Pa. vegetable conference opens Jan. 31
HERSHEY - The 1984 Penn
sylvania Vegetable Conference - a
jam-packed three-day program
that includes just about everything
the fruit and vegetable grower
wants to know - will open on
Tuesday, Jan. 31, and continue
through Thursday, Feb. 2, at the
Hershey Convention Center.
The conference is sponsored by
the Pennsylvania Vegetable
Growers Association, Penn State’s
College of Agriculture and the
Pennsylvania Food Processors
Association in cooperation with the
State Horticulture Association of
Pennsylvania.
The conference program in
cludes:
Tuesday, Jan. 31
Morning Program
9 a.m. - Fresh Market Tomato
Variety Update, Peter Ferretti,
Horticulture Dept., Penn State.
Processing Varieties Update,
Michael Orzolek, Horticulture
Dept., Penn State.
9:45 a.m. - Disease Control,
Alan A. McNab, Plant Pathology,
Penn State.
10:15 a.m. - Industry show and
tell.
10:25 a.m. - Weed control in
Tomatoes, Brad Majek, Extension
W6ed Specialist, Rutgers
University.
PDA-sponsored Tomato and
Sweet Corn Nutrition Ex
periments, C. B. Smith, Hor
ticulture Dept., Penn State.
Update on Pa. Vegetable Check-
Off System , Dave Giese, chair
man, Pa. Vegetable Advisory
Board.
Noon - Tomato awards lun
cheon.
Afternoon Program
1:30 p.m. - Liquid fertilizer,
Eugene B. Wright, chemical
engineer, TV A, Muscle Shoals, Al.
2:15 p.m. -Band spraying of
insecticides and fungicides - Don
Daum, Ag Engineering, Penn
State.
2:35 p.m. - Fluid drilling of
vegetable seeds - Michael Or
zolek.
3:05 p.m. - Industry Show and
Tell.
3:10 p.m. - Fall army worm and
first brood European Corn Borer 1 in
sweet corn, Gerald Ghidiu, Ex
tension entomology specialist,
Rutgers University.
3:45 p.m. - Non-isolated
supersweet corn varieties, Charles
Boyer, Horticulture Department,
Penn State.
4:15 p.m,
audience.
- Questions from
Wednesday, Feb. 1
Morning Program
8:45 .a.m. - Highlites on new
vegetable varieties, Peter
Ferretti.
9:25 a.m. - Microelements for
cole crops in Pa., E. L. Bergman,
Horticulture Dept., Penn State.
9:45 a.m. - Industry show and
tell.
9:50 a.m. - Minor crops for Pa.:
asparagus, garlic, horseradish,
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Jersualem artichokes, parsnips,
rhubarb, panel discussion by
Lawrence Yager, Ber'gman,
Ferretti and Orzolek.
10:50 a.m. - Ozone damage to
vegetable crops, Eva Pell, Dept, of
Plant Pathology, Penn State.
11:25 a.m. - Industry show and
tell.
Noon - Vegetable Luncheon of
Pa. Vegetable Growers
Association, speaker, Dr. S. Smith,
Dean of College of Agriculture at
Penn State.
Afternoon Program
1:45 p.m. - Energy conservation
and insect and disease control for
better greenhouse vegetable
production, W. Bauerle, Hor
ticulture Department, Wooster,
Ohio.
2:40 p.m. - Industry Show and
Tell.
2:45 p.m. - Automatic nutrition
for hydroponic systems, E. L.
Bergman.
3:10 p.m. - Extension Update by
Penn State Extension specialists.
4:30 p.m. - Pa. Vegetable
Growers Association Annual
Business Meeting.
9:05 a.m. - Red raspberry
production and marketing, Harry
Swartz, University of Md.
9:35 a.m. - Designs for trickle
irrigation of small fruits, David S.
Ross, University of Md.
10:05 a.m. - Industry show and
tell.
Small fruit production in Kent,
England, Ms. Marion Nicoll,
student at University of Md.
10:30 a.m. - Industry show and
tell.
10:35 a.m. - Strawberry plant
responses to irrigation, Edward
Kee, University of Del.
11:05 a.m. - Strawberry disease
control, Michael Ellis, Wooster,
Ohio.
11:35 a.m
audience
Afternoon Program
1:35 p.m. - Blueberry variety
update, Ray Samulis, Burlington
County, N.J. Extension Agent.
2:05 p.m. - Industry show and
tell.
2:10 p.m. - Small fruit round
table discussion, moderated by
Gene Galletta, of USDA, Belts ville,
Md. and includes morning
speakers.
NJ.
Farmers’
Week to open
CHERRY HILL, N.J. - “The
Newest Farm Implement...A
Computer” will be the topic of the
General Session of the 1984 New
Jersey Farmers’ Week, which
opens today. The program, to be
presented by county agricultural
agents and specialists from the
Cooperative Extension Service,
Cook College, Rutgers University,
highlights the state’s agricultural
convention.
The ag convention program on
computers is set for Tuesday, 8:45
a.m. to noon, at the Cherry Hill
Inn. Topics include discussions of
uses, information management,
crop management by computer,
and tips on shopping for a com
puter system.
Computer hardware and soft
ware exhibits will be in place at the
Inn on the afternoon of the 24th and
all day on the 25th. Commercial
representatives will be available to
discuss their equipment and
programs.
Farmers are urged to attend and
to bring along members of the
family involved in the bookkeeping
on the farm. No admission or
registration fee.
There are many activities of
Farmers Week that should be of
interest: the N.J. Marketing In
stitute on Wednesday, the Dairy
Interests Day Luncheon on
Thursday, the state-wide dairy
goat luncheon and program on
Saturday.
Detailed schedules are available
in the Hunterdon County Extension
Service office, Extension Center, 4
Gauntt Place, Flemington.
Not all activities are held at the
Cherry Hill Inn. Locations include
Ryland Inn, Whitehouses;
Charlie’s Other Brother, Mt.
Holly; the Hilton at Princeton Jet.
Be sure to check location and if
tickets are required.
Thursday, Feb. 2
Morning Program
- Questions from