Good Fruit Grower

April 15

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www.goodfruit.com GOOD FRUIT GROWER APRIL 15, 2014 53 BIRD CONTROL WILSON IS THE LEADER in custom bird netting programs for all types of crops. Full line of bangers and bird irritant items. Call 509-453-9983. MANUFACTURER WANTED for pat- ented bird/animal scare device. Call Doug Keithly, 509-966-7996, Yakima, WA. NATURAL CONTROL. The Ameri- can Kestrel Falcon will give you LOW COST bird control. Call Ben at Orchard Guard: 509-910-6598, www.orchard guard.com. BLUEBERRY PLANTS BLUEBERRY NURSERY STOCK. Our focus is customer success. Best vari- ety selection. Plants available now. Impeccable service and grower sup- port. Fall Creek Nursery, www.fall- creeknursery .com, 800-538-3001. EMPLOYMENT AVAILABLE COMMERCIAL FRUIT orchard man- ager wanted. Crown Orchard Com- pany, located in central Virginia is looking for an experienced, and highly motivated tree fruit orchard manager. The position involves all aspects of managing a commercial tree fruit pro- duction with the help of skilled sup- port staff. Responsibilities will include managing and implementing crop protection programs, training and managing fi eld labor throughout the seasons. Executing an evolving food safety program will be key duties. Can- didate will be highly organized and capable of multitasking. Profi ciency in English and Spanish will be expected. Please send résumé to, info@crown- orchard.com. All inquires handled with confi dentiality. E A S T E R N W A S H I N G T O N S t a t e large, growth-oriented, and primar- ily organic apple orchard offering a career position for an assistant man- ager to the COO, for business admin- istration and orchard management. You will be part of an experienced professional management team. Can- didate must be computer literate, pos- sess working skills in accounting and payroll management and compliance. Ag background a solid plus. College degree a solid plus. Spanish language skills a solid plus, in that order. Full Time position, salary competitive DOE, great fringes. Please send your résumé to: TNRBO LLC, PO Box 1148, Royal City WA 99357 attn: Jim/Mike. WASHINGTON STATE University in Prosser, WA is seeking a PRODUCTION MANAGER for the nationally recog- nized Clean Plant Center Northwest (CPCNW) that distributes virus-tested fruit trees, grapevines and hop plants. The successful applicant is self-moti- vated, detail oriented, and an excellent communicator. The incumbent will supervise staff responsible for plant care and will be the primary liaison between the CPCNW and its clientele. For a complete description of the posi- tion and requirements, and to apply, visit www.wsujobs.com. Screening will begin on April 15, 2014 and continue until the position is fi lled. WSU is an EO/AA Educator and Employer. EQUIPMENT FOR SALE FIND EQUIPMENT for your farming operation at Wilson's. www.farmit again.com. Used equipment, buy/sell. EQUIPMENT REPAIR ALUMINUM ORCHARD LADDER re pair: We repair all brands of alumi- num ladders. Tallman factory author - ized. Call for drop off locations or pick-up. 509-884-1750 or 509-669-2822. FROST PROTECTION FROST OR FREEZE protection got you down? Warm up with AgHeat's propane heaters to protect your crops. Call or e-mail, agheat@gmail.com, 541-400-4875. www.agheat.com. FRUIT TREES STAN PETERSON FRUIT Tree Sales, has available 42 varieties of Amer- ican Heirloom Cider Apples. Trees still available for 2014 from Hostetler Farms. 231-499-9292, stan@fruit-tree- sales.com. LAPINS, G-6, 3 quarter inch, $8.75. 541-490-1708. QUALITY TREES for Quality Growers, sales agent for Van Well Nursery and C&O Nursery. Mike Anderson, 509-952- 3538. FUMIGATION TRIDENT AGRICULTURAL Products, Inc., specializing in soil fumigation for orchards, vineyards, hops, berries, nurseries, and other crops. Hood River or The Dalles, 971-563-8848; Yakima and Wenatchee, 509-728-2004; Okan- ogan Valley and Columbia Basin, 509- 731-5424; Northwest Washington, 360-630-4285. CUSTOM ORCHARD fumigation Re-plant ing? No job too small. Call now to schedule your 2012 appli- cations. 