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his own irrigation business, and installed microirrigation
systems for orchards.
In 1996, he sold his business and moved back to the
United States with his wife, Veronica. Mount Adams
Orchard's president Don Gibson was looking for a bilin-
gual person with a bachelor's degree to manage the new
orchard, and Montoya qualified (though he was actually
bilingual in Spanish and Italian, and only spoke a little
English).
The Montoyas have a home at the orchard, which is
in a remote location 30 miles from Prosser, the nearest
city. Montoya says that gives him plenty of opportuni-
ties to read in his spare time—as well as think up new
inventions. But he also likes learning about the past.
"If I was not an apple grower, I would be an arche-
ologist," he said. "I like history and reading about the
Mayans, Egyptians, and Aztecs. And I like science. I love
horticulture."
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Go to www.goodfruit.com/media to see a video of the
machine operating.
Antonio Montoya, manager at Mount Adams Orchard
in Alderdale, Washington, designed a machine that
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