ASO-Lancaster Farming Saturday, December 27, 2003
Mid-Atlantic Fruit , Vegetable Convention Theme:
‘Charting Your Course For 2004 ’
HERSHFY (Dauphin Co.)
Fruit and vegetable growers from
throughout the mid-Atlantic re
gion and beyond will be gather
ing here at the Hershey Lodge
and Convention Center Jan.
27-29 for the 2004 Mid-Atlantic
Fruit and Vegetable Convention.
About 2,000 persons are ex
pected for the annual event that
has become recognized as one of
the premier fruit and vegetable
grower meetings in the North
east. The theme for this year's
event is “Charting Your Course
for 2004."
The convention has been joint
ly sponsored by the State Horti
cultural Association of Pennsyl
vania, the Pennsylvania
Vegetable Growers Association,
the Maryland State Horticultural
Society, and the New Jersey State
Horticultural Society for the past
26 years. Pennsylvania State Uni
versity, University of Maryland,
and Rutgers University Coopera
tive Extensions all assist in or
ganizing the educational sessions
as well.
The Great American Hall at
the Hershey Lodge and Conven
tion Center will host the Trade
Show with more than 130 exhibi
tors. Specialized horticultural
equipment, farm market mer
chandise, and packaging will all
be on display along with informa
tion on the latest seed varieties,
fruit varieties, pesticides, and
other supplies and services for
the commercial grower.
Six or more concurrent educa
tional sessions will be offered on
all three days of the convention.
The following full-day sessions
are planned for the first day: tree
fruits, season extension technolo
gy, basic vegetable production
school, and wine grapes. Half
day sessions on wholesale mar
keting, peaches, labor and legal
issues, beans, vine crops, aspara
gus, and peppers will be offered.
On the second day, full-day ses
sions on peaches, tree fruits, di
rect marketing, water use issues,
tomatoes (fresh market and pro
cessing), and potatoes will be fea
tured. Also scheduled are half
day sessions on small fruit and
pumpkins.
The convention will close on
the third day with full-day ses
sions on tree fruits, small fruit,
sweet corn, bedding plants, and
cut flowers. Half-day sessions on
specialty vegetables and value
added vegetables will also be of
fered.
Many pesticide applicator up
date training credits are available
to growers attending the sessions.
The program covers nearly every
aspect of fruit, vegetable, potato,
wine grape, and small fruit pro
duction. Commercial growers
should not pass up this educa
tional opportunity.
On Jan. 27, fruit and vegetable
growers will be treated to a recep
tion followed by the annual Fruit
and Vegetable Growers Dinner.
The dinner will include awards,
recognitions, and entertainment.
On Jan. 28, the Pennsylvania
Apple Marketing Board and the
Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers
Association will each sponsor
evening receptions for growers.
The processing tomato growers
with the highest yields for the
2003 season will be honored at
the annual Tomato Awards Lun
cheon on Jan. 28.
For more information on the
fruit program and registration,
contact:
• Maureen Irvin, State Horti
cultural Association of Pennsyl
vania, (717) 677-4184 or
www.shaponline.org.
• William Tietjen, (908)
475-6505 or Jerome Frecon, (856)
307-6450, New Jersey State Hor
ticultural Society, or http://
gloucester.rce.rutgers.edu.
• Robert Black, Maryland
State Horticultural Society, (301)
271-7491.
For more information on the
vegetable, potato or greenhouse
ornamental program and regis
tration, contact William Troxell,
Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers
Association, (717) 694-3596 or
www.pvga.org.
Persons registered for either
the fruit or vegetable program
can attend all the sessions offered
(fruit, vegetable, and small fruit
sessions) plus the trade show.
Registration either through the
mail or at the door is required to
attend both the trade show and
educational sessions.
2004 Mid-Atlantic Fruit And
Vegetable Convention
Theme: Charting Your Course
for 2004
Tuesday January 27,2004
Morning Sessions
Season Extension - Nigerian
Room
9:00 Production and Market
ing of High Tunnel Crops - Ed
Person, Ledgewood Farms, Moul
tonboro, NH.
9:30 -Use of BioControls in
High Tunnels - Lisa White-Bur
khart, Penn State Univ.
