Good Fruit Grower

February 15

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CLASSIFIED 509-853-3520 800-487-9946 509-853-3521 fax getit@goodfruit.com 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. 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 variety selection. Plants available now. Impeccable service and grower support. Fall Creek Nursery, www.fall creeknursery.com, 800-538-3001. EMPLOYMENT AVAILABLE ARE YOU A HIGH-ENERGY horticul- turist looking for a new opportunity? Minnesota's largest apple producer needs an orchard operations manager to help develop and implement our cultural care and harvest programs. The ideal applicant has formal edu- cation in pomology or related field; hands on experience with labor man- agement; well developed bilingual communication skills; a can-do atti- tude, and a sense of humor. This is a salaried, year-round position with benefits. Pepin Heights is a vertically integrated grower, packer, shipper, and processor located along the bluffs of the beautiful Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota. Check us out at pepinheights.com. Contact Chet Miller, chet@pepinheights.com or Dennis Courtier, dennis@pepinheights. com, 651-345-2305 or 1-800-652-3779. DIRECTOR OF GROWER Relations, Columbia Valley Fruit, LLC. We are a Yakima, WA based apple packing warehouse looking for an energetic individual to lead our Grower rela- tions department. Responsibilities will include but not limited to Orchard lease & purchase opportunities, grower base expansion, prepare & present business documents, consult grower base on harvesting & packing details. Ideal applicant will have 5+ years in agriculture field operations, preferably a background in finance and/or a bachelors' degree in a related field. Salary $85,000-$120,000/yr depending on experience, competitive benefits package. Please send resumes to kyle@columbiavalleyfruit.com or 1720 W. Ahtanum Rd. Union Gap, WA 98903. ASSISTANT CONTROLLER, Columbia Valley Fruit, LLC. We are a Yakima, WA based apple packing warehouse looking for an Assistant Controller. Duties will include but not limited to budgeting, tax reporting, payroll, analyzing financial details, preparing financial statements, and accounts payable. Ideal candidate will have a 4 year degree in accounting, finance, or business management with 2+ years of accounting experience. Sal- ary $60,000-$90,000/yr depending on experience, competitive bene- fits package. Great career and salary advance opportunities. Please send resumes to kyle@columbiavalleyfruit. com or 1720 W. Ahtanum Rd. Union Gap, WA 98903. G.S.LONG CO. of Yakima, WA, is looking for qualified seasonal Trap Checkers for the 2016 growing season. Responsibilities include maintaining, monitoring and recording data for insect pheromone traps. Competi- tive compensation with 50-plus hours a week. Contact Matt Duke, email mattd@gslong.com. THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Canned Pear Service is seeking resumes for its Promotion Director position. The PNCPS Promotion Director reports directly to the PNCPS Board of Direc- tors. This position requires up to three weeks of travel per month. The Pro- motion Director oversees a small staff and works with industry processors to develop marketing plans within the foodservice sector that target food- service distributors, school districts, and foodservice management com- panies. Duties include the oversight and implementation of foodservice publicity outreach programs, atten- dance at a wide variety of trade shows and conferences, and a close working relationship with the USDA-AMS Food Purchasing and Nutrition Service. Sal- ary DOE. Resumes can be submitted by email to kathy@wastatefruit.com or mail to: Mark Miller, PNCPS, 105 So. 18th St., Ste. 205, Yakima, WA 98901. 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 TREES STILL AVAILABLE for 2016, 2017, & 2018. Supplies are going to be very limited, so order today! Rep- resenting the nation's PREMIER fruit tree nurseries. Stan Peterson Fruit Tree Sales, (cell) 231-499-9292, 888-333- 1464. stan@fruit-treesales.com, www. fruit-treesales.com. 2574 S. Benedict Road, Lundington, MI 49431. QUALITY TREES for quality growers, sales agent for Van Well Nursery and C&O Nursery. Mike Anderson, 509-952- 3538. CIDER TREES for sale, bare root nurs- ery stock for Spring 2016 planting. www.ciderbabies.com or 503-364-1303. FUMIGATION TRIDENT AGRICULTURAL Products, Inc., specializing in soil fumigation for orchards, vineyards, hops, ber- ries, nurseries, and other crops. Hood River or The Dalles, 971-563-8848; Yakima and Wenatchee, 509-728-2004; Columbia Basin, 509-731-5424; Okan- ogan Valley, 509-828-0691; Northwest Washington, 360-630-4285. CUSTOM ORCHARD Fumigation Re-plant ing? No job too small. Call now to schedule your applications. 