\ Fruit and vegetable growers conference
I HERSHEY - The Hershey
sConvention Center will be
Ithe new site of the 1978
{■Pennsylvania Vegetable
[Conference arid Trade Show,
I Jan. 31-Feb. 2. It will con-
Itinue to be tn-sponsored by
| the Extension and Research
[■Divisions of The Penn-
Isylvania State University’s
| Department of Horticulture;
Ithe Pennsylvania Vegetable
I Growers Association; and
I the Pennsylvania Food
[ Processors Association,
[says Paul Rowe, Strasburg,
[president of the vegetable
i growers association.
The State Horticultural
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Association of Penn
sylvania; Maryland and
New Jersey Horticultural
Societies; and the Penn
sylvania Grape and Wine
Producers will also be
holding concurrent meetings
at the same facility. Trade
exhibits and two evening
social hours will be shared
by all groups, says Carlton
P. Groff, Kirkwood,
chairman of the vegetable
group’s publicity committee.
Approximately 100 exhibit
spaces are being rented to
interested industries.
This year’s vegetable
conference will be similar to
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the 2V2 day conferences that
have been held in the past at
Penn State’s University
Park campus where topics
about vegetables, small
fruits and tomato processing
were discussed. “However,
with a 3-day conference, we
will begin with a tomato
processing day on Tuesday,
concurrent in the afternoon
with the Pennsylvania
Vegetable Growers
Director’s meeting; plus a
trickle irrigation panel and
frost protection topic m the
State Horticultural
Association (fruit) meeting.
This should be of interest to
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all vegetable growers,” says
Groff.
Wednesday’s program will
include discussions about
new equipment; energy; use
of sewage sludge; weed,
disease and insect control
and related topics.
There will be a joint social
hour but a separate annual
banquet for vegetable
growers Wednesday
evening.
All day Thursday will be
devoted to small fruit topics
which are being developed
jointly by the State Hor
ticultural Association of
Pennsylvania and the
Horticultural Societies of
Maryland and New Jersey.
The conference program
includes a Michigan nur
seryman-grower and a plant
pathologist from Michigan
State University; a
researcher for a food
processing firm in Ohio; an
extension vegetable
specialist from Purdue; an
equipment developer from
Illiniois and an agricultural
chemist from Delaware.
Also a food processor field
representative from New
Jersey and a plant
pathologist from Rutgers; a
fruit grower, extension
entomologist, agricultural
engineer and horticulturist
from Maryland; 14 faculty
members from Penn State
and 3 USDA personnel. A
total of 11 Pennsylvania non
university participants will
also appear on the program.
Scientists, specialists,
growers and industry people
will participate m the three-
1978 PENNSYLVANIA VEGETABLE
CONFERENCE and TRADE SHOW
HIES. HE 31, WED. FEE 1,8 THUR. FEB. 2
Pre-Registration at $7.50
(Only one Conference Pre-Registration required
per farm operation)
Vegetable Growers’ Buffet Banquet, February 1 at
$10.50 per person (optional)
Membership in the Pennsylvania Vegetable
Growers Association (PVGA)
This organization is active in or responsible
for the following activities:
• Educational Conference with Penn State
• Field Days and Guided Tours
• Support of Research at Penn State
• Quarterly News Letter
•Free subscription to American Vegetable
Grower magazine.
PVGA Membership at $lO.OO
(Only one PVGA Membership required per farm
operation)
Make check payable to Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association
Send to: Mr. Burton L. Hetherington i
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 21,1978
day Horticulture (fruit
growers) Association
meeting. Some of the topics
to be discussed include: The
Labor Situation; Eastern
Apple Promotion; The
National Peach Council; The
Fruit Industry’s Research
Program-New Products and
Trends; Trickle Irrigation;
Using Water To Avoid Frost
Losses; and Orchard
Precautions.
Also, Taking A Look at
Mechanical Tree Planters;
What’s New in Orchard
Mechanization; Current
Research in Mechanical
Harvesting; Commercial
Experience with Mechanical
Harvesting; Michigan’s
Apple Pest Management
Program; Orchard Replant
Problems; Monitoring
Environmental Conditions;
77 Insect Situations and
Forecast for ’7B; 77 Disease
Situations and Forecast for
’7B; What Research Can and
Can’t Do; Dwarf mg Peach
Rootstocks and Canadian
Peach Varieties; Fertilizing
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PRE-REGISTRATION FORM
NERSHEY CONVENTION CENTER
HERSHEY, PA.
Activities Start at 9 A.M. Each Day
PVGA MEMBERSHIP FORM
P. 0 Box 423, Berwick, Pa 18603
Phone (717) 759-8802
slated
Peach Orchards; Thinning
Spur Delicious; and Estate
Planning.
Strawberry growers will
be interested in the following
topics to be discussed
Thursday morning,
February 2; Growing
Strawberries My Way; Weed
Control Programs for
Strawberry; Strawberryand
Bramble Disease Iden
tification; and Future
Trends in Strawberry
Breeding.
Thursday afternoon’s
session will include
discussions on Blueberry
Diseases; Bramble Variety
Performance: and Bramble
Production Practices. A
panel will discuss What’s
Coming m Processing Apple
Grades and Orchard
Bearing Potential.
Show and Tell where in
dustry representatives will
present short talks and
visuals about their products
and services will again be a
part of this year’s overall
program.
Total Enclosed $.
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