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2010 NAFEX
ANNUAL MEETING
Lafayette, IN
Midwest Fruit Showcase
August 19-21, 2010
Best Western Motel/Conf. Ctr.
4343 St. Rd. 26 East
Lafayette, IN 47905
Phone: (765) 447-0575, (888) 295-2346
Fax: (765) 447-0901
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NAFEX 2010 Lecture Schedule Aug. 19, 2010
Wed. Aug. 18, 2010
3:00 PM – 7:00 PM Registration
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Wine Tasting – White Owl Winery
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM NAFEX Board Meeting
Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
Moderator - Ethan A. Natelson
8: AM – 8:15 AM Welcome/Announcements – Ethan Natelson, President
8:15 AM – 8:45 AM Landscaping with Fruit Plants – Lee Reich
8:45 AM – 9:15 AM Blueberries for the pH Challenged – Pete Tallman,
9:15 AM – 9:45 AM Grapes for the Home Owner – Bruce Bordelon
9:45 AM – 10 AM Break
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Fruit Insect Management for the Home Orchard – Rick Foster
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Fruitful at Farm Markets – Dave Doud
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM The Sensual Pleasures of Fruit Wine – Joy Neighbors
11:30 AM – 12 Noon Fruit Wine Tasting – Joy Neighbors, White Owl Winery
12 Noon – 12:45 pm Lunch on your own
Moderator – Felix Cooper
12:45 PM – 1:15 PM Novel Horticulture Opportunities – Mark Wessell
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM Scab Resistance Breakdown in Apple – Janna Beckerman
2:15 PM – 2:45 PM Sweet and Hard Cider Apples – Tom Burford
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM Break
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Common Diseases of Brambles and Passive Controls – Kerik Cox
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Fearless Pruning – Lee Reich
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM American Persimmon Culture –Martha Davis & Jerry Lehman
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Culinary Experiences with Unusual Fruit – Martha Davis (and panel)
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Banquet with lecture – Insects & the World Food Crisis – Tom Turpin
8:00 PM – 8:30 PM NAFEX Business Meeting – Ethan Natelson
8:30 PM - ?? NAFEX Auction – Adam Turtle, Auctioneer
TOURS – Friday Aug. 20, 2010
(via Chartered Bus)
8:15 AM – Depart Best Western Motel for Purdue’s Research Farm.
Purdue’s Research Farm just south of Lafayette has various plantings of Apple for different projects including Plum Curculio Control and rootstock evaluations, Grape, Blackberry, Raspberry, Pawpaw, Current, Elderberry, Sea Buckthorn, Gooseberry and others. Small Fruit Specialist, Bruce Bordelon will lead an extensive tour here.
10:30AM - Depart for Anderson’s Orchard south of Indianapolis.
We’ll eat lunch immediately upon arrival and then tour the extensive farm market and orchard. Paul Anderson (and family) own and operate one of the most interesting or novel U-Pick and Direct Market operations I’ve ever visited. They U-Pick everything from hazelnuts and chestnuts to raspberries and of course various tree fruits. They also have a productive Pecan planting near a beautiful lake (we may be able to have a picnic lunch here).
TOURS – Saturday August 21, 2010
(via car-pool or by personal auto)
8:00 AM - Depart Best Western Motel for Jerry Lehman’s Persimmon/Pawpaw Plantation located at 7780 Persimmon LN, Terre Haute, IN 47802 (directional maps will be furnished).
Drive time is approximately 2 hr. 15 min.
Jerry and Barbara own one of the finest plantings of both American Persimmon and Pawpaw orchards I’ve seen. Jerry has been hybridizing both for a number of years and has many interesting selections in the early stages of testing. Of course Jerry has many other interesting (and productive) fruits and nuts.
We’ll have plenty of time to walk his various plantings and we’ll eat lunch there.
1:30 PM – Depart Jerry’s Farm for White Owl Winery, 122a Birds Rd., Flat Rock, IL. Drive time is approx. 1 hr.
Joy Neighbors (White Owl Marketing Director) will lead the tour of White Owl Winery who specializes in many novel fruit wines. For more info check website, www.whiteowlwinery.com.
4:00 PM – Tours End.
From White Owl to Best Western Motel, Lafayette, IN – 187 miles.
From White Owl to Indianapolis Airport – 129 miles.
Lodging: See the registration form for details.
Get the registration form HERE.
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For other questions you may call Ed Fackler, 812-366-3181.
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