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Idle med-lge 18.00-21.00 mostly
18.00- fr cond 12.00 med 16.00 Ige
24.00 Thompson Seedless med-lge
22.00- mostly 23.00 med
19.00- Ige 28.00-30.00 Flame Seed
less med-lge 18.00-20.00 med 16.00 Ige
22 00-23.00 16 lb lugs bgd CL BOAT
Black Seedless Ige 24.00-25.00
KIWIFRUIT: MARKET STEADY fils 1
lyr CA 36s 7.00 clns 22 lb Ise IT 90s 14.00
99s 14.00 126 s 13.00 —MANGOES;
FRUIT & VEGETABLE CONVENTION
(formerly State Hort. Annual Mtg & Penna. Vegetable Conference.)
' 30+ January 26, 27, 28, 1999
pesticide ] Hers Hey Lodge and Convention Center
Update I
r .. / Featuring an Expanded Trade Show
S s U'ea(US/ j n the newly enlarged and remodeled Convention Center
Call Today for a complete program and
717-694-3596
Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association, RR 1
Tuesday, Jan. 26
Marketing
Grower’s Marketing Success
Story
Displays for Direct Marketing &
Adapt or Die - Wayne
Wickerham, Wickerham Farms,
Ohio
Farm Market Design
Pennsylvania Produce...
Simply Delicious
How to Earn Repeat Business
with a Supermarket Buyer -
Food Safety Issues
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Nutrient Management
Drip irrigation
Equipment
"Insect & Disease Control
Processing Vegetables
"Pest Management in Peas
Snap Bean & Pea Varieties
Ethrel Rates for Tomatoes
"Snap Bean Rotations, Cover
Crops and Root Rot
Management
"Leafhoppers in Snap Beans
"Snap Bean Weed Control
ireenhouse Vegetables
New Varieties & Non-
Traditional Crops - Robert
Hochmuth, Univ. of Florida
"Insect Control
Greenhouse Tomatoes -Dr.
Richard Snyder, Miss. State U
inels & Row Covers
"" Food Quality Protection Act
Update
Heating and Ventilation
Row Covers & High Tunnel
Production- Otho Wells
Fertility Management
Seed Handling
Red, White and Blue Potatoes
Tree Fruits
all three days
first two days,
MARKET SLIGHTLY LOWER clns I lyr
PE Kent 7s 4.00-5.00 8s 4.00-5.00 9s
4.00-5.00 10s 4.00-5.00 ---
NECTARINES: MARKET STEADY ctns
2 lyr tiypk CL BOAT Early Diamond 64s
7.00- 72s 7.00-10.00 May Diamond
72s 10.00-11.00 Sun Diamond 56s 12.00
occ 13.00 —PAPAYA: OFFERINGS
INSUFFICIENT TO QUOTE ---
PEACHES: OFFERINGS LIGHT cuts 2
lyr tiypk CL BOAT Florida King 48-50 s fr
cond 6.00-8.00 Spring Lady 48-60 s fr cond
5.00- 48s 14.00 Other Yellow Flesh
MID-ATLANTIC
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Varieties 24s ord cond 4.00 —PEARS:
MARKET STEADY 4/5 buctns wrpd OR
U.S. One D'Anjou 70s 20.00 80s
19.00- mostly 20.00 90s 19.00-20.00
mostly 20.00 100 s 18.00-20.00 110 s
17.50- 120 s 17.50-18.50 135 s
17.50- 18.50 Bose 60s 22.00 70s 22.00 80s
22.00- 90s 20.00-26.00 100 s
20.00- some 24.00 1 IQs 16.00 120 s
16.00- 135 s 15.50-16.50 WA U.S.
One D'Anjou 70s 20.00 Bose 100 s fr cond
12.00 —PERSIMMONS: MARKET
Come to the first annual
Wednesday, Jan.
Fresh Market Varieties Dr.
