Across the country, manufacturers, growers, and Extension are working together to advance apple harvesting technology. PERHAPS the best way to sum up the remarkable progress that's been made in apple harvesting technology comes from Karen Lewis, a regional tree fruit specialist at Washington State University Extension. Lewis notes that just a couple years ago, at the Washington State Horticultural Association's annual meeting, there was not one harvest machine on the trade show floor. "This past year, there were four of them," she says. "We've come a long way."
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