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Good Point
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N.Y. Apple Association president Jim Allen
discusses the importance of new research.
Last Bite
46 Young Grower
Q&A with Oregon grower Mike McLaren.
Departments
5 Quick Bites
40 Good To Go
41 Good Deals
44 Advertiser Index
45 Classifieds
6 Testing string theory
Growers get a close-up demonstration of the
ever more popular hand-held string thinners.
10 Photo gallery
Michigan offers a deep winter welcome to
growers and researchers during the IFTA tour.
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Dr. Gregory Lang discusses NC-140 rootstock trials in a covered orchard at the Michigan State University Clarksville
Research Station as part of the International Fruit Tree Association conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The
trials feature 11 canopy architecture and rootstock combinations.
"You can't make good
wine with bad fruit."
