Cliff Williams / The Outlook Orchard Manager Clint Wall looks at golden kiwi grown without much canopy. The fruit blisters in the sun and becomes unsaleable. Ideally the kiwi vines, when growing in a pattern cover the trellis and the leaves provide adequate cover
Cliff Williams / The Outlook Clint Wall said this custom piece of equipment allows for pollenation using frozen pollen. Wall said the window for pollenation is small and this piece of equipment is used to make up the gaps from natural pollenation.
Cliff Williams / The Outlook Orchard Manager Clint Wall looks at golden kiwi grown without much canopy. The fruit blisters in the sun and becomes unsaleable. Ideally the kiwi vines, when growing in a pattern cover the trellis and the leaves provide adequate cover
Cliff Williams / The Outlook Orchard Manager Clint Wall looks at golden kiwi grown without much canopy. The fruit blisters in the sun and becomes unsaleable. Ideally the kiwi vines, when growing in a pattern cover the trellis and the leaves provide adequate cover
Cliff Williams / The Outlook More 100 gathered at the Southeastern Farming Cooperative kiwi farm in Reeltown Wednesday for a tour and peek into an industry largely unknown to people outside of California and New Zealand.
Cliff Williams / The Outlook Jenny Wall bags up AU Golden Sunshine kiwi, some of the first golden kiwi sold east of the Rockies.
Cliff Williams / The Outlook Garrett Heath of Slapout samples some golden kiwi grown in Reeltown.
Cliff Williams / The Outlook Garrett Heath of Slapout samples golden kiwi grown in Reeltown.
Cliff Williams / The Outlook Garrett Heath of Slapout samples golden kiwi in Reeltown Wednesday morning.
Cliff Williams / The Outlook Golden kiwi was available to those who visited the Southeast Kiwi Farming Cooperative Wednesday morning.
Cliff Williams / The Outlook Clint Wall demostrates a piece of machinary used to install the thousands of poles on the property that support the kiwi vines.
Cliff Williams / The Outlook Clint Wall said this custom piece of equipment allows for pollenation using frozen pollen. Wall said the window for pollenation is small and this piece of equipment is used to make up the gaps from natural pollenation.
Cliff Williams / The Outlook Clint Wall shows guests some of the equipment used on the farm including this frail mower with a head that reaches and cuts the gaps.
Cliff Williams / The Outlook First year vines grow on the hill. The vines will be cut back and grafted in the spring.
Cliff Williams / The Outlook Clint Wall speaks about a sprinkler head used in extreme cold weather. Wall said just this past March the farm pumped water through the sprinklers on 175 acres of kiwi vines to prevent damage.
Timber, cotton, corn and even soybeans are seen in farming operations across the area but a farming operation in Reeltown is bringing what seems like an unlikely crop to the area — kiwi.
Cliff Williams / The Outlook Golden kiwi was available to those who visited the Southeast Kiwi Farming Cooperative Wednesday morning.
Cliff Williams is a staff writer for Tallapoosa Publishers.
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