Good Fruit Grower

April 15th

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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. 57968 NATURAL CONTROL. The American Kestrel Falcon will give you LOW COST bird control. Call Ben at Orchard Guard: 509-910-6598, www.orchard guard.com. 58079 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. 57970 EMPLOYMENT AVAILABLE WASHINGTON STATE University (WSU) Extension Tree Fruit Program Leader; 100% Extension, 12-month, tenure or non-tenure track faculty position at the associate professor or professor rank. Required: PhD in an agricultural science or related disci- pline and qualified for appointment as an associate professor or professor in WSU Extension Program Unit and/or a department in the College of Agricul- tural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences. Preferred qualifications: Extensive knowledge of and experi- ence with perennial agricultural pro- duction systems; demonstrated experience in an Extension programs utilizing modern information and technology transfer tools in tree fruit or other perennial cropping systems; evidence of success in obtaining grants, gifts and in-kind resources to support programs; demonstrated abil- ity to effectively communicate and col- laborate with academic professionals, support staff, and diverse constituen- cies; demonstrated leadership ability or experience in developing and exe- cuting interdisciplinary programs; demonstrated understanding of issues and opportunities involving Extension in tree fruit or other perennial crop- ping systems; Ph.D. in horticulture with strong background in field of tree fruit horticulture; demonstrated ability to conduct applied research in tree fruit or other perennial cropping sys- tems; demonstrated ability to interact effectively with external constituen- cies, such as producer associations, agribusinesses, and other organiza- tions and agencies' evidence of estab- lishing new or novel partnerships with educational institutions, government agencies or private industry; demon- strated ability to work effectively with individuals and groups with diverse cultures, backgrounds, and ideologies. Screening of application materials will begin on May 13, 2012. For position description listing all qualifications and application process, visit: www.wsujobs.com. Official title: Area Extension Educator. Be prepared to submit a detailed letter of application addressing the required and preferred qualifications, a statement of vision and goals, a detailed resume/vita with publications list, and the names, addresses, and contact information for four (4) professional references. For questions about position contact Darla Ewald, 509-663-8181 ext. 250, dewald@wsu.edu. EEO/AA/ADA. 58077 MARKET RIGHTS TREE TOP MARKET Rights, 900 for 88sale. Phone 509-834-1867 58123 PLANT-GROWTH Facilities Manager Washington State University in Prosser Washington is currently hiring a Plant- Growth Facilities Manager. This posi- tion is required to coordinate the production and delivery of seed, cut- tings and plants for commercial pro- duction, certification, virus indexing and various aspects of virus research. This critical position is part of a team leading in the development of virus- free fruit trees, grapes and hops in the U.S. The incumbent works closely with the lead scientist and other team members to ensure that project research and service objectives are accomplished efficiently. Candidates must possess a Bachelor's degree in a plant science field and five (5) years of experience in greenhouse and/or orchard management. A Master's degree in a plant science field may be substituted for up to one (1) year of the required experience. Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis. To apply, visit www.wsujobs.com. Screening date will be April 30, 2012 with position open until filled. WSU is an EO/AA educator and employer. 58086 CHELAN FRUIT Cooperative seeks an experienced Production Manager for our Chelan facilities. Large production department requires a manager with strong organizational, interpersonal, time-management, computer and communication skills. Successful can- didate will have a minimum of 5 years production manager experience with apple and cherry packing, commit-to- pack lines, presize and tray lines. Must be able to monitor grade and produc- tivity on packing lines & responsible for plant operating budget & cost per- formance. Company offers a competi- tive salary and benefit package to the right candidate. Please submit cover letter and resume to: Chelan Fruit Cooperative, Attn: Human Resources Director, PO Box 669, Chelan, WA 98816, hr@chelanfruit.com 58119 EQUIPMENT FOR SALE FIND EQUIPMENT for your farming operation at Wilson's. www.farmit again .com. Used equipment, buy/sell. 57973 BLUEBERRY MECHANICAL Harvester, perfect shape, $5000. FOB Searcy, Ar., 1-800-458-4756. 58088 GOOSENECK BIN trailer, 23 foot, car- ries up to 72 empty apple bins. Three 10,000 lb. axles, cable winches. $2200. Bob Goyt, 509-784-1977. 58108 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. 56927 FROST PROTECTION FROST OR FREEZE protection got you down? Warm up with AgHeat's propane heater to protect you crops. Call or e-mail, agheat@gmail.com, 541-400-4875. www.agheat.com. 58080 FRUIT TREES STAN PETERSON FRUIT Tree Sales, representing the nation's premier fruit tree nurseries to serve you, the grower, with the best. Call 888-333-1464, or e- mail stan@fruit-treesales.com, for the newest apple varieties, sweet and tart cherries, peaches and more. 57975 www.goodfruit.com 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. 57994 CUSTOM ORCHARD fumigation Re- plant ing? No job too small. Call now to schedule your 2012 applications. 509- 687-9572 Serving all of Washington. Visit us at CustomOrchardFumigation .com 56904 GRAFTING SALVADOR ZARAGOSA professional grafting, chip budding, and budding bench grafting. We guarantee 95% take. Mobile, 509-961-2986. 57838 PROFESSIONAL GRAFTING and ser - vice. Small and large acreage. 20 years' experience. Jose Mendez, 509-584- 0034 or (mobile) 509-949-1321. 57979 COATES GRAFTING COMPANY, spe- cializing in top working cherries. Over 35 years experience. Ken Coates, 509- 662-1882; 509-668-0262 (mobile).57981 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. 57985 ARGO GRAFTING, accepting bench and field grafting reservations for 2012. Call Mike Argo, go for quality. 509-952- 6593. 57977 FULL SERVICE FIELDgrafting includ- ing chainsawing. Over 25 years' expe- rience with practically same crew for over 15 years. Gary McMonagle Graft- ing. 509-669-1686. 57983 ORCHARD LEASES LEASING FARMS. DEDICATED and experienced farmer interested in leas- ing apple, cherry, and pear farms in eastern Washington. Call 509-480- 2196. 55870 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. 57987 WILSON'S HIGH Spanish style green - house tunnels. Early and in creased production and crop protection. www.growtunnel.com. 800-232-1174. 57989 PACKING EQUIPMENT 70 HP COPELAND condensing unit. One portable Rainier cherry packing line, 206-321-8378. 