Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150811_131058269_iOS Mezzolombardo. Alberto Dorigoni shows a Fama hydraulic mechanical pruner with windows and darwin thinner
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150811_132122048_iOS Fruiting wall
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150811_132416530_iOS Fruiting wall on 3 axis
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150811_132443420_iOS Fruiting wall on spindle (1 axis)
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150811_132500237_iOS Fruiting wall on 2 axis (Bi-Baum) this was the best set up
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150811_133201611_iOS Anti-Rain netting reduces blackspot as well as codling moth.
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150811_133701702_iOS Solid set canopy trials for chemical application
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150811_133712644_iOS Solid set canopy trials another treatment
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150811_133750278_iOS Solid set canopy lines where sprayer drives up to pump chemical into the lines for application.
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150811_133759077_iOS Solid set canopy trials treatment
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150811_133829650_iOS Pheromone puffer placed high and away from tree canopy to prevent fruit and foliage damage.
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150811_134137699_iOS This experimental orchard had a lot of information sheets on display showing results.
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150811_134752105_iOS plastic zip ties on apple trees
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150811_134854657_iOS Zip tie left on a bit too long.
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150811_135544325_iOS Experimental training system – double guyot on a 2.05m x 2.8m and another 2.05 x 2.4 m spacing. Buckeye on M9 T337.
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150811_135810625_iOS MM106 planted in 2009 onto a cordon system with eight stems – demonstrating the calming effect of tree training.
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150811_142016391_iOS Alberto Dorigoni continuing the tour late into the afternoon
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150812_080238432_iOS Vinschgau Shane Hall left speaks to grower Hansjoerg Mantiupar and Martin Thomann
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150812_082753352_iOS Vinschgau we saw young neat and well executed Kanzi block – no string is used
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150812_092215726_iOS Martin Thomann driving the group through the Vinschgau region
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150812_092224132_iOS Young trees in the Vinschgau region
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150812_092233574_iOS Young trees probably in Vinschgau region
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150812_094751068_iOS Vinschgau Samatec EVO4 electric powered platform
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150812_095015454_iOS Platform being demonstrated
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150812_124656287_iOS Limburg where varieties and rootstocks are evaluated
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150813_083107259_iOS VOG Products processed 390,000 tonnes of apples and pears a year
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150817_074506130_iOS Belgium near Birebeek conference pears
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150817_111401431_iOS PC Fruit Frostbuster machine
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150817_111551070_iOS Biological chemical treatment, need to find out what its called
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd: 20150817_111556538_iOS Biological chemical treatment, need to find out what its called