If all 9.7-billion apples that Washington State produces were lined up, they’d run 18.5 times around the earth’s equator or stretch almost to the moon and back. And yet, somehow, the industry manages to get all those apples harvested one at a time and get them to the consumer free of bruises and in good condition, Bob Brammer noted at the Washington State Horticultural Association’s annual meeting. But Brammer, who is general manager of the growing and packing operation Crane & Crane at Brewster, –Washington, said that politics may make it more difficult to get the crop picked and force […]