Delta fruit growers
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damages low-lying spots.
Nevertheless, weather
remains the biggest
problem, according to Mel
Fifer.
“In 1979, we lost a third of
our strawberry crop' to the
heavy rams,” he recalls.
“There were times when we
had customers out picking in
the rain, but we still lost a
great many.”
While strawberries are the
farm’s mam crop, there’s
something for customers
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There’s a better way to ary gram. It’s called
CHILLCURINGbecause it means CURING
without heat. Here’s what the talk is all
about
THE GRAIN
Every kernel of gram is alive when it comes out of the field
It is a seed, able to grow because it has the ability to take on
moisture Likewise, it can be kept in a state of preservation by
removing the moisture already in it
But by heating the gram to dry it, the seed life is destroyed
By removing heat and moisture from the gram, it becomes
dormant, and stays alive Then it can ripen to full weight,
losing only water while keeping valuable protein, starches
and sugar
THE SYSTEM
It’s simple Gram goes from the field right to the bin. With
the unique AIRFRAME " and AIRFLOOR " the gram rests on a
solid bed that allows maximum ventilation
Clean dry air is the best curing medium for the gram
GRAINLAMPS™ provide electric sunshine, cleaning and
drying the air beneath the floor, before it passes through the
gram
Fans force air under the floor. Rising through the gram, this
dry outside air carries away moisture and heat.
At the peak of the bin a jumbo 40” turbine, the
WHIRLCOOLER", puts nature to work for you. Wind and
rising air keeps it turning, venting the system naturally
A special HARVESTAT" Control System monitors the
curing process. A simple setting controls the GRAINLAMPS'"
to make use of free, natural air.
throughout the Summer and
Fall months. After the last
red berry disappears, peas
will take center stage. This
year’s pickers can select
from regular garden
varieties as well as edible
podded snow peas and Sugar
Snaps.
July ushers m the mam
vegetable season, with
favorites like sweet com,
tomatoes, beans, summer
squash and cucumbers. Hot
weather growers, like
peppers and eggplants, will
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Fruit growers Margie Fifer and Marley Boyd,
from left, welcomed state promotion director
Connie Harness and Deputy Secretary of
peak a few weeks later,
while pumpkins, gourds and
Indian corn stretch the
season into October.
Several areas of expansion
are on the back burner,
especially in the friut
production department.
“Right over there I’d like
to put in a ‘bramble patch; ”
says Mel Fifer, nodding his
head toward the luxuriant
grass waving across a field
road from the white
blossoming strawberry
rows.
2. CHILLCURING™ has been tried and proven m 17 states on
over 3000 farms. The research is in: CHILLCURING™ WORKS!
3. The CHILLCURING™ system uses only the electricity to
power fans and lights, using about Vh KW hrs. per bushel.
Compare that cost to other systems that use increasingly
expensive fuels to get disappointing results.
4. The gram goes from the field to the bin and stays there till
you need it. Save time and money at harvest with the one step
HARVESTALL CHILLCURING™ and storage system.
5. If you’re in the market for gram storage, you owe it to
yourself to look further into HARVESTALL GRAIN
CHILLCURING™
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A “bramble patch” would
include plantings of rasp
berries and blackberries, a
step toward Fifer’s eventual
goal of specializing in small
fruits. Customers show great
interest in those crops; and
the potential for marketing
is almost unlimited, with
commercial blackberry
plantings rare in this area.
First choice of a blackberry
type would be a new
development labeled,
“Heritage.” It’s a full
bearer, ripeining in Sep-
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THE FACTS
1. You can’t beat Nature. HARVESTALL GRAIN
CHILLCURING' M uses the same elements that ripen and
preserve gram if left to itself: free flowing air and infra red rays
(sunshine).
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Agriculture Chester Heim during a
press visit.
tember and October, and is
mowed down yearly, setting
fruit on vigorous new canes
that grow over the Summer.
Another possible fruit
project is “trellised fruit,”
small fruit trees trained to
grow fence-style for sun
exposure and ease in har
vest. Pear trees, or
“something unusual” would
be the Fifer’s choice for that
unique part of the farm.
Pick-your-own at Sleepy
Hollow is designed to be a
family fun event and the
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recent pre-tour
Fifer’s place no restrictions
on children in the picking
areas. Their own three
youngsters, Lisa, 16, Mark,
14, and ten-year-old Sean are
an important part of the
family planting, harvest and
sales staff. They’ll be on
hand on June 21 to welcome
the Delta tour visitors and
show them around the
variety of plantings. Also of
interest to the guests will be
the operation of a mulching
machine used in various
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