Twin leaders fill canopy quickly

Ray Fuller (right) and Andrew Del Rosario discuss a twin-leader block that Fuller planted in 2008. The trees were whips, which he headed back at planting so he could develop two leaders as the trees grew. The trees are Minneiska (trade name SweeTango) on Geneva 11 rootstocks. GERALDINE WARNER When organic grower Ray Fuller replants his orchard, he has two major economic factors to address. One is how to get the trees to fill their space quickly in order to generate optimum yields, and the other is how to effectively control weeds without ­herbicides. In recent plantings at his Chelan, […]