Bird Control
WILSON IS THE LEADER in custom bird netting programs for all types of crops. Full line of bangers and bird irritant items. Call 509-453-9983. 33910
BIRDBUSTERSInnovative bird control, audio deterrent systems that work! Guaranteed. www.birdbusters.com. 34657
Crop Insurance
CONOVER AGRICULTURAL. Peace of mind, all the time! Protect your family's investment and security. Conover Ag offers MPCI, crop, hail, AGR programs, farm packages, and more. Call Rick Gress at the office near you. Yakima: 509-965-2090; Tri-Cities: 509-543-6425; Wenatchee: 509-664-6819. 34010
Crown Gall Control
NOGALL: ADVANCED SOLUTION for Crown Gall Control. Easier to handle, prepare, and apply. Increased shelf life and temperature tolerance. Reduced risk of biocontrol breakdown. Available from New BioProducts, Inc., at 541-752-2045; www.newbioproducts.com. 33609
Employment Available
FOREMAN WANTED for produce warehouse. Experience required in all phases of production: Crews, Quality Control, Shipping, & Packaging. Wages DOE. Benefits. Send resume to : Foreman Position, PO Box 915, Sunnyside, WA 98944 34651
WINEMAKER WANTED . Experienced winemaker sought by ultra premium winery in the Columbia Valley of Washington State. Great opportunity as winery moves from consultant to full time position. Annual production, 5,000 cases. All fruit estate grown. Many varieties (both old vines and new plantings). Must be team player with strong winemaking skills and ability to represent winery in promotional capacity. Salary D.O.E., with benefits. Applications held in strictest confidence. Send cover letter and résumé immediately (by 4/1/04) to Winemaker, P.O. Box 1663, Issaquah, WA 98027. 34677
Equipment for Sale
CHIPPERS, TUB GRINDERS, trenchers: Vermeer Rocky Mountain can assist you with your chipping and grinding equipment needs. Sales, leasing, rentals, parts, and service. Contact us at 1-800-677-2441 or at www.vermeer. com. 34522
FIND EQUIPMENT for your farming operation at Wilson's, www.farmitagain.com. Used equipment, buy and sell. 33842
Frost Protection
AG HEAT propane orchard and vineyard heaters. Easy to use, highly efficient, see how modern technology can save you money. P.O. Box 1322 Hood River, OR 97301, phone 541-386-1783 or 541-400-4875. 34029
Fruit Trees
TIETON, CHELAN, BING, Van, Selah, Skeena, Lapins, Benton, Gala, Fuji, Golden, Concorde, Bosc. Representing leading nurseries. Mark Barrett, 509-961-7383, E-mail mbarr5@aol.com. 34355
CHELAN™ (USPP# 8545) on Mazzard this Spring (2004) 5/8 and larger. More than 1,000 trees $5.00/tree plus $0.50 royalty. These are beautiful trees with vast majority being about 3/4". Call for appointment to see trees for yourself. Call D&G Nursery, ask for Dan or Gary (509-577-0434). 34658
Grafting
SALVADOR ZARAGOSA professional grafting, chip budding, and budding bench grafting. We guarantee 95% take. Mobile, 509-961-2986. 34524
GRAFTING AND BUDDING supplies. Two types graft machines, waxes, budding rubbers. Top of the line grafting knives, on-line www.wilson irr.com; 509-453-9983. 33927
WANT TO BUY your grafting trimmings. Also, flailing available. 509-961-3420. 34528
PROFESSIONAL GRAFTING and service. Small and large acreage, 15 years' experience. Jose Mendez, 509-877-6820 or (mobile) 509-949-1321. 33288
ZAMORA'S GRAFTING. Many Central Washington growers satisfied with our unsurpassed results. 25 years' experience. Contact Ramiro Zamora at 509-686-6932 or 509-733-2754. 34526
ATTENTION ORCHARDISTS: Experienced grafter looking to offer guaranteed grafting at an unbeatable price. Call 509-832-1968 or 509-786-3563. 34636
GRAFTING25 YEARS' experience, excellent references, also available in Hood River area. Contact Will Moonie at 509-682-5197. 33978
Irrigation
FISH SCREENS : Fisheries compliant, self-cleaning intake screens, many sizes available. Custom Technology, 800-333-5246, www.customtechnol ogy.net. 32828
Miscellaneous for Sale
BULK SALE OF GIFT SHOP MERCHANDISE. Remaining items from closure of the Fruit Place Gift Shop are available for bulk purchase. Priced at $15,000 for entire lot. Contact JoAnne Daniels at 509-453-4837 for information and closing date.
