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  • March 1st 2006 Issue
  • Growers bear gifts and messages for legislators

    Strong support seen for water storage to ease drought.

    [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Thirteen of the 25 largest apple- and pear-producing companies in the United States are in Washington State. That’s one of the messages Jon Wyss delivered to state legislators during the Washington State Horticultural Association’s annual Tree Fruit Day in the state capital of Olympia. Wyss was among several apple and pear growers from central Washington who braved snowy mountain passes to make sure legislators on the other side of the state don’t overlook the state’s billion-dollar […]

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