D4<Lancastar Farming, Saturday, August 5, 2000
Vegetable, Small Fruit Field Day Aug. 14
ROCKSPRING'(Centre Co.)
The 2000 Pennsylvania Vege
table and Small Fruit Field Day
is scheduled Aug. 14 here at the
Russell E. Larson Research
Center.
Growers will have the oppor
tunity to see firsthand the re
search projects under way by
Penn State at the research
center.
The center is located 11 miles
west of State College on Rt. 45.
The event is being sponsored
jointly by Penn State Universi
ty’s College of Agricultural Sci
ences and the Pennsylvania
Vegetable Growers Association.
For growers in southeastern
Pennsylvania, a bus to the field
day will pick up growers at the
Montgomery County 4-H
Center and the Kutztown Pro
duce Auction and bring them to
Rockspring. The cost of the bus,
which is sponsored by Penn
State Cooperative Extension, is
$5O per person and includes the
field day registration fee and
lunch. For more information,
contact John Berry at (610) 391-
9840 or James Sargent at (215)
345-3283.
The tentative schedule for the
day’s events is as follows:
• 8 a.m. Registration at the
Horticulture Farm. Coffee and
donuts will available. Growers
can also visit with exhibitors.
• 9 a.m. Tours of research
plots. Researchers and support
staff will be in the field to
answer questions and comment
about their research. Projects at
the horticulture farm include
weed control studies on various
crops; variety evaluation studies
on snap bean, tomato, pumpkin,
potato, sweet com, summer
squash, and spinach; tomato
breeding for late blight and early
blight resistance; sweet com nu
trition, irrigation, and spacing
study; colored mulch (polyethy
lene) evaluation of nondegrad
able and degradable types;
paper mulch evaluation with
tomato, pepper, and cantaloupe;
high tunnel production with
multiple cropping of horticul
tural crops in 24 research high
tunnels; strawberry weed con
trol evalution of the effective
ness of several new herbicide
materials; and raspberry re
search.
• 12 p.m. Lunch. A hearty
sandwich accompanied by fresh
fruits and vegetables, other
picnic items, and beverage will
be provided.
• 1:30 p.m. Demonstrations,
The following equipment dem
onstrations are currently
planned. Additional ones may
be scheduled as well: Monosem
planter for onions, sweet com,
snap beans, and no-till pump
kins; stonefork for removing
roots, rocks, and stones; Imants
spading machine; stone burior;
tined weeder; CDA herbicide
sprayer; Airblast sprayer;
vacuum seeder; transplanter
tours of research plots at plant
and entomology farms (a bus
will be available to take inter
ested persons to see research
plots on these nearby farms).
• 5 p.m. Adjourn.
A highlight of the field day
will be the 24 high tunnels that
are part of the Center for Plasti
culture at Penn State.
Following is an outline of the
trials being conducted in the
tunnels.
• Tomato Variety Trial
Tunnels 1-4. A tomato variety
trial is being conducted evaluat
ing eight varieties: Mountain
Spring, Mountain Fresh, Royal
Mountie, Sunbeam, Daybreak,
Ultra Sweet, Seedway 10250,
and NC Grape. The tomato
varieties will be evaluated for
use in high tunnels with special
emphasis on earliness, yield, and
size of fruit. After the tomato
crop, a green manure crop will
be planted in three of the four
tunnels and incorporated the
following spring prior to again
planting tomatoes.
• Small Fruit Raspberry and
Thornless Blackberry Variety
Trial Tunnels 5 and 6. An
evaluation of two methods of
production, the “Earth Boxes
growing system” and ground
culture, will be conducted for
brambles (raspberries and
thornless blackberries). Tunnel
5 will have the Earth Boxes and
Tunnel 6 will have the bare
ground culture. The raspberry
cultivars are Heritage and
Autumn Britten, which are pri
mocane-bearers, and Triple
Crown is a thornless blackberry
cultivar. (This summer these
two tunnels will be converted to
the Penn State High Tunnel
Design).
• Potato Transplant Trial
Tunnel 7. A round white potato
cultivar has been transplanted
in four sets of double rows with
an in-row spacing of 12 inches.
Drip irrigation and fertigation
will be used. Once the potatoes
have been harvested, ornamen
tal gourds will be planted on
four raised beds covered with
plastic mulch and using drip ir
rigation tape. (During the
summer, this tunnel will be con
verted to the Penn State High
Tunnels Design). Then a late fall
planting of leafy greens one
row each of kale, kohlrabi,
loose-leaf lettuce, and endive
will be made.
• Summer Squash and Okra
Tunnel 8. Two rows in this
high tunnel will be planted with
zucchini squash spaced two feet
apart and the other two rows
will be planted with double rows
of transplanted okra cultivar
Annie Oakley. The in-row spac
ing will be 15 inches. Drip irriga
tion and fertigation will be used.
(During the summer this tunnel
will be converted to the Penn
State High Tunnels Design). A
green manure crop will be estab
lished for the winter.
• Spinach Tunnel 9. This
tunnel was direct-seeded to
three double rows of spinach
spaced 8 inches apart in the row
and 12 inches between the
double rows. The spinach will be
harvested the first and second
week in May. Once the spinach
is harvested, slicing cucumbers
will be transplanted on four
rows of newly applied IRT plas
tic mulch and drip irrigation
tape. The cucumbers will be
transplanted on a 12-inch by 12-
inch spacing and will be planted
in staggered double rows.
