Katy Lesser Clowney, while working at the Adams County extension office, found the Darwin at a show in Europe and suggested it be tried out. She has been involved in testing it. Steve Hollabaugh The Darwin mechanical string thinner, developed in Europe for thinning organic apples at blossom time, has been tested in Pennsylvania as a peach blossom thinner and is now being adopted by growers, who find it saves them labor and gives them larger fruit. Orchardists are finding it can pay for itself within a year or two. Three Springs Orchard at Bendersville, Pennsylvania, has one Darwin machine […]