TO: NC-140 Regional Rootstock Committee
NE-183 Multi-Disciplinary Evaluation of New Apple Cultivars
Great Lakes Fruit Extension In-Service Training Workers

FROM: R. PERRY, T. ROBINSON, K. YODER AND A. JONES

SUBJECT: 1996 NC-140, NE-183 AND GREAT LAKES FRUIT
EXTENSION IN-SERVICE TRAINING

The annual NC-140 meeting will be held November 14-16, 1996 at the Kellogg Biological Station (KBS), Hickory Corners, Michigan (near Battle Creek). The meeting will begin at 8:30 am on Thursday, November 14 and will conclude at 3:00 pm on Saturday, November 16 (see attached meeting agenda). In addition, participants will have an opportunity to tour the Southwest Fruit Industry on Wednesday, November 13.

Additionally, there will be two other overlapping and concurrent meetings being conducted at the same site; Great Lakes Fruit Extension In-Service Training for advisors working in Michigan, New York and Ontario and the NE-183 Apple Varieties Committee Meeting. Since there are people wanting to participate in these other meetings, we have included an agenda and related options on the registration form.

Great Lakes Fruit Extension In-Service Meeting, November 11 and 12,
Conference Room, KBS; R. Perry and T. Robinson, Co-chairs

This group will convene at KBS on Monday and Tuesday followed by optional participation in the Southwest Michigan tour on Wednesday, November 13. This group is being organized for the first time with principle participants being field extension agents and state specialists form Michigan, New York and Ontario. The group plans on meeting every two years at either the Michigan or New York sites. The purpose of our annual In-service training meeting is to; foster communication among fruit extension agents, provide an informal opportunity for researchers and
specialists to update agents on new findings and provide an opportunity for feedback to researchers. Topics include tree and small fruit culture, physiology, economics, engineering, pests, etc.


NE-183 Multi-disciplinary Evaluation of New Apple Cultivars, November 12,
Terrace Room, KBS; K. Yoder, Chair; A. Jones, Local Arrangements

This group will convene on Tuesday, November 12 at KBS with an open business meeting agenda being conducted from 8:30 am to 5 pm. Optional participation in the Southwest Michigan Fruit Tour on Wednesday, November 13.

NC-140 Pome and Stone Fruit Rootstock Regional Committee, November
14-16, Conference Room, KBS and Clarksville Horticultural Experiment Station, (November 15); R. Perry, 1996 Chair

Registration, Meals and Lodging

A registration form will accompany this mailing. Because of the varied interests of many fruit workers, the form was arranged to accommodate a flexible schedule. Lodging may be had at the KBS facility which provides dormitory style accommodations. Registrants can opt to stay in single, double, triple or quad arrangements at a cost of $39, $28, $22 and $18 per night per person, respectively. The apartments are supplied with bed linen, blankets and towels with an adjoining shared bath. Meals will be mostly taken at the dining hall which offers a variety of entrees, buffet style. Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner will cost $20 per day. A daily facility usage fee and snacks for breaks will add $7 per day, depending on the agenda for the day. Bus transport will cost $20 per person for each of the two trips planned. Other meeting rooms are available at KBS to accommodate other subcommittee meetings. Some rooms will have a telephone in the room. Participants may be reached at the facility day or night by using the telephone number (616) 671-2400. A map will accompany the registration form to help participants get to KBS. KBS is located 20 minutes from the Kalamazoo Airport (which is primarily served by commuter lines from Chicago). KBS is 2.5 hours by auto from Chicago and Detroit and 75 minutes by auto from Lansing and Grand Rapids airports. Directions to KBS: I-94 (which runs between Detroit and Chicago) to exit 80 (Sprinkle Road head North), turn right (East) on Gull Road (aka M-89) go through the town of Richland, turn left (North) on 40th street, turn left (West) on B Avenue, follow signs to KBS.

Please complete the attached form indicating your needs for transport. Shuttle service from the Kalamazoo airport will be offered to participants. Arrangements will also be made to assist those with transport needs for departure flights. Please complete the attached transportation form and return to: Ron Perry, Horticulture Department, 338 Plant & Soil Science Bldg., MSU, East Lansing, MI 48824.

