New Millennium Begins At 2000
Mid-Atlantic Fruit, Vegetable Convention
HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.)
There is no better place for
fruit and vegetable growers in
Pennsylvania to start the new
millennium than at the 2000
Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vege
table Convention in Hershey
Jan. 25 - 27.
More than 1,800 persons,
mostly fruit and vegetable
growers from throughout
Pennsylvania, Maryland, New
Jersey, and other states, are ex
pected to gather at the Hershey
Lodge and Convention Center.
The event is jointly sponsored
by the State Horticultural As
sociation of Pennsylvania, the
Pennsylvania Vegetable Grow
ers Association, the Maryland
State Horticultural Society,
and the New Jersey State Hor
ticulture Society.
The Grcam American Hall
at the Hershey Lodge and Con
vention Center will host the
Trade Show with more than
130 exhibitors. Five and some
times six concurrent education-
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Clifford
• North East Dist. &
Equip.
570-222-9090
Glen Rock
• Wertz Farm
Equipment
717-235-0111
Grove City
• McDowell Farm
Implement
814-786-7955
Kimgerstown
• Stanleys Farm
Service
570-648-2088
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al sessions will be offered on
all three days of the conven
tion.
On the first day of the con
vention, sessions on tree fruit,
sweet com, basics of vegetable
production, greenhouse vege
tables. potatoes, season exten
sion technology, mulches, la
bor/regulatory issues, cole
crops, and sustainable growing
will be offered. Sessions on the
second day will focus on stone
fruit, direct marketing, straw
berry plasticulture, processing
crops, peppers, bedding plants,
perennials, irrigation, alterna
tive tillage, and fumigation/
pesticide application. The last
day will feature tree fruit, to
matoes, vine crops, small fruit,
cut flowers, and value-added
vegetables.
A special hands-on comput
er woricshop will be conducted
throughout the first two days of
the convention. Growers will
be able to see firsthand demon
strations of agricultural soft-
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Leola
• M.M, Weaver & Son
717-656-2321
Lewisburg
• Don Erdley Farm
Equip.
570-524-2410
New Berlmville
• Erb & Henry
Equipment
610-367-2169
New Ringgold
• Eckroth Bros. Farm
Equipment
570-943-2131
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Orefield
• Eckroth Equipment
601-366-2095
Peach Bottom
■ Triple H Equipment
717-548-3775
Sharon
■ Watsons, Inc.
724-346-6514
NEW JERSEY
Pittsgrove
■ Schaper Bros.
856-455-1640
Hammonton
• Rodio Sales
609-561-0141
ware programs and the use of
the Internet.
The processing tomato
growers with the highest yields
for the 1999 season will be
honored at the annual Tomato
Awards Luncheon on the open
ing day, Jan. 25. That evening,
Pennsylvania fruit and vege
table growers will be treated to
a reception hosted by the Penn
sylvania Department of Agri
culture and the Pennsylvania
Food Merchants Association.
The annual Fruit and Vege
table Growers Banquet will
folllow with recognitions and
entertainment.
For more information on the
vegetable program and regis
tration, contact William Trox
ell, Pennsylvania Vegetable
Growers Association, (717)
694-3596. For more informa
tion on the fruit program and
registration, contact Maureen
Irvin, State Horticultural Asso
ciation of Pennsylvania, (717)
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Grower and Marketer, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 11, 1999—Page
677-4182. Persons registered
for either the fruit or vegetable
program can attend all the ses
sions offered (fruit, vegetable,
and small fruit sessions)and the
trade show. Registration either
through the mail or at the door
is required to attend both the
trade show and educational
sessions.
Upcoming Meetings Bill
Lamont, Department of Horti-
trees, wreaths, and greenery
products. These sessions are for
anyone interested in adding
income to their business
through sales of Christmas
trees and wreaths, not just
Christmas Tree growers.
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ference is the vendor Trade
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Western Pennsylvania Vege
table and Berry Growers Semi
nar, Days Inn. Butler. Pa. 8
a.m.-3:30 p.m. Contact: West
moreland County Extension,
Eric Oesterling (724)
837-1402.
January 19, 2000: Ctap
(computer technology for agri
cultural producers) Expo Sher
aton Inn, Warrendale, Pa. 8
a.m.-4 p.m. Contact: Don
Fretts, Fayette County Co
operative Extension (724)
438-0111.
Show. For the 2000 conference,
the trade show is being
expanded. The trade show has
room to add many more ven
dors than in previous years and
the conference committee and
board of directors are putting
on a push to increase the num
ber of vendors and add different
product lines to the show.
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Marketing Conference, contact
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