1986 Pa. Vegetable Conference and Trade Show
- Tuesday Morning
1986 VEGETABLE CONFERENCE AND TRADE SHOW
- January 28,29,30,1986
Hershey Convention Center, Hershey, PA.
Concurrent Session A
PROCESSING VEGETABLES
Presiding: Vaughn Staller, Agric. Manager, Furman Canning
Co.
Tomato Spacing Report- Cyril Smith, Horticulture Dept., PSU.
Processing Tomato Variety Update- Michael Orzolek, Hor
ticulture Dept., PSU.
9:00
9:30
Fresh Market Tomato Variety Update- Doyle Grenoble,
Horticulture Dept., PSU.
industry Show and Tell.
9:45
10:00
Green-Wrap Tomato Variety Update - Peter Ferretti, Hor
ticulture Dept., PSU.
10:10
Weed Control on Tomato and Snap Beans - George Bayer,
Weed Scientist - Consultant, Ithaca, NY.
Observations on Tomato Transplant Production in Georgia -
Eugene Wittmeyer, Horticulture Dept., Ohio State University.
Direct Seeding of Processing Tomatoes • Mark Stearns,
grower, Lock Haven, PA.
12:00 Tomato Awards Luncheon.
10:30
11:00
11:30
Presiding: Ronald Huddy, Field Purchasing Manager, The
Red Wing Co..
Concurrent Session B
GENERAL VEGETABLES
Presiding: Mary Jane French, Extension Agent, Clearfield Co.
Nitrogen Fixation • Thomas Lure, Boyce Thompson Institute,
Ithaca, NY.
9:00
Chesapeake Bay Update - Dale Baker, Agronomy Dept., PSU
Industry Show and Tell.
9:30
10.00
Tunnels and Floating Row Covers - Otho Wells, Plant Science
Dept., University of New Hampshire.
Newest and Latest Vegetable Varieties • Peter Ferretti.
Horticulture Dept., PSU.
10:10
10:45
The Role of Vegetables in Human Nutrition.
Adjourn the Morning Session.
11:15
11:45
Wednesday Morning
Concurrent Session A
GENERAL VEGETABLES
Presiding: Judith Stout, Extension Agent, Berks Co.
European Corn Borer Control • Galen Dively, Entomology
Dept., University of Maryland.
9:00
Roie of Plant Parasitic Nematodes • Carmine DiSanzo,
Nematologist, FMC Corp., Princeton, NJ.
Industry Show and Tell.
9:30
10:00
10:10
Ideas for Spray Application - Donald Daum, Agricultural
Engineering Dept. PSU.
Record Keeping for Spray Applications - Dennis Murphy,
Agricultural Engineering Extension, PSU.
Surfactants: What are They and What Can They Do for You --
George Bayer, Weed Scientist - Consultant, Ithaca, NY.
Adjourn the Morning Session.
10:45
11:15
11:45
Concurrent Session B
BEDDING PLANTS
Presiding: Daniel Schantz, President: PVGA; Grower, Lehigh
Co.
Insect Control in the Greenhouse • Richard Linquist, Ohio
Agriculture Research and Development Center.
Industry Show and Tell.
Back to Basics: Mom and Pop Ideas - Raymond Sheldrake,
Ithaca, NY.
Plug Production - William Carlson, Horticulture Dept.,
Michigan State University.
Vegetable Greenhouses in
Agricultural Economics, PSU.
Adjourn the Morning Session.
9:15
10:00
10:10
11:00
11:45
12:00
PA - Robert Amsterdam,
•Registration and participation in this conference justifies Pennsylvania
Certified Pesticides Applicators to receive a “Pestt ide Aplicator Update
Training Certificate.”
FORMS for registration, meal tickets, and hotel reservations are available
from your County Extension Office or PA Veg. Growers Assoc., R.D. 1, Box 392,
Northumberland, PA 17857. (Telephone 717-473-8468).
Concurrent Session A
PROCESSING VEGETABLES
Presiding: John Mason, First Vice President, PVGA, Grower,
Erie Co.
White Mold of Snap Beans - James Hunter, Dept, of Plant
Pathology, Cornell University.
1:15
Snap Bean Harvester Efficiency - Edward Lippy. Grower,
Hemstead, MD.
2:00
Snap Bean Production in New York - Robert Becker, Ex
tension Vegetable Specialist, Cornell Univ.
Industry Show and Tell.
2:30
3:00
3:10
Sweet* Corn Harvesting: A Panel - Moderator, Peter Ferretti,
Panel Members: James Jones, Mgr., Tri Co Foods, Northern
Div.; Dale Whitenight, Grower; Danville, PA; William Yerkes,
Grower, Buckingham, PA; William Baronner, Grower,
Hollidaysburg, PA.
Adjourn the Afternoon Session - Visit Commercial Exhibits,
Upper and Lower Level.
4:30
TRADE SHOW Exhibits open during lunch each day.
Concurrent Session B
GENERAL VEGETABLES
Presiding: Larry Yeager, Area Marketing Specialist, PSU.
Quality of Fresh Vegetables • Alley Watada, USDA, Beltsville,
MD.
1:30
Buying and Displaying Quality Produce - James Ro, Ro and
Sons, Philadelphia, PA.
Industry Show and Tell.
2:00
3:00
3:10
Grading, Packing and Brokering - Larry Snell, Cumberland
Farm Produce Inc., Monticello, KY.
Report on the Lancaster Wholesale Auctions - Don Robinson,
Vocational Agriculture Teacher, New Holland, PA.
Lime and Fertilizer Efficiency - Cyril Smith, Horticulture
Dept., PSU.
4:45 Adjourn the Afternoon Session.
3:45
4:15
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GROWERS BANQUET
Social Hour - Upper And Lower Exhibit Areas.
Dinner.
5:30
7:00
VISIT COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS - Upper and Lower Levels
Concurrent Session A
GENERAL VEGETABLES
Presiding: William Kleiner, Extension Agent, Clearfield Co.
Cold Tolerant Sweet Com Varieties - Ray Samulis, County
Agent, Burlington Co., N.J
1:00
Report on Pepper Project Funded by the Pa. Vegetable
Research Program - Ernest Bergman, Horticulture Dept.,
PSU.
1:30
Report'on Tomato and Bean Diseases - Alan Mac Nab, Plant
Pathology Dept., PSU.
1:45
Industry Show and Tell
2:00
2:10
Use of Computers - Graham Bell, Extension Computer
Services, PSU.
Adjourn the Afternoon Session
3:10
3:30
Annual Business Meeting of PVGA.
Visit Commercial Exhibits - Lower and Upper Levels
Concurrent Session B
BEDDING PLANTS
Presiding: AM 0. Voight, Agricultural Economics Extension,
PSU.
Use of Waste Heat for Vegetable Transplant Production -
William Gosnell, Gosnell Greenhouses, Blairsville, PA.
Using Labor Saving Devices - Richard Chamberlain, Grower,
Ledgehill Greenhouses, Carlisle, PA.
Industry Show and Tell.
1:00
1:30
2:00
2:10
What's New in Containers, Media and Amendents - William
Carlson.
Roundtable discussion - Richard Craig, Horticulture Dept.
PSU.
2:45
' ■ a; irn the Afternoon Session,
tial Meeting of PVGA.
3.15
3:30
Tuesday Afternoon
Wednesday Afternoon