1.   Fruit growers are gathering in a bumper crop.

2.   Even in Blaisdon, fruit growers are beginning to look to more reliable crops.

3.   Fruit growers are gathering in a bumper crop of apples.

4.   Almond, orange, cabbage and cauliflower crops have also been hit by storm damage, and other tree fruit growers are holding their breath.

5.   As a fruit grower and vintner, Pauli has never received federal subsidies.

6.   A group of California fruit growers had objected to ad campaigns supported by mandatory government fees.

7.   After all, United Fruit is the progenitor of Chiquita, which filed the original complaint along with a consortium of Hawaiin fruit growers.

8.   But it has complained because American fruit growers with operations in Latin America have lost millions in sales to Europe.

9.   But like the fruit grower in California, the peanut farmer in Georgia has no choice but to pay the assessment.

10.   Corporate members of the group represent a variety of industries, from equipment manufacturers and shipbuilders to fruit growers and service providers.