10:15 High Tunnel Research
and Extension for the Central
Great Plains, USA - Ted Carey,
Olathe Res. & Ext. Center,
Olathe, KS.
11:00 What’s New in High
Tunnel Components - Dr. Wil
liam Lament, Penn State Univ.
11:30 An Overview of High
Tunnel Production in England -
Graham Moore, Haygrove Ltd.,
Herefordshire, England.
Vegetable School - Monarch
ACE
9:00 The Economics and Soil
Improving Benefits of Cover
Crops - Michele Infante-Casella,
Rutgers Coop. Ext.
9:30 -The Basics of Weed
Management for Vegetable Pro
duction - Dr. William Curran,
Penn State Univ.
10:15 -Resistance Manage
ment - Dr. Shelby Fleischer, Penn
State Univ.
11:00 Crop Diagnostics:
What’s Wrong with This Crop? -
Dr. Michael Orzolek, Penn State
Univ.
11:30 Pollination; What You
Need to Know - Maryann Fra
zier, Penn State Univ.
Organic Production - Monarch
BDF
9:00 -Organic Insect Control
in Sweet Com - Ray Samulis,
Rutgers Coop. Ext.
9:30 -Organic Methods for
Managing Grape Diseases - Dr.
James Travis, Penn State Univ.
10:15 Introduction to Organ
ic Certification - Leslie Zuck,
Penn, ylvania Certified Organic
11 JO A -embling the Nuts &
Bolts to Pur Together a Whole
Farm System.- Eero Ruuttila,
Nesenkeag Farm, Litchfield, NH.
11:30 What Consumers
Want: Demand for Organic
Products in the Market Place -
Dr. Kathleen Kelley, Penn State
Univ.
Asparagus - Monarch GIK
9:00 Variety Availability -
What’s New! - Scott Walker, Jer
sey Asparagus Farm
9:30 -Insect Management in
Asparagus - Dr. Gerald Ghidiu,
Rutgers Coop. Ext.
10:30 -Controlling Weeds in
Asparagus - Dr. Bradley Majek,
Rutgers Coop. Ext.
11:00 Successful Asparagus
Production - Dr. Steve Garrison,
Rutgers Coop. Ext.
Beans - Monarch HJ
9:00 What’s New in Fresh
Market Bean Varieties
9:30 Production Practices
from the Midwest
10:30 -Disease Control Up
date
11:00 Post Harvest Chal
lenges for Fresh Beans
Wine Grapes - Monarch LN
9:00 -Good Management of
Fungus Diseases in a Wet and
Humid Year like 2003 - Dr
James Travis, Penn State Univ.
9:50 To Be Announced
10:30 Opportunities, Chal
lenges and Problems for Us in the
Wine Grape Growing Business -
Grower Panel - Gary Pavlis,
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
(moderator), James Quarella
11:15 To Be Announced - Dr.
Joseph Fiola, Univ. of Maryland
Tree Fruit - Aztec Room
9:05 Invocation - Myles
Starner, Fruit Haven
9:10 President’s Address -
Glenn Shaw, SHAP President
9:15 Technology Road Map
for the Fruit Industry - Phillip
Baugher, Chairman, U. S. Apple
Research Committee
9:30 -George Goodling Me
morial Lecture - Integrated
Ground Cover Management - Dr.
lan Merwin, Cornell Univ.
10:30 Apple Cultivars for the
Mid-Atlantic Industry - Dr. Steve
Miller, USDA, ARS, APRS
11:15 /The Impact of Current
EPA Issues on the Future of the
Hort Industry - Nancy Foster, U.
S. Apple Association
11:45 PA Apple Marketing
Board Update - Diana Aguilar,
PA Apple Marketing Board
Labor/Legal Issues - Trinidad
Room
9:30 What are the National
Labor Law Trends - Dr. James
Holt, Senior Economist, McGui
ness, Norris & Williams
10:00 Civil Money Penalties -
How to Avoid Them - James
Mooney, Wage and Hour Divi
sion, U.S. Dept, of Labor
10:30 Creative Ways to Com
ply with a Labor Inspection
(grower panel) - Brad Holla
baugh, Hollabaugh Bros, (moder
ator and presenter); Chris
Baugher, Adams Co. Nursery;
Tonya White, Knouse Fruitlands;
John Lott, Bear Mountain Or
chards
11:00 Wage and Payroll Sys
tems - Henry Allenberg, MD;
Chris Baugher, Adams Co. Nurs
ery; Brooks Way, Way Fruit
Farm
11:30 Changes in Penna.
