Still Time to Register! Cornell University Extension's 201HI Kevin: Sounds like you have put together a great program. Would it ever be possible to webcast, record to DVD, or send to You-tube? There are many of us growers that just do not have access to the strong extension service you all provide in NY. Thanks!
Allen Teach Sunrise Orchards Inc. Gays Mills, WI (HOME STATE OF SUPER BOWL CHAMPION GREEN BAY PACKERS) From: Kevin A. Iungerman Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 5:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Apple-crop] Still Time to Register! Cornell University Extension's 2011 Upper Hudson Champlain Tree Fruit School - Monday, February 14. Hello to apple growers in New England's and New York's, northern regions and friends in Quebec! There is still time to register for Cornell Cooperative Extension's Northeast NY Commercial Fruit Program's 2011 Upper Hudson - Champlain Tree Fruit School, coming this Monday, February 14, at the Fort William Henry Conference Center in Lake George, NY. Come for an information-packed day, a commercial trade show, 3.5 DEC and VT pesticide applicator recertification credits, much collegiality, and a great lunch! For complete registration information, contact Ms. Nancy Kiuber, at 518-885-8995 or by email at [email protected]. Registration cost ranges from $25 to $90 per person depending on annual enrollment status in Cornell University Extension's Northeast NY Fruit Program. After Friday, February 11, walk-ins will still be OK but they will carry an additional $10 late fee - and you may not be guaranteed lunch! Call ahead your stomach will thank you! Here's a quick run-down of the Program: Dr. Tracy Leskey, with USDA's ARS Appalachian Fruit Research Station will fill us in on the brown marmorated stinkbug (BMSB), an invasive Asian insect accidentally introduced into the Allentown region in the mid 1990s. The critter has established itself throughout DE, MD, PA, NJ, VA and WV and been detected in DC and 26 states! In 2010 the pest caused severe economic injury to stone fruit, apples, Asian pears, raspberries, grapes, and vegetable and grain crops (peppers, tomatoes, soybeans, corn). This is one frightening bug! Cornell Entomologist David Combs will present some very interesting results from field and lab work with the Apple Maggot revolving around this pest's pupal and larval survival in apple storages. Dave believes growers are going to be able put his findings to good use in the future - especially for their export operations. Another serious apple pest, this time to the tree itself, is the dogwood borer, especially in high-density orchard systems, which carry high risks of borer injury. Great interest surrounds the possibility of utilizing Mating Disruption to counter this pest's predations and Dr. Art Agnello of Cornell will be updating us on this potential. Cornell colleague Dr. Harvey Reissig is readying implementation of a practical Oblique Banded Leafroller monitoring protocol for commercial orchards in 2011 based on investigative sampling in the NY Champlain Region. Harvey will recap his work and cite the protocols developed and include a pitch for regional cooperators. Enough of Pests! What of Friends? Cornell Entomology graduate student, Mia Park will give us the low-down on the ecology, population numbers, and promise of New York's wild pollinators, which are incredibly important players for pollination in these uncertain times of honeybee colony collapse disorder. Shifting gears to Pathology, several attempts have been made to use fixed-place orchard sprinkler systems in place of tractor-drawn applicators. Such projects have not come into commercial practice in the US, but some are being seen in Europe. Dr. Vincent Philion of the Institut de Recherche et de Développement en Agroenvironnement, will describe the technology and provided a preliminary view of replication efforts in Quebec. Cornell Pathologist, Dr. Dave Rosenberger tackles the yin and yang of new fungicides: how they provide more choices but also how they introduce more complications for early-season disease control. A problem in 2010, Dave will outline and underscore the need for Apple growers to keep one eye on mildew even as they focus on optimizing fungicide programs with new chemistries to control their usual nemesis: apple scab. Now we go to horticulture. Dr. Joe Kovach of Ohio State University is investigating the use of polyculture and ecological principles with multi-fruit integrated cropping on small urban and periurban farms. The 1.3 acre experiment involves 4 woody fruit crops (apples, peaches, blueberries and raspberries) mixed with 4 herbaceous crops (strawberries and vegetables such as tomatoes, beans, and cucurbits). Joe will be discussing pest density, crop efficiency, and the profitability of it all, possibilities of keen interest to smaller growers near population centers. Speaking of Economics, how about efforts to consistently produce higher-quality apples? Steve Hoying and Dr. Terence Robinson of Cornell's Department of Horticulture will each handle a different aspect of this fundamental management challenge. Steve, taking a macro approach, will cover the use of growth regulators to better "extend" the harvest window; Terence will focus-in on a single regionally-important variety - Honeycrisp - and the novel practice of spur pruning, which is apparently taking hold in Nova Scotia, as an expanded option for managing Honeycrisp's biennial proclivity. So there it is: Quite a day! If you are growing apples in the North America's northern northeast regions (or thinking about it) I think you will find it well worth your while to attend! Regards, Kevin Iungerman -- 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] website: Coming in 2010. 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