ED: THE CHANGE IN DATE HAS CONFOUNDED MY SCHEDULE, AND I WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE BOARD MEETING AND MEETING. SURE HATE TO MISS IT, BUT CANNOT THIS YEAR.
CHRIS DOLL 7770 Jacksontown Rd, SE 733 Hebron Road -----Original Message----- From: Ed Fackler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Apple-Crop, Greetings: <apple-crop@virtualorchard.net> Sent: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 8:58 am Subject: Apple-Crop: MAIA Annual Meeting Nov. 10 Program Midwest Apple Improvement Association Making Good Apples Great! 2007 Annual Meeting Date: Saturday November 10, 2007 Meeting Location: Local Motel: Dawes Arboretum Quality Inn 7770 Jacksontown Rd, SE 733 Hebron Road Newark, OH 43056 Heath, OH 43056 For directions go to: www.dawesarb.org Ph. 740-522-1165 Located 8 miles north of I-70 exit 129B on SR 79. Registration - $15.00 per person (which includes lunch), payable at the door.. Program 8 am – 8:30 am – Registration (coffee/pastries) 8:30 am – 8:45 am – Opening Remarks President Mitch Lynd, Lynd Fruit Farm 8:45 am – 9:15 am – Importance of MAIA Apples to Dawes Future Ms. Sarah Lowe, Director of Education, Dawes Arboretum 9:15 am – 10:00 am – Fifty Years of Apple Breeding: A Perspective Dr. Jules Janick, Fruit Breeder, Purdue University 10:00 am – 10:15 am – Break 10:15 am – 11:00 am – Apple Scab Resistance - Beginning or End? Dr. Janna Beckerman, Ext. Plant Pathologist, Purdue University 11:00 am – 11:45 am – MAIA: A Vehicle to Apple Biodiversity Dr. Diane Miller, Pomologist, Ohio State University 11:45 am – 12:45 pm – Lunch (catered) 12:45 pm – 1:30 pm - Evaluation Protocol: Finding the Winners Dr. Joe Goffreda, Fruit Breeder, Rutgers University 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm - Let's Make Some New Apples Mitch Lynd, Lynd Fruit Farm 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm – Evaluation Fruit of Apple Seedlings and walking Seedling Blocks (weather permitting) For additional information, phone Mitch Lynd at 740-967-5355. Your attendance is highly encouraged, as we'll see years of diligent work by Dawes and the Arboretum itself is simply spectacular! ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com
