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QUICK BITES Read more Quick Bites at www.goodfruit.com A legend T he late George Carter, former Washington State University wine grape researcher, will be inducted into the Legends of Washington Wine Hall of Fame on August 10 during a gala at the Walter Clore Wine and Culinary Center. Inductees are selected for their contributions to the community and industry. Carter graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a bachelor's degree in chemistry and did graduate study at both UC-Berkeley, and WSU. He worked as a WSU enologist alongside viticulturist Dr. Walter Clore and developed a system for classifying American, European, and hybrid grape varieties. Carter was elevated to Supreme Knight in the International Brotherhood of the Knights of the Vine. After retiring in 1977, he continued to make wine and George Carter Call for: • TREES • ROOTSTOCK • INTERSTEMS Brian Carter worked in the family vineyard until he died in 2007 at the age of 94. A scholarship in honor of Carter and his wife, Susan, has been established with the Washington State Wine Industry Foundation. Winemaker Brian Carter of Brian Carter Cellars in Woodinville, Washington (no rela- tion to George), was invited to blend a special wine for the Legends gala. The wine is a blend of Counoise, Mourvedre, Syrah, Cinsault, and Grenache. Brian Carter has been working in the wine industry since 1980 and is the only three-time recipient of the Pacific Northwest Enological Society's Grand Prize. Grove joins CMI K Katharine Grove atharine Grove has joined the marketing team of Columbia Marketing International in Wenatchee, Washington, which is one of the state's largest shippers of conventional and organic apples, pears, and cherries. Grove has seven years of marketing experience and will be responsible for CMI's Web site content and social media. She will also collaborate on marketing materials, attend industry shows, and provide market research to benefit CMI's customers. A Cherry inventory compiled The inventory found 400 farms growing sweet cherries and 450 growing tart cherries. TOP QUALITY VIRUS TESTED VERY COMPETITIVE PRICING CONTRACTS FOR 2013, 2014, 2015 new inventory of the Michigan sweet and tart cherry industry has been compiled, based on a census of commercial fruit farms conducted in 2011. The number of farms growing cherries fell over the last five years, with sweet cherry farm numbers falling from 470 to 400 and tart cherry numbers declining from 540 to 450. Michigan is the nation's largest producer of tart cherries. There were 32,000 acres of them at the end of 2011, unchanged from the last inventory conducted in 2006. Acreage declines in southwest and west central Michigan were offset by increases in the north- west. More than half the state's acreage is located in six counties surrounding the Grand Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan. The largest single tart cherry-producing county is Oceana, located in west central Michigan, where 7,900 acres are grown. Leelanau County has the second most tart cherry acres at 7,800. Between 2007 and 2011, 4,500 new acres of tart cherries were planted. Sweet cherry trees were growing on 7,200 acres at the end of the year, down 300 from the last inventory conducted in 2006. Since then, there have been 720 acres of sweet cherries planted. The survey was conducted by the Michigan field office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service. The fruit survey covers all fruits and berries, and the cherry report is the first of nearly a dozen that will be published. In the article "B.C. releases blush cherries" in the June issue of Good Fruit Grower, the names of two new cherry varieities were transposed. Cultivar 13N-07-39 will be named Starletta and SPC 207 will be named Starblush. Correction www.goodfruit.com Custom Contracted Apple, Pear, Cherry & Peach Trees Last chance to order 2013 dormant eye roots Budding for 2014 trees now Order 2015 rootstocks for trees and 2014 dormant eyes now Paul Tvergyak: 509-669-0689 ptvergyak@genext.net We ship nationwide, so please call for price and availability! 509/662-6931 www.cameronnursery.com 1261 Ringold Rd., PO Box 300 • Eltopia, WA 99330 GOOD FRUIT GROWER AUGUST 2012 5 • BENCH GRAFTS • SLEEPING EYES • ROYALTIES QUALITY FRUIT TREES ! HIGHEST