D3B-Lancasler Fanning Saturday, August 11,1990 GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.) What fruit varieties will be popular in the 19905? How should commercial growers choose from the many promising new selec tions and crosses? The 1990 Mid-Atlantic Fruit Variety Showcase scheduled for Sept. 6,' can help growers and others find answers to these ques tions. The September exhibition also will provide a firsthand look at new fruit varieties on the horizon. The showcase will be presented at the Pennsylvania State Univer sity Fruit Research Laboratory in Biglerville. Growers, fruit breed ers, nursery operators, research ers, extension professionals, and orchard support industry represen tatives have been invited to participate. The showcase will feature apple, pear, peach, nectarine, and some small fruit varieties that have potential for future fresh or processing markets. The program is coordinated by the cooperative extension of the Penn State Uni versity, University of Maryland, Rutgers University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and the USDA- Appalachian Fruit Research Station. Registration and fruit display set-up will be from 9 a.m. until 10:15 a.m. The schedule includes a tour of the apple variety and rootstock trial plots, a picnic lunch, a variety forum, and a com plete exhibition of fruit varieties. The variety forum is a new addi tion to the showcase this year. During this forum, the main var HORSE FENCE POOL FENCE All Composed Of Durable, State-Of-The-Art PVC Vinyl Material. All PVC Products Are Versatile, Attractive And Completely Maintenance-Free. 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Seeds of research sown at two previous conferences could result in demand for up to 10 billion bushels of com per year, said Don Johnson, vice president of de velopment at Grain Processing Corp. and moderator of the indus trial showcase sessions. He said the fledgling industrial uses of the com industry are ready to take off. 'The key issue is main taining an adequate supply of this renewable resource at a reasonable price while still giving the pro ducer a profit,” he said. Session attendees found out some of the following; •Detroit Diesel Corp. (DDC), which claims 90 percent of the U.S. heavy-duty diesel engine market, will have an alcohol- HOi FOR LANCASTER/HARRISBURG/YORK AREAS CALL: Number h INC. Nittany, and various other variet ies will be observed in the plots. Anyone wishing to participate in the showcase should collect 20 high-quality specimens of each variety. An “88 tray” will be pro vided for each entry, plus each exhibitor will be asked to com plete a brief information form on each variety. Although most fall apple varieties will not be ready to harvest, the sponsors encourage Of Corn-Based Products fueled engine ready for the urban transit bus market in 1991, report ed Richard Winsor, technology manager. Most of DDC’s research has been with methanol, he said, but he noted that neat and 190-proof ethanol outperform methanol. Ethanol provides lower volatility, lower toxicity, less cor rosiveness, and better lubrication. “Ethanol’s only known disadvan tage is that it costs roughly twice as much as methanol, which costs roughly twice as much as a diesel per unit of energy,” he said. An optional catalytic converter would make DDC’s direct-injection en gines, when fueled with ethanol, the cleanest heavy-duty engines in the world. •Henkel Corp., the U.S. leading producer of chemicals from carbo hydrates, already sells 10 million pounds of corn-based surfactants to the laundry, personal care, and industrial markets. Henkel already is expanding to further penetrate the multi-billion pound U.S. sur factant market, reported Steve Rogers, product manager. Not only is the com-based surfactant The Leader In M Jp- VINYL ♦ FENCING oSt. participants to bring these selec tions as well. In conjunction with the 1990 Mid-Atlantic Fruit Variety Show case, a Mid-Atlantic Fruit Variety Testing Program is being organ ized, and all growers, nurserymen, and extension professionals are invited to participate. The primary benefit individuals will receive by participating in the variety testing program is the exchange of infor- alkylpolyglycoside (APG) price competitive, it is low in toxicity, is biodegradable, skin safe, and it en hances the effectiveness of tradi tional surfactants when used as an additive. •Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) will open a new $l5O mil lion fermentation plant in Decatur, Illinois, for the manufacture of a variety of amino acids, enzymes, antibiotics, lactic acid, and other specialty chemicals in the next several months. •Southern plywood mills have demonstrated the superior strength and cost competitiveness of a com-based additive to plywood glue mixes and resins, according to Larson Dunn of the University of Illinois. Use of methylglucoside NEED MORE ROOM? pMm\ Read The Classified °’' l rt>u 6«vi iwbvc ovia/ Real Estate Ads ■nation important to the future of the orchard industry. Variety test ing participant application forms will be available at your local county extension office. The Penn State University Fruit Research Laboratory is located on University Drive, about 1 mile west of the center of Biglerville. For more information, contact William Kleiner, PSU extension fruit agent, at (717) 334-6271. Grows can shorten the manufacturing process, improve plywood strength, and enhance worker safe ty, he said. Future potential can be expected in the resin-intensive and the growing particle and fiber board markets. • If ethanol captures 35 percent of the oxygenated fuel and 30 per cent of the reformulated gasoline markets, the U.S. demand for eth anol could double to 2.2 billion gallons by 1994 and climb to 3,3 billion gallons by the year 2000, according to Linden Shepard, vice president of sweetener marketing Tor A.E. Staley Mfg. Co. 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