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www.goodfruit.com Good Fruit Grower JANUARY 15, 2016 27 essential for 98 workers. McDougall is constructing more housing to double that number. won't be available for planting until 2017, and then only in limited quantities. McDougall and Sons has been assigned 20,000 of the fi rst trees. Scott is excited about the variety, which will be restricted to Washington producers, and hopes there will be a cooperative effort among the state's marketers. Steep V All the apple plantings at Legacy are on a steep V system with trees 2 feet apart and 12 feet between rows, for a total of 1,815 trees per acre. At McDougall's other ranches in the Columbia Basin, apples are on a vertical system on a 3-by-10-foot spacing (1,452 trees per acre). The wider row spacing at Legacy will lend itself bet- ter to mechanized equipment, including platforms, and eventually robotics. The plantings also should generate earlier and higher yields because of the greater number of trees. Scott is counting on consistent yields of 80 bins per acre of high-quality fruit. It's not a formal training system. Large-diameter wood will be removed in winter to ensure that the canopy McDougall says that Legacy Orchard will have close to $50,000 per acre invested by the time they get a crop from the trees in the third year. Conner and Clint Sullivan Owners and Managers C.C. Sullivan Farms • Engineering & Planning • Technology Savvy • Precision Implementation • Dependable Products • Reliable Service 815 Wallace Way 2410 N. 4th Ave. 1155 S. Broadway 81156 Hwy 395 North Grandview, WA Pasco, WA Othello, WA Hermiston, OR 509-882-2060 509-547-1761 509-488-5623 541-567-6370 800-959-1535 800-595-1536 "We own and manage the 60 acre C.C. Sullivan Farms near Pasco, and help with KP Sullivan Farms. Irrigation Specialists has helped us plan and provide irrigation produc ts to assist us with orchard upgrades and new planting projects as we grow. It is important to have accurate plotting of new orchard developments along with precise cost estimates. Irrigation Specialists has the background and exper tise to provide us with data and budget information nescessary for planning and completion of our orchard projects" Shayne Richeson Irrigation Specialists Shayne Richeson Irrigation Specialists Conner Sullivan Conner Sullivan Cliint Sullivan Cliint Sullivan