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)?
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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
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