10 MARCH 15, 2016 Good Fruit Grower www.goodfruit.com
Above, Traverse City,
Michigan, grower Leonard
Ligon, left, leads a tour
in mid-February into the
blowing snow to inspect his
Honeycrisp orchard on Old
Mission Peninsula, Michigan,
during the International
Fruit Tree Association's
conference and tour.
At right, Ligon discusses how
fruit and leaf buds protrude
from a mechanically hedged
branch at the Michigan State
University Clarksville station
apple research block during
another stop.
Growing
COLD-HARDY
IFTA
Michigan conference
Photo gallery by Ross Courtney, Good Fruit Grower
Michigan offers a deep winter welcome to growers and researchers
during the International Fruit Tree Association's February tour.
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