Labor Laws - Schaun Henry, Es
quire, McNees, Wallace & Nu
rick
Tuesday, January 27,2004
Afternoon Sessions
Wholesale Marketing - Nige
rian Room
1:30 Penna. Ag Map Project -
Rick Day, Penn State Univ.
2:00 Factors in a Marketing
Plan - Matthew Harsh, MD
2:30 A Family Owned Pro
cessing Business - Kathy Bau
man, The Bauman Family from
Penna.
3:00 Supplying Local Bak
eries - Douglas Nemeth, Ontelau
nee Orchards
3:15 Making Quality Hard
Cider - Dr. lan Merwin, Cornell
Univ.
3:45 Value Added Products -
Apple Wine from Oak to Ice -
Dr. Joseph Fiola, Univ. of Mary
land
Vegetable School - Monarch
ACE
1:00
PS Update - Phil Pitzer, Penna
Dept. Of Agriculture
1:30 Soil and Tissue Analy
sis: How Do I Use This Informa
tion! - Dr. Peter Ferretti, Penn
State Univ.
2:00 Use of Plasticulture in
Vegetable Production - Dr. Wil
liam Lament, Penn State Univ.
2:45 Marketing Vegetables;
Is There Any Money to Be Made
- John Berry, Penn State Coop.
Ext.
3:15 -The Basics of Scouting
for Pests - Steve Bogash, Penn
State Coop. Ext.
3:45 -Diseases of Vegetables:
Principles and Practices - Dr.
Alan A. Mac Nab, Penn State
Univ.
Season Extension-
BDF
1:30 Updating High Tunnel
Research at Rutgers Univ. - Dr.
A. J. Both, Rutgers Coop. Ext.
2:00 What Flowers Will
Grow in High Tunnels? - Lisa
White-Burkhart, Penn State
Univ.
2:30 Use of Cardy lon Meter
for Crop Production in High
Tunnels- George Hamilton, Univ.
of New Hampshire Coop. Ext.
3:15 Growing Sweet Cherries
in Hay grove High Tunnels - Gra
ham Moore, Haygrove Limited,
Herefordshire, England
Vine Crops - Monarch GIK
1:30 -Managing Mildew -
Dr. Meg McGrath, Cornell Univ.
2:00 -Late Season Collapse
of Melons - Dr. Alan Mac Nab,
Penn State Univ.
2:45 -Controlling Weeds in
Vine Crops - Dr. Bradley Majek,
Rutgers Coop. Ext.
3:15 -Review of Insect Con
trol - Dr. Shelby Fleischer, Penn
State Univ.
3:45 Use of Pre-Sidedress
Soil N Testing for Vine Crop
Production - George Hamilton,
Univ. of New Hampshire Coop.
Ext.
Peppers - Monarch HJ
1:30 -Insect Control in Pep
per - Dr. Thomas Kuhar, Eastern
Shore Agricultural Research &
Extension Center, Painter, VA.
2:00 Use of Quality Pepper
Transplants for Optimum Pro
duction- Dr. Richard Hassel,
Clemson Univ.
2:45 Fertility Management
on Plastic - Dr. Eric Simonne,
Univ. of Florida
3:15 Successful Red Bell Pep
per Production - Michele Infante-
Casella, Rutgers Coop. Ext.
3:45 -Pepper Disease Review
- Dr. Alan Mac Nab, Penn State
Univ.
Wine Grapes - Monarch LN
1:30 -The Latest on Weed
Management in Establishing and
Managing Young Wine Grape
Vines - Dr. Bradley Majek, Rutg
ers Coop. Ext.
2:00 Training Young Wine
Grape Vines - Dr Gary Pavlis,
Rutgers Coop. Ext.
2:45 -Disease Management
Strategies for 2004 with Em
phasis on Carryover Problems
from 2003 - Dr. James Travis,
Penn State Univ.
3:00 To Be Announced - Dr.
