NC140 Technical Committee Meeting at Geneva NY

Nov. 3 and 4, 2026

Geneva Lakefront hotel

Agenda

Tuesday Nov. 3, 2026

· 7:30-8:30am Breakfast

· 8:30-9:30am Business Meeting

o Welcome Terence Robinson

o Approval of minutes from 2025 meeting in Burlington Vermont

o Approval of new members

o Selection of next meeting sites and future officers

o Report from Administrative Advisor

· 9:30-10:30am Report from re-write committee

o Presentation of progress of re-write proposal

o Discussion of re-write proposal

· 10:00-10:15 Break

· 10:15-12:00noon Discussion of existing plots and progress on reports

o Final report on Organic Apple Rootstock Trial

o 2017 Peach Rootstock Trial – Ionas Minas

o 2017 Balaton Sweet cherry systems X rootstock trial – Greg Lang

o 2017 Tart Cherry rootstock trial – Jimmy Larson

o 2019 Gala Apple Rootstock Trial – Todd Einhorn

o 2024 Cider Apple Rootstock Trial – Greg Peck

· 12:00noon-1:00pm Lunch

· 1:00pm-6:00pm Tour of field plots

o Apple Germplasm planting of Kazakhstan apples – Ben Gutierrez

o Peach rootstock trial – Terence Robinson

o Cherry rootstock trials – Terence Robinson

o Gala Apple Rootstock Trial – Terence Robinson

o Granny Smith Rootstock Trial – Gennaro Fazio

o Apple Rootstock Breeding – Gennaro Fazio

· 6:00-8:00pm Dinner on your on in downtown Geneva

· 8:00-9:00pm Committee meetings

Wednesday Nov. 4, 2026

· 7:30-8:30am Breakfast

· 8:30-10:00am Discussion of new plantings

· 10:00-10:15 Break

· 10:15-12:00noon – State Reports

· 12:00noon-1:00pm – Lunch

· 1:00pm-3:00pm – State Reports

· 3:00-3:15pm Break

· 3:15-5:00pm – State Reports

· 5:00-5:30pm – Travel to Triple T Ranch

· 5:30-7:30pm -Dinner at Triple T Ranch

· 7:30-8:00pm – Travel back to hotel