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Informational Meeting, John
Martin’s Manor, Waterville,
Maine, 7:30 p.m. Also Miner
Institute, W. Chazy, N.Y.;
7:30 p.m.
Dairy Quality Assurance Train
ing, Taylor’s, Wyalusing, thru
May 20, (717) 265-28%.
Ohio Woodland Stewards pro
gram, “Exploring Your For
est,” Leed’s Farm, Ostrander,
Ohio, (614) 688-3421.
State Environthon, Penn State’s
Mt. Alto Campus, Franklin
County, thru May 20, (717)
783-3167.
Tuesday, May 20
Spring Equine Workshop, Mont
gomery County 4-H Center,
Creamery, 7 p.m., (610)
489-9277.
Milk Quality and Stray Voltage
Workshop, Watsontown Inn
and area dairy farm, Watson
town, thru May 21, (570)
538-1832.
S.E. Pa. Wine Technology meet
ing, Lancaster Farm and
Home Center, Lancaster, 2
p.m.-5 p.m., (717) 234-1844.
Farm and Home Foundation
Scholarhsip Awards Program,
Farm and Home Center, 6:15
p.m.
Round Pen Training for All
Horses, Wilton Brook Farm,
Catasaugus, 7:30 p.m., (610)
837-72-94.
CWT Informational Meeting,
Orchardists Focus On
This Season’s Fruit
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Krawcyzk.
However the treatment also re
quires washing of fruit, unless it is
applied early in the season and al
lowed to wash off by harvest time.
George Perry, horticulture exten
sion agent, covered sprayer calibrat
ion. There are various ways to cali
brate sprayers, he said, and he
offered a simple way for producers
to calibrate their equipment.
One way to measure miles per
hour on the tractor is to measure a
distance of 88 feet.
The producer should drive the
tractor across the distance at the
same speed that they will spray.
Measure the seconds that it takes to
go 88 feet, said Perry. The time is
then divided into 60 to get the miles
per hour.
For example, if it takes IS sec
onds to go the distance, and IS di
vided into 60 is four, then the speed
is four miles per hour.
“There’s no such thing as a right
speed or a wrong speed. It’s whatev
er you are comfortable with,” said
Perry. However “four miles an hour
is pretty common and you’ll have
good control.”
At four miles an hour with a four
foot-wide swath, the sprayer will
cover an acre in 31 minutes.
Perry also recommended setting
the nozzle of the sprayer and then
catch water for one minute. Multi
ply the amount of water times 31,
which equals the gallons per acre.
“The most important thing is
knowing how much water you’re
going to need per acre. Get the gal
lons per acre of water, then add
your active ingredient,” he said.
Record-keeping is important,
according to Perry. “Over the years,
pumps and nozzles change,” so not
only calibrate your sprayer but keep
your records, he said.
Tom Callahan, director of sales,
Adams County Nursery, Inc., dis-
Holiday Inn, Bangor, Maine,
7:30 p.m.; Eastside Restau
rant, Newport, Vt., 7:30 p.m.;
Interlaken Inn, Lakeville, Ct.
7:30 p.m.; Best Western, Can
ton, N.Y., 9:30 a.m.; Harvest
Drive Restaurant, Intercourse,
7:30 p.m.; Yoder’s Restaurant,
New Holland, 10 a.m.
Lancaster, York Fruit Growers’
Twilight meeting, Cherry Hill
Orchards, Lancaster, 6:30 p.m.
Penn State Equine Workshop,
Montgomery County 4-H Cen
ter, Creamery, 7 p.m.-9:30
p.m„ (610) 489-4315.
Wednesday. May 21
Drinking Water Workshop,
Northampton Twp. Cultural
Center, Richboro, 1:15 p.m.-
4:45 p.m., (267) 468-0555.
Woodland Owners of Sourthern
Alleghenies tour, Herr proper
ty outside Everett, 11 a.m.,
(814) 735-3855.
11th Annual Forensic Entomolo
gy Short Course, Penn State
Frost Entomological Museum,
thru May 23, (814) 865-5392.
CWT Informational Meeting,
VFW, Manchester, Vt. 7:30
p.m.
Horse Pasture Walk, Merry
Acres Farm, Ellicott City, 7
p.m.-9 p.m., (410) 313-2702 or
(410)489-8987.
Thursday, May 22
Small Fruit Twilight meeting,
Meadow View Farm, Bowers,
6:30 p.m.-dark, (610)
378-1327.
Drinking Water Workshop, To
wamencin Twp. Community
Room, Lansdale, 1:15 p.m.-
4:45 p.m., (267) 468-0555.
Winter Squash Growers Risk
cussed apple rootstocks.
The main dwarfing rootstocks in
the industry right now are the M 9,
Bud 9, and the M 26 in apples.
For intermediate size “the
EMLA 7 rootstock is still the work
horse for a semi-dwarf size tree,”
he said.
EMLA 111, EMLA 106, and Bud
490 are the large semi- dwarf root
stocks.
In addition, “there are several
new Cornell rootstocks that are on
the horizon that are known as the
CG series but are still considered to
be in the testing stage,” he said.
Commercially available are CG
16, an M 9 size tree, and CG 30, an
EMLA 7 size tree.
“We (Adams County Nursery)
recommend them only for trial
purposes, mainly because we’re
still trying to find their faults.
