Notice:
CCE'S Northeastern NY Commercial Fruit Program's
2007 Thinning Meetings
South: Wednesday, May 23 - 4:00 PM
Knight's Orchards (Former Burrell Farm)
365 Goode Road, Burnt Hills, Saratoga County, NY
North: Tuesday, May 29 - 2:00 PM
Sullivan's Orchard
488 Sullivan Road, Peru, Clinton County, NY
Hello. This is an invitation for those in the region who may be
interested, to join Cornell Extension Tree Fruit Researchers and
Staff to review seasonal crop, field, pest, and disease conditions
and to discuss your concerns and issues related to thinning and other
upcoming crop management activities.
Cornell Plant Pathologist Dave Rosenberger and Entomologist Peter
Jentsch, will be on hand for both meetings, as will Extension Tree
Fruit Researcher Steve Hoying, all from Cornell's Hudson Valley
Highland Lab. Cornell Tree Fruit Researcher Dr. Terence Robinson,
from the Geneva Experiment Station, will join us on May 29 for the
Peru meeting at Sullivan's Orchard. Feel free to bring along
specimens of suspect pathology or malevolent bugs! AS ALWAYS, bring
your questions regarding fruit set, thinning prospects and
strategies, and disease and pest control issues. Other guests may be
on hand. If you have particular situations or announcements you would
like to bring to everyone's attention, for general discussion or
feedback, this would be a good opportunity to do so. Remember,
un-asked questions represent missed opportunities for all.
Directions: Knight's Orchard: Coming from the north via the Northway,
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. (Other travelers from points west and
south can exit the Thruway at the Scotia exit, and pick up Route 5
east to Scotia and then pick up route 50 north to Burnt Hills and the
intersection with Lake Road. Turn left and proceed as above.)
Directions: Sullivan Orchard. From the Northway: take Exit 35. At
the stop, take Bear Swamp Road (Rt. 442) to the east (away from
Peru). Make your first right turn (just past Rulf's Farm Market)
onto Telegraph Road, Follow Telegraph about 2 miles to its
intersection with Sullivan Rd. Turn right onto Sullivan and proceed
about 0.25 miles. You will see orchard to both sides of the road,
and the orchard drive on the right. Drive in by the sheds.
Our thanks to Knight's and Sullivan's Orchards for hosting our grower
meetings at their farms.
--
Kevin Iungerman, Extension Associate
Cornell Northeastern NY Commercial Fruit Program
Serving NY's Upper Hudson and Champlain Region
(Albany, Saratoga, Washington, Essex and Clinton Counties)
Growing McIntosh, Honeycrisp, and other fine apples and fruit!
50 West High Street, Ballston Spa, NY 12020
Phone: (518) 885-8995
FAX: (518) 885-9078
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
