Good Fruit Grower

NTENTS GOOD GRAPE GROWER 18 The good and bad of deficit irrigation Partial root zone drying irrigation for white varieties. 20 DIY spray trials DEPARTMENTS 6 In The Box 7 Good Job 53 Good To Go 54 Good Stuff 56 Good Deals 59 Advertiser Index 61 Classified 62 Last Bite Joe & Sean Naumes COLUMNS 16 Good Point Extension is 100 years old…and counting Des Layne ON THE WEB Sign up for eFlash. Get GOOD FRUIT GROWER reports delivered right to your inbox. Visit www.goodfruit.com/eflash- signup. GOOD FRUIT GROWER is now on Twitter and Facebook! Follow us @goodfruit grower. Like us at www.face book.com/goodfruitgrower. www.goodfruit.com GOOD FRUIT GROWER APRIL 1, 2014 5 Yakima-Tieton canal near Oak Creek, Washington PHOTO BY PHIL HULL YAKIMA, WASHINGTON ©2014 NO REPRODUCTION OR DISPLAY WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION. www.goodfruit.com 22 32

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• FEATURE: Handy Apples
• FEATURE: Make every drop count: Simple changes can greatly improve spray application
• FEATURE: Are you the employer of choice? Apple producers look to mechanization to maximize labor.
• FEATURE: Electric orchard equipment
• FEATURE: Microsprinklers for the frost protection
• FEATURE: Watershed moment: Urban Eberhart has devoted his lifetime to water issues.
• FEATURE: Integrated water plan moves forward
• FEATURE: Going out strong: Columbia Basin Nursery is selling its last trees.
• FEATURE: Growers' ally: Tim Smith has always worked with the growers' interests in mind.
• FEATURE: Growers benefit from Smith's work: Tim Smith's research has put money back in growers' pockets.
• FEATURE: Cherry marketer finds his niche: Jesus Aguilar helps growers add value to their crops.
• FEATURE: Reducing food safety risk at every opportunity
• FEATURE: Angles or upright orchard systems? Growers and researchers weigh in.
• FEATURE: Spreading shoots or branches of young apple trees
• FEATURE: Grow it, then crop it: Let Honeycrisp grow.
• FEATURE: Choose the right rootstock for HoneyCrisp
• The good and bad of deficit irrigation: Partial root zone dying irrigation for white varieties.
• DIY spray trials
• In The Box
• Good Job
• Good To Go
• Good Stuff
• Good Deals
• Advertiser Index
• Classified
• Last Bite: Joe & Sean Naumes
• Good Point: Extension is 100 years old....and counting