509-687-9572. Serving all of Wash- ington. Visit us at CustomOrchard Fumigation.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. 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. GARY McMONAGLE Grafting, growing for 30 years with over 20 million field grafts of experience, including millions of chip buds and bench grafts. 509- 669-1686. ERNIE'S GRAFTING, professional service. 17 years quality experience. Immediate and long-term satisfaction guaranteed. 509-689-0569 or 509-322- 2325 (mobile). SCIONON® GRAFTING tools, Bio- Graft™ tape, Bud Clips and other innovative nursery, grafting supplies and equipment. Exclusive US/Can- ada distributor. Download our catalog and view our YouTube videos at www. GraftingSystems.com. Toll free 800- 386-5600. Cell 269-921-6892. Ask for Matt Moser. ZAMORA'S GRAFTING. Many Central Washington growers satisfied with our unsurpassed results. Over 30 years experience. Contact Ramiro Zamora at 509-689-6932 or 509-733-2754. ARGO GRAFTING, accepting bench and field grafting reservations for 2016. Call Mike Argo, go for quality. 509-952- 6593. GROWER HOUSING SUPPLIES STURDY METAL BUNK beds and mattresses for H2A 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. LAND FOR LEASE 80 ACRES of prime land with irrigation available for lease. Currently bare land located in Bridgeport, WA. Please email Rics@ptrans.net for more information. Or call 509-667-9392 and ask for Ric. ORCHARD LEASE WANTED LEASING FARMS? Dedicated and exper ienced 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 farm- ing. Shade, wind screens, greenhouse films, 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. PACKING EQUIPMENT 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. PORTABLE HYDROCOOLER and small cherry line with sizer and cluster cutter, could be used as Rainier line. 206-321-8378. 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 website: www.treco.nu. CARLTON PLANTS, LLC is a quality grower of virus-certified rootstocks and seedlings for fruit, flowering, 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 department, 800-398-8733 or fax 800- 442-1452. 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: copenhaven farms@ comcast.net, www.copenhavenfarms. com. FIRDALE NURSERY, certified apple rootstocks: EMLA.7, EMLA.106, EMLA.111, M.9 (337) and BUD 9. Bea- verton, OR. 503-628-2755. WILLAMETTE NURSERIES offers Oregon-grown, virus-certified fruit tree rootstock, including popular M.9 clones and other dwarf and semi- dwarf varieties, and fruit tree seed- lings (apple, cherry, pear & plum.) Excellent quality, reasonably priced. Outstanding service. Visit us at: www.willamettenurseries.com. Wil- lamette Nurseries, 25571 S. Barlow Road, Canby, OR 97013. 800-852-2018, 503-263-6405. E-mail: willamette@ canby.com. CERTIFIED VIRUS FREE M9-T337/ other rootstock for Spring 2016 deliv- ery. Order now while supply lasts. Call Greg Benner, TreeLogic USA, LLC at 509-833-3486 anytime to reserve your stock! Since 1972. 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. P.O. Box 1269, Penticton, B.C., V0X 1W0 Plant phone: 250-295-7911; toll free, 877-797-7678. E-mail: elizabeth@pwpost.com. 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.pan handle.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., P.O. Box 102, Chat taroy, WA 99003; phone 800-238-654, or e-mail sales@ jasper-inc.com. STEEL APPLE and grape trellis. Custom systems available. Bam- boo, treated wood, top of the line quality and service. Online cata- log. Wilson Vine yard and Orchard Supply, Yakima, W A. 509-453-9983, www.wilsonirr.com. TREE SPREADERS BEST PRICING: notched and nailed. Wilson, 509-453-9983. "V" SPREADERS. treeform@sympatico. ca, 519-599-2299, or John DeMartini, 209-484-8502 and ryan@firmanpollen. com (western contacts).. TREE TRAINING TREE TRAINING and trellis supplies online at www.wilsonirr.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. P.O. 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. ORCHARD RITE wind machine, good condition, Quincy WA area, 509-760-4562. WINE GRAPE PLANTS WINE GRAPE PLANTS for sale. Cab- ernet Sauvignon #8, Merlot # 3, Syrah Phelps clone. 509-832-2066, Jeff. www.goodfruit.com Good Fruit Grower FEBRUARY 15, 2016 37

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