2007 Annual Meeting
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CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA FRUIT SHOWCASE
NAFEX ANNUAL MEETING – 2007 Our 2007
meeting will take place August 22-24, 2007, in Clemson, South
Carolina. Our meeting host is Dr. Greg Reighard, Professor of
Horticulture at Clemson University. Greg has a wide interest in fruit
and nut cultivation and has headed a number of rootstock trials for
stone fruit. His research interests include fruit tree genetics.
Our designated motel and where the scientific program and our dinner meeting will take place is the Ramada Inn, Clemson. The motel is located about 1 mile from Clemson University and minutes from downtown Pendleton at the intersection of highway 123 and US 76. The street address is 1310 Tiger Blvd, Clemson, SC 29631. The reservation desk phone number is 864-654-7501. We have a fixed rate of $64/nite with free continental breakfast. Please cite our NAFEX/Clemson meeting when reserving a room. There are other local motels with similar accommodations including the Days Inn, 1387 Tiger Blvd 864-656-4411, the Comfort Inn 1305 Tiger Blvd 864-656-3600 and the Hampton Inn 851 Tiger Blvd 864-653-7744.
Some of you may wish to mail books or other materials that do not need watering and are designated for the auction and that you don’t wish to carry. They can be mailed to the Ramada Inn and labeled to hold for the NAFEX meeting. They will keep them at the reception desk or in a nearby closet. The auction was a rousing success last year and the funds so generated help to keep down the costs of our annual meeting and to stabilize our NAFEX treasury. I think plants brought in the most total revenue but a variety of things were submitted from unusual preserves and wines to heirloom horticultural tomes, and even opportunities to test new varieties under non-propagation agreement with the developer. Be creative, we have very responsive and determined bidders.
We will have a pre-meeting tour on Wednesday, August 22nd, to the Musser Fruit Research Center (about 9 miles from campus) from 2-5 PM. Our plan is to car pool from the motel for this visit – they have abundant parking at the Research Center. Our plan is to have a hospitality area open in the evening, and we will plan to also have the NAFEX Board meeting that evening.
Our scientific program will begin in the large meeting room at the Ramada Inn on the morning of August 23rd. We will break and remain there at noon for a catered lunch and then resume our sessions after lunch. At present, our speakers list includes the following:
Bees for Fruit Pollination: Dr. Mike Hood, Extension/Research Apiculturist in the Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences, Clemson University. Dr. Hood’s expertise lies in honey bee (and their pests) management.
New Stone Fruit Cultivars –peach, plum, apricots, plumcots: Dr. Dick Okie, Stone fruit breeder’/Research Horticulturist with USDA-ARS, Byron, Georgia. Research encompasses development of new stone fruit varieties, primarily peaches for the Southeastern United States.
Economically Important Diseases of Peach and Strawberry: Dr. Guido Schnabel, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology in the Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences at Clemson University with research and extension responsibilities throughout South Carolina.
Insect/Mite Fruit and Tree Pest IPM: Dr. Dan Horton, Professor of Entomology, University of Georgia. His specialty is tree and small fruit entomology extension and research.
Transgenic Fruits, Safety and Nutrition: Dr. W. Vance Baird, Alumni Professor, Department of Horticulture, Clemson University. His special expertise is in plant molecular genetics
Grapes for Southern Winemakers: Dr. David Lockwood, Professor of Plant Sciences, The University of Tennessee. He specializes in fruit and nut crops in Tennessee, and apples in Georgia. He has been involved in grape research and extension work for more that 30 years. He is currently doing cooperative research with Dr. John Clark, University of Arkansas, in evaluation of advanced table grape and wine grape selections.
Peach Cultivars and Advanced Selections: Dr. Desmond Layne, Associate Professor of Horticulture, Clemson University, Fruit Research and Extension Specialist working with peach training systems and cultural methods for root rot controls. This lecture will feature tasting of both yellow and white fleshed peaches, depending upon availability.
