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www.goodfruit.com GOOD FRUIT GROWER DECEMBER 2014 5 g r o w i n g w i t h g r o w e r s s i n c e 1 9 4 6 Managing Editor Casey Corr casey.corr@goodfruit.com • 509-853-3512 Editor Geraldine Warner gwarner@goodfruit.com • 509-665-3330 Associate Editors Melissa Hansen mhansen@goodfruit.com • 509-968-3922 Richard Lehnert lehnert@goodfruit.com • 616-984-6001 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 Digital Producer TJ Mullinax tj@goodfruit.com • 509-853-3519 Design/Production Aurora Lee aurora@goodfruit.com • 509-853-3518 Circulation Maria Fernandez maria@goodfruit.com • 509-853-3515 Advisory Board Lindsay Hainstock, Denny Hayden, Steve Hoying, Jim Kelley, Desmond Layne, Jim McFerson, Ian Merwin, Todd Newhouse, Don Olmstead, Mercy Olmstead, Marvin Owings, Mark Roy, Vicky Scharlau, Mark Tudor, Chris Van Well, Mike Wittenbach U.S. SUBSCRIPTIONS: $35.00 per year, 3 years $75.00. CANADIAN SUBSCRIPTIONS: $55.00 per year (U.S. funds, Canadian G.S.T. included: G.S.T. Registration #135100949). SUBSCRIPTIONS OUTSIDE U.S.A. & CANADA: $100.00 per year (payment by credit card only). WASHINGTON STATE GROWER SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year to deciduous tree fruit growers in the state of Washington who pay assessments on commercially shipped fruit, either to the Washington State Fruit Commission or to the Washington Apple Commission. Back issues are not available. Single copies of current issues are $5.00. To subscribe, call 1-800-487-9946. Good Fruit Grower (ISSN 0046-6174) is published semi-monthly 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. © 2014 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 Columns 6 First Bite Casey Coor on growers of distinction. 80 Good Point Chris Schlect on that unwashed grape. Departments 9 In the Box 10 Quick Bites 12 Good Job 82 Good Stuff 85 Good to Go 86 Good Deals 92 Advertiser Index 93 Classifieds 94 Last Bite Young Grower: Sean Gilbert 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 on Twitter and Facebook. Follow us @goodfruit grower. Like us at www.facebook.com/ goodfruitgrower. 56 76 On the cover Good Fruit Growers of the Year 2014 Craig and Mike O'Brien. Photo by TJ Mullinax, Digital Producer, Good Fruit Grower ©2014 NO REPRODUCTION OR DISPLAY WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION.