Midwest Apple Improvement Association
*Making Good Apples Great!
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2010 Annual Meeting
*Date*: *Monday January 4, 2010**
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*Meeting Location**:
Conference Motel: *
Kentury Fruit/Vegetable Conference Embassy
Suites Hotel
1801 Newtown Pike 1801
Newtown Pike
Lexington, KY 40511
Lexington,
KY 40511
Ph. 859-455-5000
Or 1-800-EMBASSY
Directions to motel. Take Exit 115 off I-64/75 and go west on Newtown Pike..
The Embassy is the right just after you exit the interstate.
We have a rate of $109.00 per night that includes an Evening Managers
reception with drinks and a full cooked-to-order breakfast daily. When
making reservations *mention that it is for the Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable
Conference.* *
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*Registration* - $30.00 per person payable to Kentucky Fruit & Vegetable
Conference and mail by December 20, 2009 to:
Mary Ann Kelley
UK Research Center
PO Box 469
Princeton, KY 42445
*Sunday January 3, 2010
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6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – MAIA Directors Meeting (Motel Lobby)
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Roundtable Growers Discussion
Monday January 4, 2010
8:30 am – 12 noon – *Kentucky Horticulture Program*
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm *– Joint UK Fruit/MAIA session. ** *
*MAIA Speakers include:*
1. *MAIA Update and Future – *Mitch Lynd of Lynd Fruit Farm**
2. *Managing Dwarf Apples by Benign Neglect – *Dick Wander, Lynd Fruit
Farm**
3. *Evaluation Protocol of New Apples of IFO – *Emmanuel de Lapparent,
General Manager - IFO Fruit International of France
4. *MAIA Apple Evaluations* – Diane Miller of Ohio State University
(Note. There will be an opportunity to sample advanced selections of MAIA
apples.)
For detailed information go to http://www.kyvga.org/meetings.html to
view the entire program
*We look forward to seeing you in early January!!***
