34 MAY 15, 2016 Good Fruit Grower www.goodfruit.com
SACRAMENTO
LODI
BAKERSFIELD
STOCKTON
KINGSBURG
ARVIN
FRESNO
CALIFORNIA'S
CENTRAL
VALLEY
Busy with expanding O-G Packing's
cherry line in Stockton, Tom Gotelli
says packers need to be ready for
growth. He believes new varieties
and technological improvements in
sorting and packing facilities will keep
California cherries one step ahead of
Washington crops to market.
California Cherry Board member
Greg Costa checks how one of
his older Bing orchards near Lodi
handled several days of rain. Costa
is confi dent California growers
can be stronger than ever with
investment in agricultural science.
JARed JoHnson/
Good FRuit GRoweR
