Malling 7 rootstocks and a V-trellis system seem to work best for Fuji and Gala apples at Britton VanKonynenburg Farms. Though many California orchardists have removed their Fuji trees because of poorly ­colored apples, a two-family farm partnership in Modesto has found a way to produce quality fruit by using better-colored strains and ­evaporative cooling. Chris Britton and Paul VanKonynenburg joined their fathers, John Britton and Derk VanKonynenburg, about 15 years ago. Their fathers were already partners in Britton VanKonynenburg Farms, a farming operation with 1,500 acres of peaches, apples, almonds, walnuts, grapes, and more recently, cherries. Apples were first […]