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  • January 1st 2013 Issue
  • Story by Richard Lehnert
  • Tower sprayer works for Quebec grower

    [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”] Fruiteraie des Gadbois has another unique feature, a tower, or sleeve, sprayer Benoit Gadbois developed working with Dr. Bernard Panneton and Carl Bissaillon. Benoit demonstrated it in the family’s orchards during the International Fruit Tree Association tour to the Quebec area last summer. Panneton is an agricultural engineer at the horticultural research center in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, and Bissaillon assembled the sprayer at Univerco, a Bissaillon family-owned company at Napierville, Quebec, that builds specialized machines for the produce […]

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