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["Ed Fackler" <efackler@woh.rr.com>]

This is to invite you to the Annual Workshop for Beginning Apple Growers.

 

Place--Adam's Mark Motel and Conference Center just east of the Indianapolis Airport off I-465

 

Date and Time--Jan. 26, 2004, 9:00 am through 5:00 pm

 

Topics to be covered.

 

1. Equipment needed early in the game.

2. Tree size or influence of various rootstocks.

3.  Pruning and Training for Different Systems.

4.  Pollination, Fruit Thinning and Development.

5.  Fruit Maturity and Post Harvest Protocol.

6.  U-Pick Marketing.

7.  Development of an On-Farm Market.

8.  Variety Selection for Retail Markets.

9.  First 5 years--A Growers experience.

10. Common Mistakes.

 

For more information and registration contact Peter Hirst, ph. 765-494-1323 or email Peter at hirst@hort.purdue.edu.

 

This workshop is held in conjunction with the Indiana Horticulture Congress which continues on Tue. and Wed., Jan. 27 and 28.  Among many other programs within this years Congress you may be interested in a Winery Startup Workshop, Starting a Greenhouse Business and sessions on Specialty Crops and Organics.