509-687-9572 Serving all of Washington. Visit us at Custom OrchardFumigation .com GRAFTING SALVADOR ZARAGOSA professional grafting, chip budding, and budding bench grafting. We guarantee 95% take. Mobile, 509-961-2986. PROFESSIONAL GRAFTING and ser- vice. Small and large acreage. 20 years' experience. Jose Mendez, 509-584- 0034 or (mobile) 509-949-1321. COATES GRAFTING COMPANY, spe- cializing in top working cherries. Over 35 years experience. Ken Coates, 509- 662-1882; 509-668-0262 (mobile). GRAFTING AND BUDDING supplies. Two types graft machines, waxes, bud- ding rubbers. Top of the line grafting knives, online www.wilsonirr.com, 509-453-9983. FULL SERVICE FIELD grafting includ- ing chainsawing. Over 25 years' expe- rience, with practically same crew for over 15 years. Gary McMonagle Graft- ing. 509-669-1686. ARGO GRAFTING, accepting bench and field grafting reservations for 2013. Call Mike Argo, go for quality. 509-952-6593. ERNESTO ZAMORA, Professional Grafting. 15 years quality experience. Immediate and long-term satisfaction guaranteed. 509-689-0569 or 509-557- 5007. SCIONON®GRAFTING TOOLS get professional results and improved productivity. Exclusive distributor in the US/Canada. www.GraftingSystems .com. Matt Moser, toll free, 800-386- 5600. GROWER HOUSING SUPPLIES STURDY METAL BUNK beds and mat- tresses for H2-A farm worker hous- ing. Two week lead time from order to delivery. Free on-site delivery with larger orders. Call Crown Furniture, Wenatchee, WA, 509-663-4814 or 509- 670-4011; fax 509-663-6326; or e-mail crown1@nwi.net today for a quote. SPECIAL "SLEEP PACKS" Available now! Includes 33" X 75" 3 lb sleeping bag, standard pillow and pillow case. Call or email for our best price! Crown Furniture, Wenatchee, WA, 509-663- 4814 or 509-670-4011; fax 509-663- 6326; or e-mail crown1@nwi.net today for a quote. ORCHARDS FOR SALE 20 ACRES cherries, 30 acres apples, 30 acres undeveloped, 85 total acres. Shop. Royal Slope, Washington area. Serious inquiries only. $1,500,000. 509-760-5484. 300± ACRE Pear Orchard & Packing Facility in California's Delta. Excel- lent reputation for shipping quality fruit worldwide. Joe Petersen, Broker (209)368-8010 Joe@Agland.org ORCHARD LEASE WANTED LEASING FARMS? Dedicated and experienced farmer interested in leasing apple, cherry and pear farms in eastern Washington. Call 509-480- 2196. ORCHARD SUPPLIES WILSON IS YOUR SOURCE for all types of fabric and plastics used in farming. Shade, wind screens, green- house fi lms, and mulches. 509-453- 9983. WILSON'S HIGH Spanish style green - house tunnels. Early and in creased production and crop protection. www. growtunnel.com. 800-232-1174. TRELLIS SUPPLIES. Largest selection available: Jim's Supply, Euro posts, org/ wood, PWP Wood Posts, Davis Tree Island & import wire, bamboo, etc. 800- 653-2216, www.ovs.com. PACKING EQUIPMENT PORTABLE HYDROCOOLER and cherry sorting tables, portable Rainier line, portable Rainier line, and porta- ble cherry sorting belt. 206-321-8378. USED PACKING EQUIPMENT: We specialize in meeting your needs for used cherry, apple and soft fruit pack- ing and hydro cooling equipment. We custom fabricate as well. Call 206-321- 8378. NEW AND USED packing equipment. Greefa Rotary Sizer, Pomona Dry Dumper. 45 drop, 8 lane, Aweta roller star sizer, available in May 2014. Two 8-lane FMC sizers, 29 drops, Compac electronics. We manufacture new equipment and have a variety of used apple packing equipment. We have new and used repackers. See available equipment on our website at www. nolanandsonsnw.com. Nolan & Sons Northwest, Inc., Naches WA 509-658- 2604. geo@nolanandsonsnw.com. TWO 10-LANE Red Pearl electronic siz- ers with color and defect sorting. This comes with the controls and starters to run the sizers. These were manufac- tured in the year 2007. One 12-lane roll sizer with 54 inch long rolls (resizer) with digital gap readers, Van Doren manufactured. One 12-lane roll sizer with 84-inch long rolls (main sizer) with digital gap readers, Boyd and Boyd manufactured. 