From: CALS Communications <cals-c...@cornell.edu>
Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 14:17:27 -0400
Subject: 2 Press Releases for Immediate Release
May 6, 2010 For Immediate Release
The following press releases can be viewed on the College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences website @ http://www.cals.cornell.edu
or by the individual links associated with the descriptions below.
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Two new apple varieties released for NYS growers only
By Amanda Garris
Apple varieties developed by Cornell are grown around the world, but
the newest releases will be New York state exclusives. Cornell has
forged a licensing agreement with a new apple industry group -- the
New York State Apple Growers LLC (NYAG) -- to grow and market two
new, patented premium apple varieties developed by Susan Brown, the
Herman M. Cohn Professor of Horticultural Sciences...
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/May10/AppleAgreement.html
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Cornell's two new apples are crisp and grower friendly
By Amanda Garris
Cornell University has released two new apple varieties that are
juicy, crisp, and grower friendly. The two selections were developed
by Susan Brown, director of Cornell's apple breeding program, and
Herbert M. Cohn Professor of Horticultural Sciences at the New York
State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva. A New York grower
owned company-NYAG LLC-will name, grow, and market the apples through
an exclusive licensing agreement with Cornell...
http://www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/public/comm/news/two-new-apple-varieties.cfm
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Note: "CALS" is abbreviation for "College of Agriculture and Life
Science". K.
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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: k...@cornell.edu
website: Coming in 2010.
Providing Equal Opportunity Commercial Tree Fruit and Grape Research,
Education and Programming with the Support of the Farmers and Cornell
Cooperative Extension Associations of Albany, Clinton, Essex,
Saratoga, and Washington Counties, and Cornell University's College
of Agriculture and Life Science.
Serving NY's Upper Hudson and Champlain Region - Home to Premium Cold
Hardy Orchard and Vineyard Fruit, Including: McIntosh, Honeycrisp,
and Sweetango Apples, and Marquette and LaCrescent Grapes!
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