Tom DeMarree bought this Blosi platform and uses it for many tasks, including installing trellis wire. Workers crimp stabilizer wires onto trellis wires. The stabilizer wires eliminate the need for additional stakes or posts. Two years ago, the Lake Ontario Fruit Program, with a Northeast Risk Management grant and funds from Cornell Cooperative Extension, organized a trip for western New York growers to see the orchards of Mo and Andre Tougas in Massachusetts. There, Tom DeMarree saw an Italian-made, self-­propelled platform, the N. Blosi Zip 25. The Tougases were using it to pick apples too high up for pick-your-own customers […]