14 Central weigh "L" pack bagging and clamming machines. Van Doren cherry bin dumper, hydrau- lic operation. Boyd and Boyd 9-bank belt driven cluster cutter. Various cherry conveyors that are dewater- ing and some with just conveying and some elevating conveyors. Please con- tact Dale Davis at 1-509-733-0026. ROOTSTOCKS TRECO® ROOTSTOCKS mean quality. Buy from the industry leader. TRECO has supplied 60 percent of the nation's malus rootstock needs to the nurser- ies for more than 70 years. Go directly to the source and buy the root stocks trusted and preferred by the major nurseries: TRECO; PO Box 98, Wood- burn, OR 97071. Ph: 1-800-871-5141; fax: 503-634-2344; e-mail: rootstocks@ treco.nu or Web site: www.treco.nu. CARLTON PLANTS, LLC is a quality grower of virus-certified rootstocks and seedlings for fruit, fl owering, and shade trees. Apple: M9-NIC, M26, M7, M25, MM106, MM111, domestic. Cherry: Mazzard, Mahaleb. Pear: cal- leryana, communis. Plum: M29C, St. Julian. For questions or to place an order, please call our sales depart- ment, 800-398-8733 or fax 800-442- 1452. FIRDALE NURSERY, certifi ed apple rootstocks: EMLA 7, EMLA 106, EMLA 111, M 9 (337) and BUD 9. Beaverton, OR. 503-628-2755. COPENHAVEN FARMS NURSERY. "We're at the Root of The Business." Quality Oregon-grown rootstock and seedlings for fruit, flowering, and shade trees. Specializing in virus-free apple, cherry, plum, and pear root- stock since 1982. Christopher and Marilyn Dolby 503-985-7161; Fax: 503- 985-7876. E-mail: copenhavenfarms @ comcast.net, www.copenhavenfarms. com. WILLAMETTE NURSERIES offers Oregon-grown, virus-certified fruit tree rootstock, including popular M.9 clones and fruit tree seedlings (apple, cherry, pear and plum.) Excellent quality, reasonably priced. Outstand- ing service. Visit our updated web- site, including availabilities, at: www. willamettenurseries.com Willamette Nurseries, 25571 S. Barlow Rd., Canby, OR 97013. 800-852-2018, 503-263- 6405. E-mail: willamette@canby.com. SALT ENCAPSULATION BYOSOIL SALTBIND permanently encapsulates salts and other excess ions in the soil. This includes sodium, chloride, and bicarbonates. It re-bal- ances your soil chemistry. Please con- tact ByoGon Northwest, 541-490-5628, sm@byogon.com, www.byogon.com for more information. SPRAYERS COMPLETE LINE of sprayers. Swihart Sales Company, Quinter, KS. 800-864- 4595, www.swihart-sales.com. STAKES / POSTS / POLES QUALITY PAYS—PRINCETON Wood Pre servers pressure-treated posts, poles. Quoted by truckload. #10- 477 Martin St., Penticton, B.C. V2A 5L2. Plant phone: 250-492-9190, fax: 250-492- 175, toll free, 877-797-7678. E-mail: e.everitt@shaw.ca; Web: www. pwppost.com. PANHANDLE FOREST PRODUCTS: Quality posts, poles, and stakes. CCA pressure-treated, with delivery. Par ti al loads. 888-289-7678; www.panhandle .com. POSTS, POLES, AND STAKES: Pres- sure treated in the USA. Vari ous sizes and lengths. Untreated available for organic growers. Jasper En ter prises, Inc.; PO Box 102; Chat taroy, WA 99003; phone 800-238-6540; or e-mail sales@ jasper-inc.com. STEEL APPLE and grape trellis. Cus- tom systems available. Bamboo, treated wood, top of the line qual- ity and service. Online catalog. Wil- son Vine yard and Orchard Supply, Yakima, W A. 509-453-9983, www.wil- sonirr .com. TREE SPREADERS BEST PRICING: notched and nailed. Wilson, 509-453-9983. TREEAGE, TREEHEALTH, Treeform, TreeFruit! treeform@sympatico.ca. TREE TRAINING TREE TRAINING and trellis supplies online at www.wilsonirr.com. TRELLIS SUPPLIES FREE TRELLIS SUPPLIES CATALOG – Planting guidelines, trellis designs and products and more. Visit www.ovs. com to download your free copy! TRELLIS SUPPLIES, largest selection available: Jim's Supply, euro posts, organic wood, PWP wood posts, Davis, Tree Island, and Import wire, bamboo, etc. 800-653-2216, www.ovs.com. WIND MACHINES CHINOOK WIND MACHINES, sales/ service. All makes, new/used. H.F. Hauff Company, Inc., 509-248-0318. CASCADE WIND MACHINE Service, distributor of Orchard-Rite® wind machines. PO Box 9308; Yakima, WA 98909, phone 509-457-9196; Wenat- chee, WA 509-662-2753; British Colum bia, 250-495-7245. WIND MACHINE SALES: sales/ser- vice, new and used wind machines. 509-877-2138. 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