Orchard for Sale
RIVERSIDE, WA: 47 fenced acres along Highway 97. Twenty acres in Goldens, Galas, cherries, 3 varieties of pears, full line of equipment. Additional acreage with alfalfa. Small home. Oroville Realty, Oroville, WA 509-476-3972, toll free 800-476-3973. 34552
FIFTY ACRES OF TOP PRODUCING pear orchard located on sixty three acres, bounded by over two thousand feet of Wenatchee River frontage, located just east of Leavenworth, WA. Your inquiries are welcome. M. Hamilton, Premier One Properties, 509-548-5335 or 509-662-3491. www.mhamiltonera.com "Orchard". 34663
MIDDLE TENNESSEE APPLE ORCHARD . Turn key. 2,500 trees, two homes, barn, processing center,and all equipment necessary for operation. Sam Judd 615-218-7113 Century 21 Jones Realty 615-444-3752. 34656
Orchard Supplies
FOR SALE: 11,000 plywood apple bins, 47"x47". Emmett Valley Fruit, Inc. Call 208-365-3212. 34530
WILSON IS YOUR SOURCE for all types of fabric and plastics used in farming. Shade, wind screens, greenhouse films, and mulches. 509-453-4983. 33859
Packing Equipment
HYDRO COOLER CHERRY LINE , 50-foot water belt, 50-ton cooling coils, sizer, sorting belts, bin dumper, box rollers: $195,000 US. 250-498-7632. gillfarms@img.net. 34653
CURRIE FULLY AUTOMATIC case palletizer, Model HSP-6. Purchased new in 1997, in excellent condition. $75,000. Speak to Verlie or Jay at 509-662-8062. 34659
COMPLETE PACKING LINE. Two electronic 2-lane sizers, labelers, conveyors, tray fillers. Nice shape, $15,000. Rainier line, complete, $3,700. 509-966-2065. 34650
Pollination
BINDERBOARDTM nest system for Blue Orchard bees, Orchard Mason bees and Hornfaced bees, www.pollinatorparadise.com . Karen Strickler 208-722-7808. 33357
Publications
WENDING THE WAY FROM WAPATO GAP. Over the years, you've heard George Ing speak at various conventions, read his column in Good Fruit Grower, and empathized with his patient wife, Muriel. Now you can own him or at least his autobiographical account of rural life as a grower, humorist, and industry leader. 416 pages. $20, plus s/h. Available from Good Fruit Grower Bookshelf, 509-575-2315 or 1-800-487-9946, Ext 0; or on-line at www.goodfruit.com.
