Notice of Several Meeting Options
CCE Commercial Fruit Program Thinning Meetings for 2010:
Expanded options regarding possible thinning timing choices (bloom,
petal fall, traditional 10 -13 mm, and combinations thereof), and the
variability of bloom and fruit development progression over our large
NE Regional range, means that no one time and location best fits all
circumstances.
With this in mind, the CCE NENYF Program is posting information of
petal fall and thinning meetings along the Hudson River Valley - Lake
Champlain corridor and invite growers to choose and attend the one
(or more) that best fits their plans. Please plan to fellow growers
us Hudson, Burnt Hills, or Peru at one of these upcoming field
meetings scheduled for commercial apple producers.
Our meetings will primarily have horticulture and thinning issues
focus, but also disease and / or pest management pointers appropriate
to the timing. Participating Cornell Researchers at one or more of
these sessions will include Steve Hoying, Peter Jentsch, David
Rosenberger, Terence Robinson, and perhaps others as their schedules
may allow. Hope to see you make one these sessions.
Option 1: Fix Brothers' Orchard, 215 White Birch Road, Hudson, NY 12534
10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 6
Directions: Fix Brothers' Orchard:
Traveling via the NYS Thruway. Take Exit 21 toward RT-23/ CATSKILL/
HUDSON/ WINDHAM/ HUNTER/ TANNERSVILLE. Take Route 23 EAST over the
RIP VAN WINKLE BRIDGE. Take the RT-9G S ramp. Turn LEFT onto COUNTY
ROUTE 14. Turn RIGHT onto HOWE RD. HOWE RD becomes WHITE BIRCH RD.
Meet in farmyard on east side (look for CCE sign).
Option 2: Crist Brothers Orchard, Willow Tree Lane, Milton, Ulster
County, NY 12547
2:30 PM Thursday, May 6*
Directions: Crist Brothers' Orchard:
From west side of Mid-Hudson Bridge: Proceed south 4.1 miles on ROUTE
9W. Turn RIGHT (west) on WILLOW TREE LANE. Go PAST CLARKE'S LANE. The
orchard entrance is on the LEFT. Follow CCE signs into orchard.
*In event of steady rain, the afternoon session will meet at
Cornell's Hudson Valley Lab, 3357 Route 9W, Highland, NY 12528. Call
the answering machine (845-691-7173) for last minute changes. For
more info call 845-691-7117 or 845-399-2028
Option 3: Knight's Orchard, 365 Goode Road, Burnt Hills (Clifton Part), NY
4:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 11
Directions: Knight's Orchard:
Directions: Knight's Orchard: Coming from the south via the Northway
(I-87), Take exit 12 for Ballston Spa and follow State Rt 67 west
about a 1.5 miles. Pass Curtis Lumber, and just beyond the Railroad
overpass, turn left onto County Rt 60. At the intersection with State
R 50, turn left and follow 50 to the traffic light at County 51 -
Charlton Rd. Turn Right and continue to Goode St. At Goode, turn
left and follow a couple of miles to the orchard. Make a left turn
onto the drive into the orchard opposite The Packing House.
Coming from South on the Northway: Take exit 9 and pick up route 146
west. At the light where route 146 makes a right angle left turn
toward Schenectady and Niskayunna, make a right turn onto Blue Barn
Road. Follow Blue Barn to Lake Road. Go left, cross route 50, and
make a right turn onto Goode St. Follow Goode a couple of miles to
the Packing House on the left.
Option 4: Peru NY Location & Date to be set soon. (May 20th
Tentative.) Watch for announcement.
Notice of Extension Event:
A Top-Working Grafting Workshop
With Steve Hoying, Senior Extension Associate
Cornell Department of Horticultural Sciences, Highland, NY
At
Gunnison's Lake Shore Orchard
3196 NYS Routes 9N and 22, Crown Point, NY 12928-2400
9:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 12
Have a relatively orchard block of nicely spaced trees, on
well-spaced, productive rootstock that you are pretty well please
with but for one thing - it is pumping out the wrong cultivar? And
replanting this block, at this time, just is not in your plants.
What might you do instead? How about top-working the block over to a
more suitable variety?
Top working has become a common approach for changing over to more
profitable varieties. And though a popular practice, there are
substantial risks and costs involved, and you need to know what you
are doing. That is the purpose of this workshop, and we are at the
optimal point of the season to demonstrate the techniques. So join
us for this informative session at Gunnison's Lake Shore Orchard.
Directions: Gunnison's Lake Shore Orchard:
If coming via the Northway (I-87): From the North: Travel to Exit 31
for Willsboro, and continue on 9N and then 9N and 22 south through
Westport and Port Kent to Crown Point. Gunnison's Storage is on the
east side of 9N & 22 about 1 mile south of Bridge Road. From the
South: Travel to exit 29 for NY route 74 East to Ticonderoga. At
junction with NYS 9N and 22, turn left and proceed north on 9N and 22
through Crown Point and on about 1 mile to Gunnison's Storage.
If coming from VT, note that the Bridge between Crown Point, NY and
Chimney Point, VT is gone. However, interim ferry service is
available. The ferry operates year-round, 24 hours a day, at no
charge to the public. Currently, the ferry is scheduled to depart
from Chimney Point on the hour and half hour and depart from New York
at 15 and 45 after each hour. No trucks over legal weight. Maximum
vehicle width is 16 feet. For regulations and restrictions and
further information, see the Lake Champlain Transportation Company
site at http://www.ferries.com/temporary_schedule.asp.
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Kevin Iungerman, Extension Associate
Cornell University Cooperative Extension's Northeast NY Commercial
Fruit Program
50 West High Street, Ballston Spa, NY 12020
Phone: (518) 885-8995
FAX: (518) 885-9078
email: [email protected]
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