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The FruITGrOwer • December 2016
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i
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c
al
e
polyt
he
n
e
t
u
nn
e
ls fi
r
st app
e
a
re
d in t
he
b
r
itis
h
c
o
u
nt
r
ysid
e
in t
he
e
a
r
ly 1990s and sin
ce
t
he
n
t
he
y
h
av
e
bec
o
me
t
he
standa
r
d syst
em
fo
r
soft f
ru
it
p
r
od
uc
tion. Alongsid
e
t
h
is, ot
her
s
ec
to
r
s, s
uch
as salad
p
r
od
uc
tion,
h
av
e
also in
cre
asingly adopt
e
d p
r
ot
ec
t
e
d
cr
opping, pa
r
ti
cu
la
r
ly fo
r
sp
ec
iality lin
e
s s
uch
as
b
a
b
y
l
e
av
e
s.
A
cc
o
r
ding to so
me
e
sti
m
at
e
s, Spanis
h
-styl
e
h
ig
h
polyt
u
nn
e
ls no
w
p
r
ot
ec
t 80% of t
he
soft f
ru
it t
h
at is sold
t
hr
o
u
g
h
s
u
p
erm
a
r
k
e
ts, in
c
l
u
ding st
r
a
wberr
i
e
s,
r
asp
berr
i
e
s,
b
la
c
k
berr
i
e
s,
b
l
ueberr
i
e
s and
e
v
e
n
cherr
i
e
s. Alt
h
o
u
g
h
s
uch
la
r
g
e
-s
c
al
e
st
ruc
t
ure
s
c
an
be
c
ont
r
ov
er
sial f
r
o
m
a planning
p
er
sp
ec
tiv
e
, t
here
is no do
ub
t t
h
at t
he
uK soft f
ru
it ind
u
st
r
y
w
o
u
ld not
bewhere
it is no
ww
it
h
o
u
t t
hem
.
A
cc
o
r
ding to b
r
itis
h
S
ummer
F
ru
its, p
r
io
r
to t
he
int
r
od
uc
tion of polyt
u
nn
e
ls in england only 50% of soft f
ru
it
o
u
tp
u
t
c
o
m
p
r
is
e
dG
r
ad
e
1 f
ru
it,
bu
t no
w
it is n
e
a
rer
90%. Fo
r
soft f
ru
it g
r
o
wer
s, all of
wh
i
ch
a
re
p
r
ivat
e
ly-o
w
n
e
d fa
m
ily-
ru
n
e
nt
er
p
r
is
e
s, t
h
is
re
p
re
s
e
nts t
he
diff
ere
n
ce
be
t
wee
n
h
aving a
bu
sin
e
ss and going o
u
t of
bu
sin
e
ss. In fa
c
t, t
he
u
s
e
of
polyt
u
nn
e
ls is no
w
so
w
id
e
sp
re
ad t
h
at AhDbho
r
ti
cu
lt
ure
is
f
u
nding anmS
c
p
r
oj
ec
t to s
ee
h
o
w
rem
ot
e
s
e
nsing
c
an
be
T
he
re
q
u
i
reme
nts of polyt
u
nn
e
ls fo
r
p
r
ot
ec
t
e
d soft
f
ru
it p
r
od
uc
tion
to join t
he
fa
m
ily
bu
sin
e
ss.
winni
e
ro
e
lofs is s
ure
of on
e
t
h
ing and
h
op
e
f
u
l fo
r
anot
her
. h
e
is s
ure
t
h
at 150
h
a is pl
e
nty la
r
g
e
e
no
u
g
h
and
t
he
c
o
m
pany is no
w
at its
m
axi
mum
. “w
e
n
ee
d too
m
any
p
e
opl
e
to op
er
at
em
o
re
hec
ta
re
s, and it is i
m
po
r
tant not to
fo
r
g
e
t t
h
at 150
h
a is a lot of land.”
T
he
t
r
a
c
to
r
s, and all ot
her
v
eh
i
c
l
e
s,
m
a
ch
in
er
y and
bu
ildings, a
re
s
er
vi
ce
d and
m
aintain
e
d
b
y on
e
f
u
ll-ti
me
mech
ani
c
and on
e
h
alf-ti
me
, andm
r
ro
e
lofs is
h
op
e
f
u
l t
h
at
t
he
t
r
a
c
to
r
s
w
ill p
r
ovid
e
anot
her
fiv
e
to t
e
n y
e
a
r
s of s
er
vi
ce
.
“T
he
y only do a f
ew
hu
nd
re
d
h
o
ur
s
e
a
ch
y
e
a
r
and,
wh
il
e
we
tak
e
c
a
re
of t
hem
, at so
me
point
we
s
h
o
u
ld sta
r
t
looking fo
r
re
pla
ceme
nts.”
Brief history
T
he
n
ur
s
er
y’s fo
u
nd
er
wi
m
ro
e
lofs
w
o
r
k
e
d on a f
ru
it fa
rm
in t
he
no
r
t
h
-
e
ast pold
er
a
re
a of t
he
N
e
t
her
lands d
ur
ing t
he
e
a
r
ly 1960s. In 1965, wi
m
andri
e
t ro
e
lofs
m
ov
e
d to
n
e
a
rb
y ens
where
t
he
y
he
lp
e
d to
e
sta
b
lis
h
a f
ru
it t
ree
n
ur
s
er
y. Fiv
e
y
e
a
r
s lat
er
t
he
y d
ec
id
e
d to
h
av
e
a go
t
hem
s
e
lv
e
s and
m
ov
e
d to t
he
e
ast
er
n pa
r
t of t
he
Fl
e
vo
pold
er
and in 1970 sta
r
t
e
d t
he
i
r
o
w
n
bu
sin
e
ss
r
aising f
ru
it
t
ree
s and g
r
o
w
ing f
ru
it. T
he
c
o
m
pany
re
lo
c
at
e
d to t
he
n
ewe
st so
u
t
her
n pa
r
t of t
he
Fl
e
vo pold
er
in 1983,
where
a
f
ru
it and a
r
a
b
l
e
fa
rmw
as s
e
t
u
p in addition to t
he
f
ru
it t
ree
n
ur
s
er
y. In Jan
u
a
r
y 2008 t
he
t
w
o sonswinni
e
andma
rc
o
e
a
ch
took ov
er
h
alf t
he
bu
sin
e
ss. winni
e
d
e
v
e
lop
e
d t
he
f
ru
it t
ree
n
ur
s
er
y and t
he
a
r
a
b
l
e
fa
rm
, andma
rc
o
c
ontin
ue
d
w
it
h
f
ru
it p
r
od
uc
tion. Today, t
he
f
ru
it t
ree
n
ur
s
er
y off
er
s
t
hree
typ
e
s of appl
e
t
ree
s: on
e
-y
e
a
r
-old p
ru
n
e
d, t
w
o-y
e
a
r
-
old knip-t
ree
s and t
w
o-y
e
a
r
-old int
erme
diat
e
sto
c
k. T
he
y
p
r
od
uce
fo
ur
typ
e
s of p
e
a
r
t
ree
s – on
e
-y
e
a
r
-old
c
o
r
dons,
t
w
o-y
e
a
r
-old ‘V’-
he
dg
e
, t
w
o-y
e
a
r
-old f
ree
spindl
e
and t
w
o-
y
e
a
r
-old sp
r
int t
ree
s.
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