Randy Gardner, North
Carolina State University
‘Managing Tomato Diseases
Pepper Production
‘Weed Control in Peppers
and Tomatoes
Bedding Plants
Garden Mum Cultivars
Geraniums & Fast Cropping
- Dr. John Erwin,,Univ. of
Minnesota
Bedding Plant Disease
Management
Media Management
Perennials
Coie Crops
Varieties
‘Weed Control
Production Tips
Labor
Current Labor Issues
Labor Wage/Hour Audits
Employing Minors
H-2A Program
Grower Labor Experiences
tweet Corn Production
""Spray Drift
Varieties
Nitrate Testing for
Sidedressing
Scheduling
Bt Sweet Corn
"Monitoring Insect Pests
Small Fruit
Blueberry Cultivars
Processed Berrry Products
Gooseberry Cultivars
Grapes
iustainable Agriculture
Compost
Cover Crops
Soil Quality & Organic
Matter
No-Tilling Vegetable Crops
STEADY ctns 1 lyr IS Sharon 16s 5.00
PINEAPPLES: MARKET STEADY, ctns
1 lyr HI AIR 6s 11.00-12.50 mostly 12.00
ctns 2 lyr CR 10s 13.00-15.00 I2s
13.00-15.00 14s 13.00-14.00 --
PLANTAINS: MARKET STEADY 50 lb
ctns EC Green 14.00 —PLUMS: OFFER
INGS LIGHT 9 kg cntrs CL BOAT Red
Beaut 80 series 12.00 fr cond 7.00 90 series
fr cond 7.00 108 s fr cond 8.00-9.00 ord
cond 3.00 ---POMEGRANATES:
OFFERINGS NONE
registration information
Box 947, Richfield, PA 17086
27
Thursday, Jan. 28
Vine Crops
Using Transplants
‘Disease, Insect and Weed
Control Strategies
Seedless Watermelon
Pumpkins
Soil Management
v Green Vegetables
Lea
Spinach
‘Weed & Disease Control in
Leafy Greens - Dr. Richard
Bonnano, Methuen, MA
Lettuce Varieties
Small Fruit
Marketing Berries
Strawberries on Plastic
Greenhouse Strawberries
Early Strawberry Cultivars
‘Table Grape Insect &
Disease Control
‘Blueberry IPM
Blueberry Nutrition
Cut Flowers
* Weed Control
Post-harvest Handling
Marketing
Woody Plants
Cultivars
Herbs
Proprogating Herbs
‘Controlling Diseases
Basic Herb Production
Medicinal Uses
* category pesticide credits
expected
** core pesticide credits expected
State Horticultural Association of
Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers
Association,
Maryland State Horticultural
Society and
New Jersey State Horticultural
Society
Lancaster Farming, Friday, January 8, 1999-Al3
f Over so\
( Expert )
V Speakers J
sponsored by
Pennsylvania,
h at the Farm Show
ear besides our better
, broccoll/caullflower
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Kutztown Produce
Auction
Hay Auction
Report Supplied by Auction
Saturday, January 2
45 LOADS.
ALFALFA HAY: 76.00-162.00.
GRASS HAY: 40.00-136.00.
MIXED HAY: 70.00-140.00.
TIMOTHY HAY: 106.00-150.00.
SAWDUST: 2.00 BAG.
FIREWOOD;
SALE EVERY SAT.
Butcher
Custom Beef and
Pork Butchering
(717) 464-3374
HAY, STRAW
& GRAIN
SALE
Every Thursday
at 12 NOON
Vintage Sales
Stables, Inc.
(Rt. 30,10 miles east
of Lancaster
in Paradise, PA)
For info.
(717)442-4181 bus.
(610) 458-8518 home
Vermont Castings
and
Fireplaces
1060 Division Highway 322 East,
Ephrata, PA 17522
1 Block East of Rt. 222
(717) 733-4973
800-642-0310
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