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Anjou, Asian and
Bartlett trees in
Parkdale, Oregon.
BY PALOMA AYALA,
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Good Point
8 Free trade should be fair
USApple Chairman Mike Wade discusses
the controversy of Polish apple imports.
Also in this issue
10 Honeycrisp from Chile
Michigan company bringing 250,000 cases
of popular variety to U.S. consumers
12 Enviro-weather watching
New fruit models, seamless data boost
Michigan's weather monitoring system.
16 Dump tank food safety
Study looks into importance of monitoring
microbial levels in dump tanks.
Good to Know
46 Testing for nutrients
Wine industry funded research can save
growers money and lead to healthy soils.
Departments
5 Quick Bites
7, 44 Good Stuff
48 Good Deals
52 Advertiser Index
53 Good to Go
53 Classifi eds
tJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower
Last Bite
54 Young grower
Q&A with Eladio Gonzalez.