Dave Allan of Yakima is using a similar system to Auvil Fruit Company’s, except that he uses a vertical trellis At Yakima Valley Orchards in Washington, the father-son duo Dave and Travis Allan hope to identify the best way to get a replanted orchard into production, and take some of the guesswork out of it. In a 14.5-acre block of Honeycrisp planted in 2004, scientists are conducting trials to compare fumigated and nonfumigated trees and evaluate a whole host of rootstocks. During an orchard replant field day last fall, Dave Allan said that the fumigant Telone C-25 had given more […]