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NECC-1009 and NC-140 Annual Meetings

November 4 – 7, 2006

Rutgers Snyder Research and Extension Farm

NC-140 AGENDA

Agenda as PDF

NC 140 Annual Meeting
November 6-7
Chair: Win Cowgill

Monday, November 6
Continental Breakfast at Hotel

7:35      Shuttle Leaves Hotel for Snyder Farm

8:00      Coffee, Donuts, apples, Juice at Snyder

8:15  Welcome- Dr. John Grande, Director of the Rutgers Snyder Research and Extension Farm

8:30      Approval of the agenda
Review of the 2005 minutes
Review of membership and participants list
Future meeting sites:
2007     Colorado, Harold Larson, Chair
2008     Mexico, Terrence Robinson, Chair, Raffell Parria, Host
2009     Minnesota Emily Hoover, Chair and Host
2010     ?

9:00      Report of CSREES Representative, Tom Bewick (By conference call)

9: 15     Discussion on Cooperators and Future Direction of NC140, others, new members to NC140 for future work-Cowgill

9:45      Ongoing Plantings Reports and Publication Progress
1998 cherry (eastern and western sweet, tart) – Lang
1998 apple – Robinson
1999 apple (dwarf and semidwarf) – Autio
1999, 2000, 2001 CG apple -- Robinson
2001 peach – Reighard
2002 peach – Johnson
2002 apple – Autio
2002 MA/NJ Cameo – Clements
2002 pear – ?
2003 apple – Marini
2003 apple physiology -- Marini
2004 pear – ?
2004/05 peach physiology – Johnson
2005 pear -- ?
2006 apple replant – Robinson
2006 cherry physiology -- Lang

10:15    Break –Apple Cultivar Showcase

10:30    Ongoing plantings and publication progress continued

12:00    Lunch- (Included) at Snyder Farm
           
12:45    Committee Meetings-
            Rewrite – Autio
            Other

1:30      Report of administrative advisor, Wendy Winterstein (By conference call)

1:45      Tour of Snyder Farm Research Plots

3:30      Begin State Reports
            AR, BC, CA, CO, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, MA, ME, MD

4:00      Sub Committee Meetings

5:00      Break for Dinner
6:15      Shuttle to the hotel
6:30      Dinner with NJ Growers at the Union Hotel Flemington-(Included)

Tuesday, November 15

8:00      Coffee- Donuts, refreshments

8:15      Rewrite committee report –Autio

8:40      Standing committee reports:
                        apple – Robinson
                        cherry – Lang
                        peach – Reighard
                        pear – Elkins

10:15    Break

10:35    Website/communications committee report – Cowgill/Clements

11:00    Awards committee report/discussion – Hoover

11:10    State reports- Cont.
            AR, BC, CA, CO, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, MA, ME, MD

12:00    Lunch

1. Tour of Snyder Farm Pesticide Handling Facilities-Cowgill, Dager

1:00      An Evaluation of Backpack Sprayers for Horticultural Crops-Dr. John Grande

1:30      State reports (cont’d)
Mexico, MI, MN, MO, NB, NC, NJ, NS, NY, OH, ON, OR, PA, QU, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, VA, WA, WI

4:00      Adjourn