57991 FOR SALE: CHERRY packing line, 5 ton per hour capacity, hydraulic clus- ter separator, parallel sizer, bagging tables. View pictures online at: http://web.me.com/billtruscott/Site. For more information contact Bill Truscott, 250-428-6221; billtruscott@ mac.com or Frank Wloka, 250-428- 1730, fwolka@hotmail.com. 57849 SPRAYERS COMPLETE LINE of mist sprayers. Swihart Sales Company, Quinter, KS. 800-864-4595, www.swihart-sales.com. TREE TRAINING TREE TRAINING and trellis supplies online at www.wilsonirr.com. 58004 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. 56967 TRECO® ROOTSTOCKS mean quality. FIRDALE NURSERY, certified apple rootstocks: EMLA 7, EMLA 26, EMLA 106, EMLA 111, M 9 (337) and BUD 9. Beaverton, Oregon. 503-628-2755.57657 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. 56850 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.willamettenur series.com.Willamette Nurseries, 25571 S. Barlow Rd., Canby, OR 97013. 800- 852-2018, 503-263-6405, E-mail: willamette@canby.com. 57870 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. 57996 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. 57347 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. 57998 PANHANDLE FOREST PRODUCTS: Quality posts, poles, and stakes. CCA pressure-treated, with delivery. Par ti al loads. 888-289-7678; www.panhandle .com. 57538 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. 58000 BEST PRICING: notched and nailed. Wilson, 509-453-9983. 58002 "V" SPREADER, Eastern contact: 519- 599-2299; Western contact: 209-484- 8502. www3.sympatico.ca/treeform. 58081 FOR SALE: Used tree spreaders, 509- 845-4389. 58113 ROOTSTOCKS 509-853-3520 800-487-9946 509-853-3521 fax classified advertising is effective and economical WIND MACHINES CHINOOK WIND MACHINES, sales/ service. All makes, new/used. H.F. Hauff Company, Inc., 509-248-0318. 58010 machines. PO Box 9308; Yakima, WA 98909, phone 509-457-9196; Wenat - chee, WA 509-662-2753; British Colum - bia, 604-495-7873. CASCADE WIND MACHINE Service, distributor of Orchard-Rite® 58007 WIND MACHINE SALES: sales/ser - vice, new and used wind machines. 509-877-2138. 58006 ADVERTISER INDEX 800Drywood.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Agro-K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Antles Pollen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Apple Valley Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Banning Orchards & Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Bayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,13 Bob Meyer/FMF Excavation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Brandt's Fruit Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Burrows Tractors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 C & O Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Cameron Nurseryv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Cascade Wind Machine Service . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Cliff's Septic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Copenhaven Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Crocker's Fish Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Crop Production Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 CSI Chemical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Custom Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Dave Wilson Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Dow AgroSciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 DuPont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Eric Weinheimer, Realtor/Broker. . . . . . . . . . . 41 Extenday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Fall Creek Farm & Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Fanno Saw Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Farmers Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Firman Pollen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 FirmYield Pollen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Foothills Irrigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,44 Fowler Nurseries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 G.S. Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Gary Trepanier Excavating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Gowan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 H.F. Hauff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 JP's Ladder Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 KYVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Mark Barrett Tree Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 McGregor Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Midvale Organic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Mike Argo Grafting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Miller Chemical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,37 Morgan & Sons Excavating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 N.W. Farm Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Nelson Irrigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Northwest AgriProducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Nutrient Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Orchard Rite Wind Machines . . . . . . . . . . . 19,44 Pacific Calcium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Pink Lady America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Polymer Ag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 ProTree Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Rankin Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 RDO Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 RentMe Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Scentry Biologicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Shur Farms Frost Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Sierra Gold Nurseries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Sloan-Leavitt Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Stark Brothers Nurseries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Sunnyside New Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Swihart Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Syngenta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 TRECO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Trepanier Excavating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 UPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Van Well Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Water Changers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Weed Badger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Whatcom Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Whitney's Grafting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Wilbur Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Willamette Nurseries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,42 Willow Drive Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Wilson Orchard & Vineyard Supply. . . . . . . . . 42 Wurdeman & Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 GOOD FRUIT GROWER APRIL 15, 2012 45 wind

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