Vegetable Field Day
ROCK SPRINGS (Centre) —A evaluation trial. (P.A. Ferrctli &
Vegetable Field Day will be held M.D. Orzolek)
on Monday, August 15, at?Pe*in- • Potato variety testing and
State’s Horticulture Research demonstration. (R.H. Cole)
Farm at Rock Springs. The event is
cosponsored by the Pennsylvania
State University’s Department of
Horticulture and the Pennsylvania
Vegetable Growers Association?
The Research Farm is located just
east of the Ag Progress Days
grounds on PA Route 45 (about 11
miles west of State College). Ag
Progress Days opens the next day,
August 16, 1988.
Wagon tours of the various
research plots will enable visitors
to see first-hand the vegetable
experiments being conducted at
Penn State and meet the research
ers. The projects underway during
the 1988 season are:
• Use of plant growth regulators
for the establishment of Southern
barerooted tomato and pepper
transplants. (M.D. Orzolek)
• Weed control of grasses in
tomato and peppers. (M.D.
Orzolek).
• Production of raspberries ion
Pennsylvania. (B.L. Goulart)
• Weed control in carrots &
snap beans. (M.D. Orzolek)
• Speciality vegetable & variety
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• Sweet com, pepper and sum
mer squash variety trials. (M.D.
Orzolek & P.A. Ferretti)
• Processing tomato variety trial
in cooperation with Furman
Foods. (M.D. Orzolek)
• Evaluation of different herbi
cides for weed control and veget
able production under clear plas
tic. (M.D. Orzolek and P.A.
Ferrelli)
• Evaluation of biodegradable
plastic mulch for watermelon pro
duction. (M.D. Orzolek & P.A.
Ferretti)
• Culture and management of
pickling com. (R.S. Kotch, P.A.
Ferretti & M.D. Orzolek)
• Demonstration of soil com
paction on vegetable production.
(M.D. Orzolek & D.R. Daum)
• Residual effect of Pursuit her
bicide application to snap beans on
succeeding vegetable crops. (M.D.
Orzolek)
• Bare ground treatments for
fencerows and around buildings.
(L.J. Kuhns)
• Lime type effects on the
calcium/magnesium balance for
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tomatoes and snap beans. (C.B.
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• The effects of lime types on
growth and nutrient uptake of veg
etable crops. (C.B. Smith & K.T.
Demchak)
• Evaluation of foliar nutrient
sprays on “Count II” tomatoes and
“Gold Star” melons. (C.B. Smith)
• Fertilizer placement effects on
“Count II” tomatoes and “Gold
Star” melons. (C.B. Smith)
A luncheon at noon will feature
fried chicken, potato salad, various
varieties of sweet com, raw veget
ables and dip, rolls and drink with
melons for dessert. Registration
will open at 8:30 a.m. and the
wagon tours will begin promptly at
9:30 a.m. The tour will be over by
4:00 p.m.
The registration cost for the day
will be $7.50 for PVGA members
and $lO for all non-members.
Walk-in registrants cannot be
guaranteed lunch.
Plan now to attend. The day
should be both educational and
enjoyable. Besides learning about
some new ideas or varieties from
the research plots you will have the
opportunity to meet growers from
across the state and share your
problems and successes. We look
forward to seeing you then.
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ed to establish a program for
research, marketing and promo
iion of the Commonwealth’s veg
etable crops, state Agriculture Sec
retary Boyd E. Wolff announced
today.
The results, tabulated last week,
showed 170 producers, with 73.6
percent of the acreage, favoring
the proposal and 146, with 26.4
percent, opposed. A majority of
those voting had to favor the prog
ram, and they had to represent a
majority of the production acreage
involved.
Most of the state’s vegetable
crops will be covered by the new
program, Wolff said. Potato pro
ducers maintain a separate prog
ram providing for research and
marketing.
In endorsing the new program,
the producers agreed to assess
themselves a flat fee of $25 each
and contribute $1.50 for each acre
over 10 planted in vegetables. For
greenhouse vegetable producers,
the contribution would be $1.50
for each 1,000 square feet over
10,000.
The Secretary noted that this
marks the third program approved
since the Agricultural Commodity
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Act of 1968 was amended last year
to give producers a greater voice in
administering the programs. Dairy
and apple producers approved
similar marketing proposals last
summer. ■
Wolff said that producer
controlled marketing programs
hold the key to success for Pen
nsylvania farmers. “Vegetable
producers recognize the impor
tance of research and marketing,
and the program will address the
vital needs of the industry,” he
said.
Some 2,300 producers will be
notified by mail of the results of
the referendum and invited to sub
mit nominations for the Vegetable
Commodity Board, which will
direct the program.
Wolff, after consulting with rep
resentative producers, will name
the board’s 12 producer members.
The Secretary of Agriculture also
serves on commodity boards.
The balloting was conducted by
mail from July 18 to Aug. 1 and
tabulated by a teller committee
composed of extension directors
from three counties. They were:
James E. Welshans, Dauphin
County; Thomas E. Piper, Adams;
and Duane G. Duncan,
Cumberland.
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