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Plan To Attend The
Vegetable Conference
HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.)
Hundreds of vegetable growers
from throughout the state are ex
pected to attend the 1998 Pennsyl
vania Vegetable Conference and
Trade Show Jan. 27-29 here at the
Hershey Lodge and Convention
Center.
Sessions cm processing vege
tables, general vegetables, bedding
plants, brambles, and general mar
keting will also be offered. Pesti
cide 1 applicator update training
credits are available to growers at
tending the sessions.
The program will feature three
concurrent sessions on all three
days.
The conference is sponsored by
the Pennsylvania Vegetable Grow
ers Association. It is scheduled
concurrently with the 139th An
nual Meeting of the State Horticul
tural Association of Pennsylvania,
the state fruit growers association.
The state horticultural societies of
Maryland and New Jersey also
meet in conjunction with their fel
low fruit growers from Pennsylva
nia. In all, more than 1,600 are ex
pected to attend the three-day
Educational Program
Tuesday Morning, January 27, 1998
,L VEGETABLES-
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Cocoa Suites 2 & 3
Meeting the Customer’s Request for IPM Certified
8 30
Tomatoes -James Kohl, Furman Foods
•Tomato Disease Identification and Controls - TBA
Industry Show and Tell
8 50
9 15
9.25
Fertility and Ethrel Timing and Rates as They
Relate to Tomato Peeling - TBA
Growing the Best Field Tomato Transplants Using
Intelligent Media - Dr. Jonathan Lynch, Penn State Untv
Report on the Pennsylvania Vegatabie Marketing
and Research Program - Richard Pallman, Chairman
••How Insect Populations Grow - Dr. Shelby Fleischer,
Penn State University
10 10
10-40
11-00
•Using IPM Methods to Grow Tomatoes - William
Camer&r, Camerer Farms
11:30
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meetings.
The processing tomato growers
with the highest yieldsforthc 1997
season will be honored at the an
nual Tomato Awards Luncheon on
the opening day, Jan. 27. That eve
ning, the annual Fruit and Vege
table Growers Banquet will be fol
lowed by recognitions and musical
entertainment by the “New Hori
zons" of the Milton Hershey
School.
The members of the Pennsylva
nia Vegetable Growers Associa
tion will receive various reports,
act on policy resolutions, and elect
six members of the board of direc
tors at their annual business meet
ing on Jan. 28.
Registration is required for all
persons attending the conference
and trade show. The proceedings
of the conference will be available
to persons not attending the con
ference at a cost of $lO.
For more information, contact
William Troxcll, Pennsylvania
Vegetable Growers Association,
RR 1 Box 947, Richfield, PA
17086-9626, (717) 694-3596.
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Farm Show Market Livestock
Auction Totals $157,000
be the name, address and age of the
youth entering; a brief outline of
experiences with raising or show
ing swine projects; and for those
with little or no experience, the
name of the adult who would help
supervise the caregiving of the
market animal.
Entries should be sent to: Janine
and Brandon Wincbark, 804 Hill
top Road, Mycrstown, PA. 17067.
From the left, Tom Moyer with Hatfield Quality Meats Inc. stands with the company
mascot, grand champion market hog exhibitor Keri Connelly of Pennylvania Fur
nance, and state Secretary of Agriculture Samuel Hayes Jr.
/ZlJ¥|ers-you’we earned
our support
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Hydro Cow Flotation Service is
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Chester Counties, and
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From:
1 Solanco Veterinary Service
I 496 Solanco Rd., Quarryville, PA
. 717-716-1303.1 -800-262-7331
1 717-786-8550 Evenings
(Continued from Pago A 22)
Janine and her brother Brandon
both raise and show market ani
mals, and Brandon will help Janine
in reviewing the entries and select
ing the winner.
Entries will be accepted until
April 1.
Kenneth Wincbark said the sow
is yet to be bred, but breeding is
expected to be done with a target
farrowing date in July, with the
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winner of the essay contest able to
take possession sometime in Sep
tember or later.
Janine Winebark has served as a
Farm Show inspiration in the past,
having donated the entire $lO,OOO
paid for her 1994 grand champion
Farm Show market swine into the
Farm Show Scholarship Fund. At
the time, it was the fund’s second
year.