This area produces mostly apples, with a few pears and cherries. It is located on a bench just above the City of Okanogan, in Okanogan County. Acreage will be between 500 and 600 acres. Codling moth pressure is light to moderate, and growers at this site have little experience with mating disruption to this point. Average orchard size is 20 to 25 acres.
Apples dominate the production, with lesser amounts of pears and cherries.
Codling moth pressure is light to moderate, but obliquebanded leafrollers have become a serious pest for many in this area. Some growers in the proposed area have had mating disruption experience, but most have not. Over 2000 acres could be involved at this site. This site is located in North Central Washington near the town of Manson, along the north shore of Lake Chelan. The production is almost entirely of apples.