• Bedding Plants Tunnel
10. The following varieties are
planted in four rows on and IRT
Plastic mulch with drip irriga
tion and floating row cover over
some of the plants (tempera
tures have been monitored since
last fall): Acntllea Anthea, Cam
panula -Kent Belle, Leucan
themum- Summer Snowball,
Stokesia-Purple Parasols,
Alehemilla Mollies , Campan-
Chettle Charm, Chelone, Cro
cosmia Lucifer, Sedum- Art Joy,
Solidaster- Lemore, Salvia
nem.,- Plumosa. This tunnel will
be maintained for cut
flower/bedding plant research.
• Transplanted Romaine Let
tuce Tunnel 11. Romaine let
tuce was transplanted on Feb.
14, 2000 in double rows in the
following replicated treatments:
paper mulch from International
Paper, bare ground and Earth
Boxes covered with black mulch
film. The spacing between the
double rows was 12 inches with
plants spaced 8 inches apart in
the row. The lettuce was har
vested the first week in May and
Zavory Peppers developed by
Dr. Paul Grun will be trans
planted on four rows of newly
applied IRT plastic mulch and
drip irrigation tape. The peppers
will be transplanted on a 12-inch
by 12-inch spacing and will be
planted in staggered double
rows.
• Potato Seedpiece Tunnel
12. Seedpieces of two varieties
Early Dark Red Norland (an
early, red-skinned, white flesh
variety) and W8475R, a small B
size red-skinned, white flesh
potato were planted on
March 17, 2000 in four rows
with two replications. The in
row spacing was 8 inches with
the double rows being staggered.
The four rows were covered
mechanically with red plastic
mulch and drip irrigation tape.
One half of the potatoes were
covered with a Typar, a floating
row cover. The row cover mate
Cornell To Host Fruit
Field Day, Equipment Show Aug. 17
GENEVA, N.Y. Cornell
University will host the Fruit
Field Day and Equipment Show
2000 at the New York State Ag
ricultural Experiment Station
here Aug. 17 from 8 a.m.-4:30
p.m.
Fruit growers, consultants,
and industry personnel are in
vited to tour field plots and learn
about the latest research and ex
tension efforts in fruit produc
tion by researchers from Geneva
and Ithaca. The focus will be on
all commodities key to New
York’s $3OO million fruit indus
try apples, grapes, raspber
ries, strawberries, peaches,
pears, cherries, and nectarines.
New this year will be equip
ment demonstrations by New
York, Pennsylvania, Michigan,
and Ontario dealers. Tunnel,
electrostatic and airblast
sprayers for apples and grapes,
laser planting machines for
grapes, micro sprinklers for irri
gation, infrared sensors, tillage
tools, mechanized planters and
harvesters, tractors, and GPS
mapping systems and more will
be demonstrated next to re
search plots.
Tours will highlight fruit
breeding and enology, produc
tion systems, integrated pest
management, physiology, water
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rial did enhance the emergence
and growth of the potatoes as
has been observed in the field.
The plastic mulch and drip irri
gation tape will be removed
prior to digging the potatoes.
Once the potatoes are harvested,
cauliflower will be transplanted
on four raised beds with drip ir
rigation. The spacing for the
cauliflower will be double rows
12 inches by 16 inches. The po
tential for establishment of an
early winter cover crop follow
ing the cauliflower will evalu
ated.
• Pepper Project Tunnels
13, 14,16, 17,18, 19, 21, 23 and
24. This is a M.S. research
project being conducted by Eric
Burkhart under Dr. Lament’s
supervision. The title is “Inte
grated Production of Bell
Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.
cultivar Paladin) using Com
post, Drip Irrigation, and
Season Extension Technology.’’
The objectives of the project are
to assess and document the ef
fects of composted manure ap
plications on growth and yield
of bell peppers, both alone and
in combination with synthetic
fertilizers; to assess and docu
ment any differences in bell
and nutrient management, fruit
varieties and rootstocks, organic
production systems, growth re
gulators, GIS-based crop man
agement, and the new
vinification and brewing labora
tory.
Admission is free. Lunch will
be provided courtesy of industry
sponsors. Nathan Rudgers,
Commissioner of New York
State Agriculture and Markets
Department, and Susan Henry,
the new dean of Cornell’s Col
lege of Agriculture and Life Sci
ences, will address the crowd at
lunch.
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pepper growth and yield result
ing from the use of two dissimi
lar mulch types; and to
determine the effectiveness of
utilizing high tunnels for early
production of bell peppers.
• Hairy Vetch Tunnels 15,
20, and 22. Hairy vetch will be
planted and allowed to mature
and dry down into a brown mat.
Broccoli will be transplanted in
four double rows into the mat.
The spacing of the broccoli will
be 12 inches between the double
rows and 12 inches in the row.
Drip irrigation and fertigation
will be used to supply moisture
and additional fertilizer.
To preregister, call the Penn
sylvania Vegetable Growers As
sociation at (717) 694-3596.
Registration is $l5 per person if
a reservation is made by Aug. 9.
Registration covers the costs of
lunch, morning and afternoon
refreshments, and other costs.
Persons making reservations
made after Aug. 9 or walk-in
registrants will be charged an
extra $5. Children under 16 will
be charged $lO registration.
Preregistration is important to
obtain good estimates of the
food needed.
table Research Farm South,
1097 County Road No. 4, one
mile west of Pre-Emption Road,
in Geneva. Look for signs.
The event is co-sponsored by
the New York State Agricultural
Experiment Station and the
New York State Horticultural
Society.
Fur information regarding
equipment or dealer sponsor
ship, contact Art Agnello at 315-
787-2341. For information about
the event, a map, and a more
complete schedule as it becomes
available, click http://www.
nysaes.cornell.edu/fieldday2ooo.
html
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