Rootstocks
WEIL FARMS NURSERY ROOTSTOCK availability: Supporter®4 (PI 80 Select), M.26, Bud 9, M.9, Pajam®2, B 118, Colt rootstocks, PumiSelect®, Krymsk® cherry rootstock. Call for price and availability. 1-800-421-4001. 34537
OREGON-GROWN, VIRUS-CERTIFIED fruit tree rootstocks: dwarf/semi-dwarf apple. Fruit tree seedlings: apple, cherry, pear, plum, peach, and hardwood cuttings. Ornamental seedlings/ hardwood cuttings. New softwood cuttings. Excellent quality, reasonably priced. Outstanding service. Call/write for prices. Willamette Nurseries, 25571 S. Barlow Rd., Canby, OR 97013. Call: 1-800-852-2018, 503-263-6405; e-mail willamette@heavanet.com; Web site willamette nurseries.com. 33063
COPENHAVEN FARMS: Virus certified rootstock, plum Myro 29C, Pear OhxF 97, OhxF 333. Pyrus Communis. Apple: EMLA 9 NAKB9, Bud 9, VF EMLA 26, VF EMLA 7, VF MM106, VF EMLA 111, also Mazzard Cherry. 503-985-7161; Fax 503-985-7876, copenhavenfarms@comcast.net. 34535
TRECO ROOTSTOCK means quality. Buy from the industry leader. Treco has supplied more than 60 percent of the country's leading fruit tree nurseries with rootstock for over 60 years. Go directly to the source and buy the rootstock trusted and preferred by the major nurseries. Treco, P.O. Box 98, Woodburn, OR 97071. Phone: 1-800-871-5141, Fax: 503-634-2344, E-mail: treco@molalla.net, www.treco.nu. 33524
CERTIFIED APPLE ROOTSTOCKS: EMLA 7, EMLA 26, EMLA 106, EMLA 111, M 9 (337) and BUD 9. Wholesale only please. Firdale Nursery, Beaverton, Oregon. 503-628-2755. 34533
Soil Fumigation
TRIDENT AGRICULTURAL Products, Inc. Specializing in soil fumigation for orchards, vineyards, nurseries, and other crops. Hood River or
The Dalles, 971-563-9621; Yakima, 509-728-2004; Wenatchee, 509-961-5027; W. Washington, 360-772-2527. 33796
CUSTOM ORCHARD FUMIGATION. Replanting? Call now to schedule your spring 2004 applications. 509-687-9572, Manson, Washington. 34541
Stakes/Posts/Poles
QUALITY PAYS--PRINCETON Wood Preservers pressure-treated posts, poles. Quoted by truckload. #4-477 Martin St., Penticton, B.C. V2A 5L2. Plant phone: 250-492-9190, fax: 250-492-9175, toll free, 866-992-9190. E-mail: e.everitt@shaw.ca. Web: www.pwppost.com. 33505
POSTS, POLES, and STAKES: Various sizes and lengths available. Pressure treated or untreated. Jasper Enterprises, Inc., P.O. Box 102, Chattaroy WA 99003, phone 800-238-6540, or e-mail sales @jasper-inc.com. 33693
PANHANDLE FOREST PRODUCTS: Quality posts, poles, and stakes. CCA pressure-treated, with delivery. Partial loads. 888-289-7678, day or evening; www.panhandle.com. 33823
ALL TYPES STEEL ORCHARD TRELLIS: Grape post and end post. Northwest manufacturer, call for pricing. Curfman Steel Corporation, 509-837-4650. 34539
STEEL APPLE AND GRAPE trellis. Custom systems available. Bamboo, treated wood, top of the line quality and service. On-line catalog. Wilson Irrigation and Orchard Supplies, Yakima, WA. 509-453-4983, www.wilsonirr.com. 33876
Tree Spreaders
TREE SPREADERS: Steel points, plus two notched styles. Great prices! Also sell spreader stock for you-make. Cedarbrook Lumber, 509-782-2447, 800-634-6334. 34545
TREE SPREADERS: Lowest possible prices 4" to 48" steel points. Notched spreaders (order only). We ship nationwide. MC and Visa accepted. Yakima Specialties, Inc., 1819 West "J" Street, Yakima, WA 98902. 509-453-0386 or 800-466-0387. 34543
BEST PRICING: notched and nailed. Wilson, 509-453-9983. 33893
USED NOTCHED WOODEN SPREADERS: 1"x2". 18" to 8' lengths. Mostly 4,' 5', and 6'. Good condition. 4 cents per linear ft. 509-686-2441. 34644
Tree Training
TREE TRAINING AND TRELLIS supplies on-line at www.wilsonirr.com . 33944
Wind Machines
CHINOOK WIND MACHINES, sales/service.
All makes, new/used. H.F. Hauff Company, 509-248 0318. 34085
CASCADE WIND MACHINE Service. New and used wind machines. P.O. Box 9308, Yakima, WA 98909, phone 509-457-9196; Wenatchee, 509-662-2753; British Columbia, 604-495-7873. 34549
WIND MACHINE SALES, sales/service, new and used wind machines. 509-877-2138. 34547
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