4 NOVEMBER 2016 GOOD FRUIT GROWER www.goodfruit.com
Good Fruit Grower is on
Twitter, Facebook and
Instagram. Follow us
@goodfruit grower
and like us at
facebook.com/goodfruitgrower.
Managing Editor
O. Casey Corr
casey.corr@goodfruit.com • 509-853-3512
Senior Editor
Shannon Dininny
shannon@goodfruit.com • 509-853-3522
Associate Editor
Ross Courtney
ross@goodfruit.com • 509-930-8798
Digital Producer
TJ Mullinax
tj@goodfruit.com • 509-853-3519
Audience Development Manager
Maria Fernandez
maria@goodfruit.com • 509-853-3515
Advertising Manager
Doug Button
dbutton@goodfruit.com • 509-853-3514
Advertising Sales
Rick Larsen
rick@goodfruit.com • 509-853-3517
Theresa Currell
theresa@goodfruit.com • 509-853-3516
Design/Production Manager
Jared Johnson
jared@goodfruit.com • 509-853-3513
Content and Design Specialist
Marcus Michelson
marcus@goodfruit.com • 509-853-3518
Advisory Board
Ofelio Borges, Lindsay Hainstock, Denny Hayden,
Gwen Hoheisel, Steve Hoying, Desmond Layne,
Jim McFerson, Ian Merwin, Todd Newhouse,
Don Olmstead, Mercy Olmstead, Marvin Owings,
Mark Roy, Mark Tudor, Chris Van Well,
Mike Willett, Mike Wittenbach
U.S. SUBSCRIPTIONS: $35 per year, $75 3 years. CANADIAN
SUBSCRIPTIONS: $85 per year, $155 2 years, $225 3 years (U.S.
funds, Canadian G.S.T. included: G.S.T. Registration #135100949).
SUBSCRIPTIONS OUTSIDE U.S.A. & CANADA: $100 per year
(payment by credit card only). Single copies of current issues are $5.
To subscribe, call 1-800-487-9946.
Good Fruit Grower (ISSN 0046-6174) is published semimonthly January
through May, and monthly June through December, by the Washington
State Fruit Commission, 105 South 18th Street, Suite 205, Yakima, WA
98901-2149. Periodical postage paid at Yakima, WA, and additional
offices. Publications Mail Agreement No. 1795279.
The publication of any advertisement is not to be construed as an
endorsement by the Washington State Fruit Commission or Good Fruit
Grower magazine of the product or service offered, unless it is specifically
stated in the advertisement that there is such approval or endorsement.
POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Good Fruit Grower, 105 South
18th Street, Suite 217, Yakima, WA 98901-2177.
© 2016 by Good Fruit Grower Printed in U.S.A.
105 S. 18th St., #217, Yakima, WA 98901
509 ⁄ 853-3520, 1-800-487-9946, Fax 509 ⁄853-3521
E-mail: growing@goodfruit.com
www.goodfruit.com
©2016 NO REPRODUCTION OR DISPLAY
WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION.
growing with growers since 1946
On the cover
"Last Year's
Orchard" —
apple tree pile in
Naches Heights,
Washington.
BY JOHN A. KANE,
ISSAQUAH & TIETON,
WASHINGTON
johnakane.com
Good Points
30 Advocacy is ongoing
Vicky Scharlau explains why the Washington
Association of Wine Grape Growers is becoming
more intentional about government affairs.
48 Continuous improvement
Jon DeVaney previews the highly anticipated
Washington State Tree Fruit Association
Annual Meeting and Hort Expo.
Also in this issue
50 Educating consumers
Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market
EXPO keynote speaker explains why growers
need to better explain GMOs and chemicals.
Good to Know
46 Smells and stinkbugs
Some traps work better than others when
using pheromones to lure stinkbugs.
Departments
5 Quick Bites
54 Good Stuff / Good to Go
56 Good Deals
60 Advertiser Index
61 Classifi eds
TJ MULLINAX/GOOD FRUIT GROWER
Sign up for eFlash.
Get Good Fruit Grower
reports delivered right
to your inbox.
www.goodfruit.com/
efl ash-signup.
On the Web
Last Bite
62 Young grower
Q&A with Pierre Paradis
of Silverton, Oregon.