Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,34 Columbia Basin Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,39 Columbia Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Copenhaven Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Crop Protection Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Dave Wilson Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Domex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Eric Weinheimer, Realtor/Broker. . . . . . . . . . . 34 Extenday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Fall Creek Farm & Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Fanno Saw Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Fowler Nurseries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Gary Trepanier Excavating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Good Fruit Grower Promotions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 H.F. Hauff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 International Plant Management . . . . . . . . . . 39 JP's Ladder Repair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 KYVE TV Channel 47. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Liberty Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Mark Barrett Tree Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Marrone BioInnovations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Mike Argo Grafting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 N.M Bartlett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 N.W. Farm Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Northwest Ag Show. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Orchard Rite Wind Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,33 Pacific Biocontrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 ProTree Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,39 Shur Farms Frost Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Sierra Gold Nurseries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Slimline Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Sloan-Leavitt Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Stark Bros. Fruit Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,39 Swihart Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Tallman Ladders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 TRECO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Trepanier Excavating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Van Well Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 40 Wafler Nurseries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Water Changers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Westland Fruit Tree Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Whatcom Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Whitney's Grafting Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Willamette Nurseries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Willow Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,39 Wilson Orchard & Vineyard Supply . . . . . . . . . 35 GOOD FRUIT GROWER JANUARY 1, 2012 37

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