Good Fruit Grower

www.goodfruit.com FEATURES SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE 14 Ready for the audit? GRAS2P can help growers bring their orchards into compliance with GlobalGAP standards. 16 Watch out, codling moth! Spiders will eat anything they can physically tackle, including codling moth larvae and pupae. 19 Organic plantings drop Organic plantings of most apple varieties are on the decline. 20 Promising organic herbicide discovered Manuka oil holds potential as a preemergent organic herbicide. 24 Eastern organic apples They're rare because it's so tough to produce them. 24 Lone organic grower finds it tough 24 8 Silver bullet is short lived A growth regulator used to grow feathered trees that growers need is no longer available. 10 Branching agent discovered by chance When Don Elfving began testing cyclanilide on fruit trees, no one knew what effect it would have. 12 Head of the class Young apple growers prepare for leadership roles. 13 Need a lawyer? 16 20 26 Fruit drop is not simple to manage Thinning in spring and stopping preharvest drop are two sides of the same coin. 27 What do rootstocks do? They're not just for dwarfing fruit trees any more. www.goodfruit.com GOOD FRUIT GROWER MAY 1, 2012 3

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• Good To Know: Preventing premature fruit drop pears
• Ready for the audit? GRAs2p can help growers bring their orchards into compliance with GlobalGAP standards.
• Watch out, codling moth! Spiders will eat anything they can physically tackle, including codling moth larve and pupae.
• Organic plantings of most apple varieties are on the decline.
• Promising organic herbicide discovered: Manuka oil holds potential as a preemergent organic herbicide.
• Eastern organic apples: Theyre rare use its so tough to produce them.beca
• Last Bite: Arctic Snow
• Classified
• Advertiser Index
• Good Deals
• Good To Go
• Quick Bites
• A sustainability report card for juice grapes
• Choosing not to replant
• Vineyard replanting economics
• Organic viticulture is timing
• Going without sulfites
• Finding a better way: Bill and Greg Powers could write their own book on organic grape and wine production.
• Lone organic grower finds it tough
• Silverbullet is short lived: A growth regulator used to grow feathered trees that gowers need is no longer available.
• Branching agent discovered by chance: When Don Elfring began testing cyclanilide on fruit trees, no one knew what effect it would have.
• Head of the class: Young apple growers prepare for leadership roles.
• Need a lawyer?
• Fruit drop is not simple to manage? Thinning in Spring and stopping preharvest drop are two sides of the same coin.
• What do rootstocks do? Theyre not just for dwarfing fruit trees anymore.