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reason for their award, according to
Campbell, because it is a real
Stardust and Cristalina.
“blockbuster,” with excellent yields coupled with the production, which
The size of his cherries this year,
and packouts. was higher than 17,000 pounds per
Doug Johnson, of Summerland,
Another second-generation farmer, acre, were cited by Campbell as the
r
reason for his selection for the award.
although he wasn’t present to receive
eceived the Soft Fruit Award
it.
Balshinder and Gurmeet Brar of
Honourable mention went to
Cawston, who purchased their
now runs a total of 34 acres of apples
He took over from his parents and o
and cherries, 10 of which are leased.
extensively to new varieties of apples
rchard in 1996 and have replanted
The 12 acres of cherries are mostly
and soft fruits and produced excellent
Staccato and Lapins, but he also has
yields of high-quality fruit this year,
commented Campbell.
JUDIE STEEVES
Dave Powell, winner of the 2009
Jeep instead—which they also used to
Compact Orchard Award.
go in to town.
geological engineer to take over from
When he returned in 1965 as a
his father in the orchard, they planted
new varieties of apples such as
Discovery, Summerred, Jonagold,
Empire and Braeburn, but found the
gamble didn’t pay off, so they grafted
them over to Ambrosia.
the success of the orchard to his
Van Roechoudt attributes much of
manager Raymond Fisher, and says
they pay attention to details and don’t
cut corners.
Orchard Award were Dave and Deb
This year’s winner of the Compact
Powell of Summerland, who bought
their farm in 1987.
Summerland, where his father,
Dave grew up on an orchard in
Walter, was a well-known apple
grower.
with Deb while he also worked
For many years he ran the farm
logging. He has been farming full-
time for the past five years.
and gone from home, but the Powells
They have two boys, both grown
are hopeful one will want to come
back.
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The Powells’ Ambrosia block is the
British Columbia FRUIT GROWER • Winter 2009-10
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