“There are newer CG series that
will replace them and will be com
mercially available in the next 3-4
years,” he said.
Backbone apple rootstocks are
still the M 9, the Bud 9, a full
dwarf; the EMLA 26 and the (M 91
EMLA 111 interstem) rootstock, a
stronger dwarf. The EMLA 7
(EMLA 106), EMLA 111 are semi
dwarf, according to Callahan.
“The newer CG series that we’re
looking at are the CG 41 (an M 9
size tree), the CG 11 (an M 26 size
tree), the CG 935 (an M 7 size
tree), and CG 707 (an M 111 size
tree),” said Callahan.
Other rootstocks that show
promise are the Vineland series: V 3
(a size M 9 tree) that is fire blight
resistant and the V 1 rootstock (an
EMLA 7 size tree) that is also fire
blight resistant and more preco
cious it bears fruit at an earlier
tree age.
These rootstocks are commerci
ally available on a limited basis this
year, said Callahan.
Management Policy Session,
Lancaster Farm and Home
Center, 1 p.m.-3 p.m., (877)
245-6442, ext. 8128.
CWT Informational Meeting,
Holiday Inn, Park Road, Ba
tavia N.Y., Rotarian Building,
Greencastle, both 7:30 p.m.
Public Hearing Milk Marketing
Board 1,2,3,4,5,6, Room 202,
Agriculture Building, Harris
burg, 9 a.m., (717) 787-4194.
Spring Crops Twilight Tour,
University of Maryland Wye
Research Center, Queenstown,
Md., 6:30 p.m., (410)
827-7388.
Spring Twilight meeting at K.
Schlegel Fruit Farm, North
umberland County, 6-8:30
p.m., (570) 837-4252.
PASA Farm Workshop “Plan
ning to Succeed,” Maple Hill
Farm, Lincoln University, 10
a.m.-3 p.m., (814) 349-9856,
ext. 6.
Bradford County Holstein Club
meeting, Extension Office, To
warda, 8 p.m.
Friday, May 23
CWT Informational Meeting,
Pine Run Grange Hall, Wil
liamsport, 7:30 p.m.
Cambria County Farm Safety
Day, Jackson Twp. Elemen
tary School, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
“Name that Tree” class, Ohio
Woodland Stewards, (614)
688-3421.
-y-
Lancaster Farming office closed.
Tuesday, May 27
XIV Global Warming Interna
tional Conference and Expo,
Boston, Miss., thru May 29,
(630) 910-1551.
CWT Meetings, Holiday Inn,
Maine St., Concord, N.H., 7:30
p.m.; Best Western, Washing
ton St., Watertown, N.Y., 7:30
p.m.; Bart Fire Hall, George
town, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 28
Lancaster County Pasture Walk,
Garber Dairy Farm, Eliza
bethtown, 10 a.m.-l:30 p.m.,
(717) 367-2141.
CFI Meeting, Kent Public Works
Complex, Chestertown, Md.,
8:30 a.m., (410) 778-1661.
Tri-County Conewago Creek As
sociation meeting at Lawn
Fire Company, 7 p.m., (717)
214-7928.
CWT Informational Meetings,
American Legion, Prospect
St., Hatfield, Mass., 7:30 p.m.
Also Morrisvislle, N.Y., SUNY
Morrisville; 7:30 p.m.; Elks
Club, Lowville, N.Y., 7:30
p.m.; Ross Grange Hall, Fal
coner, N.Y., 7:30 p.m.; New
Midway Fire Hall, New Mid
way, Del., 10 a.m.; Pleasant
Valley Community Center,
Oakland, Del., 7:30 p.m.;
Tioga County Fairgrounds,
Whitneyville, 10 a.m.; Elk
Lake Fire Hall, Elk Lake, 7:30
p.m.
Thursday, May 29
Philadelphia County Fair, thru
June 8, (321)6 33-4028.
CWT Info Meeting, Elks Club
Lodge, Greenwich, N.Y., 7:30
p.m.; Tally Ho Restaurant,
Kanona, N.Y., 10 a.m.; VFW,
Cuba, N.Y., 7:30 p.m.; Towan
da Country Club, Towanda,
10 a.m.
Fi iciay. May 30
National Chicken Cooking Con
est, Baltimore Convention
Center, (302) 856-9037.
CWT Info Meeting, Lebanon
Expo Center, Lebanon, 7:30
p.m.
Ohio Woodland Stewards “Name
that Tree“ program, Musking
um County, (614) 688-3421.
Saturday. May 31
Penn State Garden Forum, Uni
versity Park, Penn State Uni
versity, all day, (814)
863-0918.
North Star Prospect, Clinton
County Fairgrounds, (570)
321-5653.
Sunday, June 1
Rabbit Show, Penn State Ag
Arena, (814) 863-0835.
New York State Dairy Foods,
Inc. and Pa. Assoc, of Milk
Dealers combined conference,
Hilton Hotel, Lake Placid,
N.Y., (315) 452-6458.
John Deere Antique Tractor
Show, St. Peter’s Church, Sei
sholtzville, (215) 679-6592.
Monday, Juno 2
Geographic Informational Sci
ences Conference, Towson
University, Towson, Md., thru
June 3.
CWT Informational Meeting,
Middletown Holiday Inn, 7:30
p.m.