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  • From: Lisa Almarode <lisaalmarode@yahoo.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Fruit event in Oregon
  • Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:17:57 -0700 (PDT)

(I'm not associated with this event, got it on a local master gardener email
list - Lisa )

Unappreciated Fruits Seminar USDA Genebank Open House, Visiting Authors
sponsored by USDA Agricultural Research Service and OSU Horticulture October
8-10

Several renowned pomology dignitaries will be in Corvallis to share their
excitement about the history of fruit growing and the potential of some
underutilized fruits that deserve more attention in the United States. The
cultivation and use of quince, medlar, hardy kiwifruit, sorbopyrus, haskap,
pawpaw and other oddities will be discussed by persons considered by some to
be fruit specialists and by others to be fruit fanatics!
Thursday – Friday – Saturday Schedule
Thursday, October 8 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Simply Quince book signing hosted by Grassroots Books at Enoteca Wine Bar
(136 SW Washington, Corvallis) featuring author Barbara Ghazarian.
Friday, October 9 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Unappreciated Fruits Seminars, Meet the Authors Table, Book Sale and Fruit
Display in the Journey & Talisman Rooms at OSU Memorial Union.
9:30 – 10:00 Author tables and book display and sale open.
10:00 – 10:45 Dr. Jules Janick (Distinguished Professor, Purdue University)
History of Fruit and Nut Iconography
10:45 – 11:30 Barbara Ghazarian (The Queen of Quince, Monterey, California)
Simply Quince, from breakfast to dinner for three thousand years.
11:30 – 12:15 David Karp (Pomologist, Writer for the Los Angeles Times)
Quince cultivation in California.
12:15 – 1:00 Susan Dolan (National Park Service, Seattle) – A Fruitful Legacy
– The evolution of American orchards from 1600 to the present.
1:00 – 2:00 Chad Finn, Kim Hummer & Joseph Postman (USDA ARS, Corvallis)
Chinese hardy “baby” kiwi, Japanese Haskap, Myrtilla, Schisandra, Sorbopyrus
and other interesting, weird and fun fruits.
2:00 – 2:30 Reception with speakers.
A quince themed meal will be offered at Big River Restaurant (101 NW Jackson
Ave) Call 541 757-0694 for information and reservations.
Saturday, October 10

9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Fruit display at the Corvallis Farmers Market - Master
Gardener booth.
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Open house and fruit tasting in the USDA Agricultural
Research Service quince and hardy kiwi germplasm collections, located east of
Corvallis on Peoria Road.
The Speakers
Jules Janick is the James Troop Distinguished Professor at Purdue University,
and the recipient of numerous other awards acknowledging his many
accomplishments as researcher, teacher, author, and editor. He was recently
inducted in the American Society for Horticultural Science Hall of Fame. Dr.
Janick is an exceptionally intelligent, interesting and insightful speaker.
Barbara Ghazarian the “Queen of Quince” is passionate about cooking and about
resurrecting the near-forgotten fruit of her ancestry to its rightful place
on the table and in the garden. She is the author of an award winning
cookbook, Simply Armenian (2004). Her most recent project, Simply Quince, was
just published in August, 2009.
David Karp is a pomologist, photographer, and fruit connoisseur who writes
for the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Gourmet magazine and other well
known publications.
Susan Dolan is a cultural resources specialist for the National Park Service
who develops conservation plans for significant fruit trees in our National
Parks. Her soon-to-be published book, A Fruitful Legacy, details the history
of fruit growing in the United States and relates that history to remnant
orchards and fruit trees our National Parks.
Chad Finn is the small fruit breeder for the USDA Agricultural Research
Service in Corvallis. He is innovative in the use of crop wild-relatives for
breeding new blackberry, strawberry, blueberry and raspberry cultivars, and
in evaluating the potential of new and unusual small fruit crops.
Kim Hummer and Joseph Postman are curators at the USDA-ARS National Clonal
Germplasm Repository, a genebank responsible for maintaining world
collections of temperate fruit and nut crops. Kim is responsible for small
fruit, mint and hop germplasm. Joseph curates the pear, quince, hazelnut and
medlar collections.

For more info: 541-738-4200 or
http://www.ars.usda.gov/pwa/corvallis/ncgr
Directions to OSU Memorial Union. From downtown Corvallis take Jefferson
Street west to the main entrance to Oregon State University. Parking for the
Memorial Union is on the right a short distance after entering the campus.
Directions to USDA Germplasm Farm: Take Hwy 34 east from Corvallis one mile
to Peoria Road. Head south on Peoria Road and watch for the Open House sign.








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