10/2/96 Tentative Programs

Monday, November 11 - Great Lakes Fruit Extension In-Service Training

8:30-8:45 Introduction
8:45-9:30 Thinning apples and pears; J. Hull, P. Schwallier and E. Stover
9:30-10:00 Weed Control; J. Hull
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-10:45 Preventing Sweet Cherry Cracking; J. Flore
10:45-11:15 New York and Ontario Perspective on problem apple pests
11:15-11:35 Fruit Quality and Protection Act (HR 1627 EPA) MSU & NY
Ent and Plant Path Spec.
11:35-12:00 OBLR and Confirm & Bio control of mites; G. Krawczyk, MSU
12:00-1:00 Lunch Apple Varieties; MI & NY
1:00-1:15 Impact of Hedgerow on Codling Moths and Leafhoppers;
M. Bush and G. Krawczyk
1:15-1:30 Control of Plum Curculio; J. Wise and G. Krawczyk, MSU
1:30-2:00 Apple Varieties; MI & NY

2:00-2:30 Status & role new fungicides for disease control on grape and
blueberry; D. Ramsdell
2:30-3:00 Status of the Vice-Ramsdell Small Fruit Pathology Position &
Discussion of Extension Needs; G. de Zoeten
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-5:00 Tree Fruit Pathology; A. Jones and D. Rosenberger
3:15-3:45 Evolving Strategies for Controlling Summer Diseases;
D. Rosenberger & D. Cooley
3:45-4:15 Fireblight: Recent research and discussion of extension needs; A.
Jones
4:15-4:45 Recent developments in Apple Scab Epidemiology; B. Seem,
Geneva, NY
4:45-5:00 Discussion on extension needs in pathology
7:00 Social: Kellogg Manor House
Tuesday, November 12

8:30-9:00 Spray Technology for Tree and Small Fruit; G. Van Ee
9:00-9:45 Economics of Tree and Small Fruit; NY & MI
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-10:30 Strategic Planning with Apple & Cherry Industries; D. Ricks
10:30-11:30 Stone Fruit Varieties; Cherry, Peach, Plum;
A. Iezzoni, R. Andersen, W. Shane, M. Danilovich
11:30-12:00 Cherry Rootstocks; R. Andersen and R. Perry
12:00- 1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:00 Apple Rootstocks; R. Perry & T. Robinson
2:00-2:30 Use of AVG "Retain" for Stop Drop; NY & MI
2:30-3:00 Small Fruit
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-5:00 Small Fruit; Varieties, Culture
7:00 - Open Discussions; Sharing New Pubs Development of New Pubs;
MI, NY, ONT - Using weather networks to deliver site
specific disease forecasts: whose network, whose work, will it work and
do growers want it; W. Shane

Wednesday, November 13 - Fruit Orchard and Nursery Tour

8:00 am Depart from KBS
9:15-10:30 Hilltop Nursery, Inc., Tree Fruit Nursery, Hartford
11:00-12:00 Kevin Winkel Orchard Operation, Hartford
12:15 -1:00 Lunch at Southwest Michigan Research and Extension Center,
Benton Harbor
1:00-2:15 Tour of SWMREC, Fruit Plots

Tree Fruit Tour (Option A)
2:45-4:00 Phil Prillwitz High Density Apple and Peach Orchard Operation
5:00 Return to KBS

Small Fruit Tour (Option B)
2:45-4:00 Cranberry and Blueberry Operations
5:00 Return to KBS

Thursday, November 14 - NC-140 Meeting

8:30 Welcome; Ron Perry, Dept. of Horticulture, MSU
9:00 Comments of Administrative Advisor; Dr. Ian Gray, Assoc. Vice
Provost and Director of Michigan Agricultural Experiment
Station
9:30 Break and Distribution of State Reports
10:00 Future Meeting Plans; 1997 Arkansas, 1998 California, 1999 ??
10:30 Trial Coordinator Reports
1987/88 Cherry Rootstock Trial; R. Perry
1988 Pear Rootstock Trial; A. Azarenko
1990 Plum Rootstock Trial - ??
1990 Apple Orchard Systems and Rootstock Trial; B. Barritt
12:00 Lunch
1990 Apple Gala Rootstock Trial; B. Barritt
1990 Apple Cultivar by Rootstock Trial; W. Autio
1:00 1992/93 Liberty/CG Rootstock Trial; T. Robinson
1994 Apple Rootstock Trial; R. Marini
1994 Peach Rootstock Trial; G. Reighard
3:00 Break
3:30 Future Trials -
1998 Cherry Rootstock Trial; F. Kappel
1999 ? Apple; T. Robinson, D. Ferree, B. Barritt
5:00 Adjourn
6:00 Dinner
7:30 Sub Committee Meetings
Proposal Rewrite Committee
Future Plantings - Cherry, Apple, Peach, Plum, Pear
New Rootstock Importation Committee

