Vegetable growers pbn state conference
HERSHEY - Vegetable
growers from all ovgr thp Com
monwealth will be garnering' here
at the end of the month for
educational seminars and an in
dustry trade show. Ten sessions on
vegetable, bedding plants and
small fruit production are
scheduled during the three-day
event.
More than 100 companies will be
present at the trade show with the
latest in equipment, supplies,
pesticides, and seed varieties. The
event, the 1986 Pennsylvania
Vegetable Conference, opens
January 28, 1986 at the Hershey
Lodge and Convention Center.
Registration is open to all in
terested persons and begins at 7:30
on each morning of the Conference
m the main lobby of the Convention
Center at West Chocolate Avenue
and University Drive in. Hershey.
Registration fees, which provide
admission to the educational
meetings and the industry trade
show are $2O for three days and $lO
for one day. Lodging and meals are
extra.
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Participation in the Conference
allows Pennsylvania Certified
Pesticide Applicators to update
their certificates. Additional in
formation may be obtained from
the county extension offices
throughout the state or from
William Troxell, Executive
Secretary, Pennsylvania
Vegetable Growers Association,
R.D.I Box 392, Northumberland,
PA 17857-9724, telephone 717-473-
8468 (evening calls welcome).
Tuesday, January 28, 1986, will
feature a morning session devoted
to tomato production, one of the
state’s most important vegetable
crops. Penn State extension
specialists and a Pennsylvania
grower will speak on variety
selection and tomato culture. The
top tomato growers in the state will
be honored at the annual Tomato
Awards Luncheon at noon.
A concurrent morning session
will cover general vegetable
production topics. Dr. Otho Wells
from New Hampshire will speak on
row covers and tunnels. Other
speakers will cover varieties,
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the Chesapeake Bay situation.
Tuesday afternoon will also have
concurrent sessions, one on sweet
com and snap beans. Speakers
from New York and Maryland will
talk on snap bean production while
a panel of several Pennsylvania ■
Growers will discuss sweet com
harvesting. Marketing of fresh
produce will be the emphasis for
the general vegetable session.
The fruit growers of Penn
sylvania, Maryland, and New
Jersey will join the vegetable
growers on Tuesday evening for a
banquet. Sister Thomas More
Bertels, Professor of History St
Silver Lake College in Manitowoc,
Wisconsin will be the speaker.
Wednesday, January 29, will
feature a full day of bedding plant
topics by well-known experts; Dr.
William Carlson of Michigan, Dr.
Raymond Sheldrake of New York '
and Dr. Richard Lindquist of Ohio.
Concurrent sessions on general
vegetables will cover insect pests
and pesticide use, lime and fer
tilizer use, and tomato, bean and
pepper research. The annual
meeting of the Pennsylvania
Vegetable Growers Association
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will also be held. A buffet supper
and travelogue are planned for the
evening.
Small fruit production will be the
theme on Thursday, January 30.
Blueberry and bramble production
will be emphasized in the morning
while strawberries will be
discussed in the afternoon.
The Conference is annually
sponsored by the Pennsylvania
Vegetable Growers Association,
the Pennsylvania State University
College of Agriculture and the
Pennsylvania Food Processors
Association. The State Hor
ticultural Association of Penn
sylvania along with the State
Horticultural Societies *of
Maryland and New Jersey will be
holding concurrent meetings on
tree fruit production at the Con
vention Center.
The trade show is coordinated by
the State Horticultural Association
of Pennsylvania. Various social
events are scheduled for the
evening hours making the Con
ference an educational and social
affair where growers can meet
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Rt 419 1 mile West
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Buffalo Springs
Lebanon County
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fellow growers from around the
state and share their problems and
ideas.
Hotel arrangements must be
made directly with The Hershey
Lodge (W. Chocolate Ave. and
University Dr., Hershey PA 10733;
717-533-3311) or at another nearby
hotel. Luncheon tickets (Tuesday)
are $9.75, Banquet tickets
(Tuesday) are $2O and Buffet
tickets (Wednesday) are $l2 per
person. They will be available at
the Conference. Walk-in
registrations are welcome.
Pennsylvania Vegetable
Growers Association dues are $2O
at the Conference. Members
receive reduced registration fees,
$l5 for three days and $8 for one
day.
Rt. 419 between Schaefferstown and Cornwall,
Lebanon County, Lebanon, PA 17042
717*9494501 OR TOLL-FREE 1-800-822-2152
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