Category Archives: Meetings, workshops, and other events

Meetings for the Week of April 15

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Voen CoverThere will be two commercial fruit grower meetings this week. On Tuesday (April 16) starting at 11:00AM, we will meet at Silver Creek Orchards in Nelson County to review current crop conditions and upcoming management decisions. On Thursday (April 18) at 7:00AM, we will meet at the Alson H. Smith, Jr. AREC for our first breakfast update meeting. Immediately following the breakfast meeting at the AREC, we will walk up the hill to view a Voen orchard covering system that was recently installed by Dr. Peck.

The Voen covering was funded in part by a grant from the Virginia Agricultural Council.

Under the Voen cover

Future meeting dates and additional resources for tree-fruit producers can be found at the new Tree Fruit Extension and Outreach website.

 

 

2013 Meeting Dates

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Apricot flowers at "popcorn" stage.

Well, it’s hard to believe it given the cool temperatures that continue to prevail, but our Spring meetings start this week with an In-Orchard meeting at Crown Orchards on Tuesday starting at 11AM and an In-Depth meeting at the Alson H. Smith, Jr. AREC on Thursday evening starting at 7PM. Our first Rappahannock County meeting will be next Wednesday (April 10) at Jenkins Orchard starting at 11AM.

All tree-fruit meeting dates, times, locations, and directions can be found at the new Tree-Fruit Extension and Outreach Website by clicking on the Upcoming programs & events link.

To ensure that you don’t miss future announcements, please be sure to sign up for the Virginia Tech tree-fruit email delivery service by entering your email in the “Subscribe to commercial tree fruit updates” box on the Tree-Fruit Extension and Outreach Website.

The meetings are focused on commercial tree-fruit production. However, meetings are open to all, regardless of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status. Virginia Cooperative Extension is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

2013 Fruit Schools by Dr. Doug Pfeiffer

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The scheduling of the 2013 fruit schools will be somewhat different than in the past, with two of the schools held on the same date.  The Patrick-Carroll school (Mt. Airy) will be held on Tuesday, Feb 12.  The Botetourt-Roanoke school will be held on the morning of Wednesday, Feb 13.  The Nelson-Albemarle (Central Virginia) school will be held in the late afternoon-evening of that Wednesday.  The Madison-Rappahannock school will be held on Thursday, Feb 14, and the Winchester school will be held on Friday, Feb 15 (Winchester Registration information).

Visit Dr. Pfeiffer’s Virginia Fruit Website: http://www.virginiafruit.ento.vt.edu/HotApple.html

July 12, 2012 Twilight Meeting at Cline’s Farm

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The attached information on the Commercial Fruit Twilight Meeting Notice July 12, 2012 is being sent to you on behalf of Mark Sutphin, Associate Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources-Horticulture.  Mark serves the counties of Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, and Warren.  He can be reached at the Frederick County Office at 540/665-5699 or via email mark.sutphin@vt.edu.

Please note that registration is required to participate in the catered meal.  We will need a head count by noon on Monday, July 9th.

Upcoming Meeting — Rappahannock County

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A reminder that we will be meeting at Sunnyside Organic Orchard tomorrow, May 23 at 11AM. This is one of the in-orchard meetings organized by Kenner Love, VCE Rappahannock County. I’ve had several requests for information about organic apple production recently, so I will use this meeting to discuss some of the basics of organic orchard management.

Please contact Kenner (klove@vt.edu) with questions about this meeting.

Upcoming Meetings — Winchester

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From Mark Sutphin, VCE:

Just a quick reminder that our next Commercial Fruit Meeting is scheduled for this Thursday, May 24th at 7:00pm.  The meeting will be held at the Alson H. Smith AREC at 595 Laurel Grove Road, Winchester, VA.  Drs. Chris Bergh and Shimat Joseph will be presenting “All Bugs Considered”.   There will also be pathology and horticulture updates along with time for questions and discussion.

You should find a memo attached concerning two summer In-Orchard Twilight Meetings.  Please reserve the evening of Thursday, July 12th for a Twilight Meeting at Clines Farm and Thursday, August 23rd for a Twilight Meeting at Turkey Knob Growers, Inc.  Registration information will be distributed as we approach these dates.

Also a reminder that the registration deadline is June 7th  for the sprayer technology workshop scheduled for Friday June 15th.  All registration is being handled through the Virginia Vineyards Association.  Please let me know if you need another copy of the registration forms.  We have been approved to offer Category 90 full recertification accreditation for private pesticide applicators attending the sprayer technology workshop.

Feel free to contact me with any questions and I hope to see you at these events.

Mark Sutphin
Associate Extension Agent
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Horticulture
Virginia Cooperative Extension
Frederick County Office
107 North Kent Street
Winchester, VA 22601
Phone – 540.665.5699
Fax – 540.722.8380
Cell – 540.398.8148
mark.sutphin@vt.edu