Friday, November 15

8:00 AM Depart for Clarksville Horticultural Experiment Station by Bus
9:00 AM Rewrite Subcommittee Report; W. Autio
New Rootstock Importation; D. Ferree
Future Plantings
10:30 Break
10:45 - 12:00 State Reports
12:00 Lunch
1:00 - 4:00 Tour Tree Fruit Orchard Research Trials
5:00 Return to KBS

Saturday, November 16

8:30 State Reports
10:00 Break
12:00 Lunch
1:00 State Reports
2:30 Adjourn

Please complete the transportation and registration forms and return to: Ms. Sherry Mulvaney,
MSU, Department of Horticulture, 288 Plant & Soil Sciences Bldg., East Lansing, MI 48824 1325

Transportation Plans/Needs

I plan on arriving by automobile and have no need for assistance.

Air travelers in/out of Kalamazoo Airport:

A. I will arrive on __________ (date), __________ (time), (air carrier and flight
#) ______________ .

I will depart on ___________ (date), __________(time), (air carrier and flight
#) ______________ .

B. I will need ground transportation assistance from Kalamazoo Airport to KBS.
YES _________ NO ___________ .

C. I will rent a car and drive from Kalamazoo Airport to KBS Following the
meetings, I can help transport participants near my arrival/departure time.
YES _______ NO________ .

ADVANCE REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Nov.1, 1996

(Please print clearly)

Name: _________________________________________________________________________
Last First Middle Initial

Organization/Business: ____________________________________________________________

Mailing Address: _________________________________________________________________

City: ________________________________ State: ____________ Zip Code: ________________

Telephone: (____)______________ Fax: (____)_________________
e-mail:_________________________________

REGISTRATION:

Number Attending Cost per person*
Amount
Great Lakes Meeting (Nov. 11 & 12)
Monday ____________ $25 ________
Tuesday ____________ $25 ________
Wednesday ____________ $20 ________
All Three Days ____________ $70 ________

**Bus Tour - Wednesday, November 13 ______ $20 ________

NE 183 Meeting (Nov. 12 & 13)
Tuesday _____________ $25 ________
Wednesday _____________ $20 ________
Both Days _____________ $45 ________

**Bus Tour - Wednesday, November 13 _______ $20 ________

NC 140 Meeting (Nov. 14, 15 & 16)
Wednesday _____________ $20 ________
Thursday _____________ $25 ________
Friday _____________ $20 ________
Saturday (Dinner-on your own) _____________ $15 ________
All Four Days _____________ $80 ________

**Bus to CHES - Friday, November 15 ______ $20 ________

It is possible to deviate from the above listed in order to personalize your schedule. Please
contact Ron Perry for additional information.

TOTAL OF REGISTRATION: ________

*Price includes: 3 meals per day except 11/16, snacks, daily facility use fee
**Cost of transportation

LODGING:

Lodging (Occupancy) Rate per night/person # of night(s) Total

Single $39 x _________ = __________

Double $28 x _________ = __________

Triple $22 x _________ = __________

Quad $18 x _________ = __________

Information for Dormitory Assignment: (please circle)

Male Female Age: 18-25 26-40 41+

Roommate preference: Yes No Smoking Non-Smoking

If yes, name(s) of roommates preferred (up to 4 people per room): ________________________________

__________________________________ _______________________________________________

PAYMENT:

Total of Registration _______________

Total of Lodging _______________

Total Amount Due
and Enclosed _______________

Payment is required in full. Make check or money order (U.S. funds) payable to Michigan State
University

Send the completed application form and payment by Friday, November 1, 1996 to:

Direct any questions to:

Ms. Sherry Mulvaney
MSU, Department of Horticulture Dr. Ron Perry
288 Plant & Soil Sciences Bldg. MSU, Department of Horticulture
East Lansing MI 48824-1325 338 Plant & Soil Sciences Bldg.
E-Mail: 22457smm@IBM.msu.edu East Lansing, MI 48824-1325
Telephone: 517-353-2913 E-Mail:perryr@pilot.msu.edu
FAX:517-353-0890 Telephone:517-353-6789

A $25 processing fee will be charged on all cancellations.

Handicapper or special accommodations may be requested by contacting the KBS Conference Center by
November 1, 1996. Contact: Bob Essenmacher
KBS Conference Center
3700 East Gull Lake Drive
Hickory Corners MI 49060-9516
(616)671-2400