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  • From: "tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>
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  • Subject: [NAFEX] NAFEX meeting request
  • Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:54:26 +0000

Some one told me that one of the speakers is knowledgeable in fruit-tree patenting &/or licensing. Is anyone going to the meeting who knows which speaker it is? Anyone willing to take notes and post them to this listserv (w/ speaker's permission)?


----Original Message Follows----
From: "Ed Fackler" <>
Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <>
Subject: [NAFEX] FW: NAFEX meeting update...esp Motel Room Availability
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:48:07 -0400

Greetings, Fellow NAFEXers: ....

As you can see by the following line up of speakers, it will be an
excellent program. I strongly all who want to attend to registar quickly....



2006 NAFEX - SFF (joint) ANNUAL MEETING

Headquarters:
Holiday Inn North
1950 Newtown Pike
Lexington, Kentucky 40511
(859) 233-0512
FAX (859) 253-1505



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2006

ALL TIMES EDT

3:00 - 6:30 p.m. Registration table open in front of meeting
rooms

7:00 p.m. NAFEX Board Meeting, Henry Clay Room


Fruit and Literature Displays,
Pre-Function Area


5:30 - 8:00 p.m. Auction Item Display, Lexington Room


WELCOME RECEPTION, SOCIAL, SHOW AND TELL

5:30 to 8:00 p.m. Belmont Room
Moderator - Jerry Lehman, NAFEX President


Welcome - Dewayne Ingram

Kentucky Wine Tasting by Tom Cottrell



THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 2006

Registration - 7-8:00 a.m.

JOINT SESSION

8:00 a.m. Belmont Room
Jerry Lehman, Presiding

7:50 a.m. Opening Remarks - Jerry Lehman, NAFEX President

8:00 a.m. Why is The Bluegrass The Horse Capital of the World?-
*Horst Schach



CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Concurrent Sessions will enable participants to attend topics of interest in
different sessions.


FRUIT VARIETIES

8:30 a.m. Belmont Room
Jerry Lehman, Presiding

8:30 a.m. Blueberry and Blackberry Variety Trials - John Strang

9:00 a.m. Pawpaw, Currant and Gooseberry - Kirk Pomper

9:30 a.m. Apricots, A Wider Geographical Possibility - Bob Purvis

10:00 a.m. Break- Pre-Function Area
(Coffee, Kevan Evans apple cider and Horticultural
Research Farm melons)

10:30 a.m. Primocane Fruiting Blackberries: Origin and
Potential - John Clark

11:00 a.m. Novel Varieties for Back Yard and Retail Growers -
Charlotte Shelton

11:30 a.m. Small Fruits for the Home Orchard - Richard Moyer

12:00 p.m. Lunch


FRUIT CULTURE BASICS

8:30 a.m. Preakness Room
Al Cosnow - Presiding

8:30 a.m. Fruit Tree Rootstocks for the Deep South - Ethan
Natelson

9:00 a.m. Persimmon Culture Basics - Jerry Lehman

9:30 a.m. Bagging Fruit for Pest Control - John Hartman and Ric
Bessin

10:00 a.m. Break - Pre-Function Area

10:30 a.m. Formulating Pesticide Applications for Small
(hand-held) Sprayers - Joe Masabni

11:00 a.m. The Great Benefits of Annual Fruit Thinning - John
Strang

11:30 a.m. Growing Fruit in Small Spaces - Al Cosnow and Gene
Yale

12:00 p.m. Lunch


FRUIT BREEDING AND PROPAGATION

1:00 p.m. Belmont Room
Ethan Natelson - Presiding

1:00 p.m. Genetic Modification: An Aid for Hybridization - Anton
Callaway

1:30 p.m. Breeding Pears for Psylla and Fire Blight Resistance -
Richard Bell

2:00 p.m. Black Raspberry Hybridization - Pete Tallman

2:30 p.m. Fruit Breeding for the Amateur - Felix Cooper

3:00 p.m. Break - Pre-Function Area

3:30 p.m. Novel (wild) Apples from Tien Shan, Central Asia -
Diane Miller

4:00 p.m. Propagating the Tough Stuff (Nuts, Pawpaws and
Persimmons) - John Brittain

4:30 p.m. Sure-Fire Techniques for Budding Peach - Ray Armstrong




NOVEL FRUIT CULTURE, HISTORY AND PROCESSING.

1:00 p.m. Preakness Room
*Ed Fackler, Presiding

1:00 p.m. Maximizing Grape Quality through Pruning and Canopy
Management - Kaan Kurtural

1:30 p.m. Exploring the Caucasus Mountains for Wild Fruits and
Nuts - Joseph Postman

2:00 p.m. 110 Years of Doud Fruit Production - Dave Doud

2:30 p.m. Winemaking for the Amateur - Tom Cottrell

3:00 p.m. Break - Pre-Function Area

3:30 p.m. Strip Mine Reclamation - Horticulture from Hades -
Terry Jones

4:00 p.m. NAFEX: A Personal Adventure - Bob Purvis

4:30 p.m. Ribes Diseases and Management - Janna Beckerman


6:00 p.m. Buffet Banquet, Derby Room
(Prepaid Tickets Required)
MC: Ed Fackler
Speaker: - Dr. John Clark
Lecture: Pouring Cold Molasses or New Variety
Introduction: Which Moves Quicker?

8:00 p.m. NAFEX Business Meeting - Jerry Lehman

8:30 p.m. Live Auction



FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

FIELD TOURS

8:00 a.m. Board busses for tour (back parking lot)

9:00 a.m. Tour University of Kentucky Horticultural Research
Farm, Lexington

(blackberry, grape, blueberry, matted row
strawberry, apple, vegetables, woody ornamentals and flowers)

11:00 a.m. Tour Boyd Orchards, Versailles, KY

12:00 p.m. Lunch Boyd Orchards

1:00 p.m. Leave for Frankfort

2:00 p.m. Tour Kentucky State University Research Farm, Frankfort

Pawpaw, Gooseberry, Currant and Primo-Cane
Blackberry

4:30 p.m. Board busses for hotel

5:00 p.m. Arrive Holiday Inn North....






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