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Welcome
to Guy McGhie, New Sun World
R&D Cultivar Development Specialist!
 New
on staff at Sun World R&D,
Guy McGhie has accepted the
position of Cultivar Development
Specialist (CDS). Guy is
originally from Zimbabwe where
he operated a large family
farming operation. He attended
Natal University in South Africa
specializing in Agriculture.
Guy relocated recently to the
United States with his wife and
two children to work with a
professional farm management
company. Since arriving
in the United States, Guy has
worked managing apple and cherry
production in Washington State
before relocating to the
Bakersfield, CA area to manage
almond production. He
accepted the position at Sun
World R&D in September.
The role of
Cultivar Development Specialist
is diverse and is intended to be
a bridge between the breeding
work of Sun World R&D and
the needs of the grower.
The role of the CDS is to:
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thoroughly
evaluate the commercial
quality and potential of new
stone fruit and table grape
varieties developed at Sun
World R&D.
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develop
important information on new
cultivars needed by growers
regarding production, pack out, size breakdown, and
post harvest quality.
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develop
optimum production
guidelines for each new
variety and develop Grower
Guidelines
documentation.
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design
and manage cultural
experiments on commercial
orchards and vineyards to
test cultural techniques,
rootstocks, and treatments
that might improve fruit
quality and production.
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manage
and evaluate cultivar test
blocks on commercial orchards and vineyards.
Contact
Guy: gmcghie@sun-world.com
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 'Seasonal
Shots'; a New Feature for
the Sun World R&D Web
Site.
Sun
World R&D provides
outstanding variety
information in the Products and Services
section of sunworldfruit.com.
In response to users
wanting current-season
photos and information, we
have added a
'Seasonal
Shots'
section.
The new
feature contains current-season
photos and information
about Sun World fruit
cultivars. Organized by
year (starting in 2002)
and presented on a weekly
basis through the season.
go
to:
Seasonal
Shots |
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New Late-Season Table
Grapes at
Sun World R&D.
Because stored grapes late in
the season cannot compare
with fresh-picked quality, Sun World
R&D offers late-season
table grape cultivars and
there are many new late
season varieties under
evaluation. Growers
now have the opportunity
to provide a fresh product
late in the season so that
buyers have a seamless
supply from one hemisphere
to the other.
-go
to: Sun
World Table Grapes
-go
to: Late
season Seasonal Shots
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