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Serving the tree fruit
and grape industries of
featur
IN THIS ISSUE
British Columbia, Canada
Published quarterly by
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Fall 2009
LOOK OUT
Bryden Winsby
Studies continue on several control methods
, LEAFROLLER
bryden@omedia.ca for this insect pest as part of a broader effort
Associate Editor
Judie Steeves
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Horticultural Adviser
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Peter Waterman
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to help deal with cutworm damage to grapes.
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Contributors on methods to curb the invasion of alien
Pat Bowen, Tracy Clark, Cheryl
Hampson, Eugene Hogue, Sean
Kuchta, Denise Neilsen, Gerry Neilsen,
Scott Smith, Gary Strachan, Bill Taylor,
Kevin Usher, Ray Johnson
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MARKET WATCH 5
The new provincial cabinet includes a face familiar to
ver
farmers in the Okanagan-Similkameen region and
PETER WATERMAN 14
throughout British Columbia: Steve Thomson, whose
views on the challenges he faces begin on page 6.
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PRUNINGS 31
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