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16 DECEMBER 2015 Good Fruit Grower www.goodfruit.com Gaining organic INTELLIGENCE CHERRIES PEARS APPLES Washington certifi ed organic tree fruit production compared with total U.S. production, 2014. Harvested acres only. Table 1: Organic tree fruit in Washington and U.S. 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 600 500 400 300 200 100 10,000 20,000 30,000 300 200 100 100 50 150 5,000 10,000 15,000 1,000 2,000 3,000 1,000 2,000 10,000 5,000 $50 $100 $150 $200 $250 $10 $20 $30 $10 $20 $30 Number of farms Number of acres Production Sales U.S. WA 30% of U.S. total U.S. WA U.S. WA U.S. WA U.S. WA U.S. WA U.S. WA U.S. WA U.S. WA U.S. WA U.S. WA U.S. WA 69% of U.S. total 76% of U.S. total 84% of U.S. total FARMS ACRES MILLION POUNDS MILLION FARMS ACRES TONS MILLION 39% of U.S. total 59% of U.S. total 79% of U.S. total 72% of U.S. total FARMS ACRES TONS MILLION 58% of U.S. total 75% of U.S. total 94% of U.S. total 91% of U.S. total SOURCE: USDA-NASS 2014 ORGANIC PRODUCER SURVEY JARED JOHNSON/GOOD FRUIT GROWER Hort Show Preview on OHxF-87, & Pyro 233 Pears Apples on M-9 T337, M-9 PAJAM 2®, EMLA 26, Geneva® 41, Bud 118 & Bud 10 on Krymsk® 5, Krymsk® 6, Gisela® 6, Gisela® 12 Mazzard, Mahaleb & EMLA-COLT Cherries