44 APRIL 1, 2016 Good Fruit Grower www.goodfruit.com
Marketing minds meet
their apple match
with increasing
number of varieties.
by Wendy Stewart
A
pple industry marketing experts are feeling
pressure to find markets for an Ambrosia
crop that will more than double in British
Columbia, Canada, in the next five years.
That growth pits Ambrosia against new
club varieties and existing varieties for valuable store
space.
The dramatic increase in the Ambrosia crop through
new plantings, along with the growing number of new
club varieties and growing pressure to market the fruit,
comes as worldwide apple consumption remains flat.
British Columbia growers produced 650,000
cartons of Ambrosia in 2015, Lance McGinn, BC Tree
Ambrosia
suRge
TJ Mullinax/Good FruiT Grower
Ambrosia is a fairly recent variety, emerging from a chance
seedling in an orchard in British Columbia's Similkameen
Valley in the early 1990s.
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ment of vertical stems and
branches. It can be adjusted for
p l a n t g r o w t h t o a m a x i m u m
diameter of 3-1/2". It is removable
and reusable. Attaches to 10 to14
gauge wire.
The BranchLok™ is used for
lateral training of trellised
branches and cordons to 12-14
gauge wire. BranchLok™ is
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