Imagine ordering a piece of cherry pie at a restaurant, and being told that your pie would be delivered in two or three years. On your way out the door, you’d probably tell the waiter, “That’s no way to do business!” Orchard managers, however, have to place their orders for sweet cherry trees two to […]
PROSSER, Wash. — When U.S. Customs agents catch smugglers, they confiscate their contraband and charge them with crimes. But when Gaylord Mink set out to fight smuggling of “sticks” to propagate deciduous tree fruit, he took a different approach. He made it easier for them to legally import the plant material.