Joseph Fiola , Univ. of Maryland
Tree Fruit - Aztec Room
1:30 Growing and Selling
Sweet Cherries (Grower Panel) -
Dr. Robert Crassweller, Penn
State Univ. (moderator); Daniel
Boyer, Ridgetop Orchards; Ed
Weaver, Weaver’s Orchard; Dave
Wagner, Northeast, PA; Tom
Haas, Cherry Hill Orchards
2:15 New Sweet Cherry Cul
tivars - Wallace Heuser, Summit
Tree Sales
2:45 -Virus Diseases in
Stone Fruit - Dr. Ruth Welliver,
Penna. Dept, of Agriculture
3:30 /WPS Update - PhU Pit
zer, Penna Dept. Of Agriculture
4:05 SHAP - Business Meet
ing
National Peach Council - Trin
idad Room
1:30 Welcome from National
Peach Council President - Paul
Friday, NPC President
1:40 Ernie Christ Memorial
Lecture - Peach Tree Training
Systems - Dr. Scott Johnson,
Univ. of California
2:45 Plum Pox Virus Projects
Designed to Augment the Eradi
cation Program - Dr. John Hal
brendt, Penn State Univ.
3:15 -The Spread of Plum
Pox Virus in Stone Fruit - Dr.
Fred Gildow, Penn State Univ.
4:00 Adjourn
Tuesday Evening,
January 27,2004
Monarch
Social
6:00 Grower Reception
Chocolate Lobby
6:45 Annual Fruit and Vege
table Growers Dinner - Nigerian
Room - recognitions and awards,
and entertainment
Wednesday Morning,
January 28,2004
Direct Marketing -
Room
9:00 Small Things That Im
prove Marketing Success - Ed
Person, Ledgewood Farms ,
Moultonboro, NH
9:30 Selling to Chefs - Robert
Russell
10:15 Marketing Organic
Produce - Eero Ruuttila, Nesen
keag Farm, Litchfield, NH
11:00 Signs - the Good, the
Bad and the Ugly - John Berry,
Penn State Coop. Ext.
Water - Monarch ACE
9:00 Pond Construction and
Maintenance - Bryan Swistock,
Penn State Univ.
9:30 Wells; Drilling Require
ments and Regulations - Bryan
Swistock, Penn State Univ.
10:15 Drip vs. Overhead Irri
gation - Mel Canterbury, T-Sys
tent?. International
11:60 Water Quality - Dr.
Karen Mancl, Ohio State Univ.
Pumpkins - Monarch BDF
9:00 ~Pumpkins and Virus
Resistance - Dr. Tom Zitter,
Plant Pathology Dept., Cornell
Univ.
9:30 No-Till Pumpkin Pro
duction - Steve Groff, Cedar
Meadow Farm, Holtwood, PA
10:15 What’s New in Pump
kin Varieties - Dr. Brent Loy,
Univ. New Hampshire
10:45 ~lnsect Control on
Pumpkins - Dr. Thomas Kuhar,
Eastern Shore Ag Res. & Ext.
Center, Painter, VA
11:15 Competitive Pumpkin
Projectiles - Ralph Eshborn,
Grower, Chester, PA
Tomatoes - Monarch GIK
9:00 Heirloom Tomatoes and
Profitability - William Tietjen,
Rutgers Coop. Ext.
9:30 ~Weed Management -
Dr. Bradley Majek, Rutgers
Coop. Ext.
10:15 Fertility Management -
Dr. Richard Hassel, Clemson
Univ.
10:45 -Insect Management -
Dr. Gerry Ghidui, Rutgers Ag
Res. & Ext. Center, Bridgeton,
NJ
11:15 -Blight Control in To
matoes - Dr. Alan A. Mac Nab,
Penn State Univ.
Potato - Monarch H J
9:00 Update on Keystone Po
tato Products - Roger Springer,
PA Co-operative Potato Growers
9:30 -Ralstonia solanacea
rum Race 3 (Biovar 2) Outbreaks
in Geraniums, the Causal Agent
of Brown Rot of Potatoes- -Dr.
Seong-Hwan Kim, Penna. De
partment of Agriculture
10:15 Proper Design and Dif
ferences Between Box and Bulk
Storages- Mike Mager, Arctic Re
frigeration Company of Batavia,
Inc.
11:00 -Potato Insect Man
agement-An Update- Dr. Gerald
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