Following hearings in October, the Washington Apple Commission’s board was to decide whether to send out ballots asking Washington apple growers if they’re prepared to pay an –additional one-cent-per-box assessment. The hearings were held in Yakima and Wenatchee on October 23 and 24, after this issue of the Good Fruit Grower went to press. If the board decides to go ahead, ballots will be mailed out at the end of November and will be due back on about December 17, according to commission President Dave Carlson. The commission’s assessment rate has been 3.5 cents per 40-pound packed box since it […]