Tree and Small Fruit Virus and Viroids: Dr. Simon Scott, Professor of Plant Pathology, Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences at Clemson University, with research responsibilities for tree and small fruit virology and virus-indexing in South Carolina and the Southeastern United States.
Southern Apple Cultivars: Dr. Steve McArtney, Assistant Professor of Horticulture, North Carolina University. Expertise concerns apple cultivars, apple production and flower physiology.
Kaki Persimmons: Dr. Greg Reighard, Professor of Horticulture at Clemson University.
Antioxidants and Other Nutriceuticals in Fruits: Dr. Richard Moyer, Professor of Chemistry, King College and Board member of NAFEX will speak at our dinner meeting.
Figs for the South: Ray Givan, Long-time NAFEX and SFF member who has written extensively about figs and maintains an excellent website on the subject (http://home.planters.net/~thegivans/id-light.html) and www.nafex.org/figs.htm.
Precision Plant Improvement --An Aid To Hybridization: Anton Callaway, Vice President of NAFEX and plant geneticist, BASF Corporation.
Mulberries and Che: Dr. A.J. Bullard, Mount Olive, North Carolina. A former President of NAFEX, Dr. Bullard has a wide experience in fruit growing and maintains many figs, tree fruits and native vines of the North Carolina area.
Citrus for Climate Zones 8A and 8 B: James Lavergne, long-time member of NAFEX and SFF from Jarreau, Louisiana, who has wide personal experience in the performance of many citrus cultivars in the South.
Our dinner meeting will occur at 6 PM, also at the Ramada Inn, and will be followed by our NAFEX auction hosted by Adam Turtle, who did a remarkable job in this role at the Lexington, KY, meeting last year.
Leave Ramada at 8:00 AM Friday, August 24, 2007. Travel time to the Happy Berry (operated by Dr. Walker Miller, Professor Emeritus Clemson University) is about 20-25 minutes (13.5 miles). He grows blueberries, blackberries, muscadines, elderberries and figs among other fruits.
Stay until ~10:00 AM and then proceed to Dick Perdue's farm market and fruit operation. Travel time is 50-55 minutes (41 miles). Dick is a former VP at Cryovac and runs a diversified fruit farm and roadside stand. Dick has patented some innovative processing technology for his fruit. He grows apples, peaches, Asian pears, European pears, figs, persimmons, blackberries and grapes for roadside sales.
Leave Perdues around 12:00 noon. Travel to Strawberry Hill Farm. About 30-35 minutes (27 miles) and arrive 12:40 PM for lunch at the Farms' restaurant. The Farm's owner, James Cooley, is the largest strawberry grower in South Carolina and also grows peaches, Asian pears and vegetables, especially cantaloupes. He has a restaurant and roadside market on site.
Leave around 4:00 PM and return back to the Ramada in Clemson via I-26 and I-85. About 85-95 minute drive. Be at hotel between 5:30 and 6:00 PM.
Current plans call for a Post-meeting Tour, Aug 25, for those who just can’t get enough. We will visit heirloom vegetable/flower plantings at the SC Botanical Garden, on the Clemson University campus. There is no charge for this tour. Dr. David Bradshaw, retired Professor of Horticulture will be our host. He writes, “The heirloom display garden is a popular stop for visitors. More than 100 varieties of old vegetable varieties should be in full production, including shapbeans, butterbeans, pumpkins, tomatoes, peppers, field peas, okra, peanuts and much more”. This tour will begin at 9 AM and Ed Fackler claims that a morning with Dr. Bradshaw is a rare treat and not to be missed.
Our designated motel and where the scientific program and our dinner meeting will take place is the Ramada Inn, Clemson. The motel is located about 1 mile from Clemson University and minutes from downtown Pendleton at the intersection of highway 123 and US 76. The street address is 1310 Tiger Blvd, Clemson, SC 29631. The reservation desk phone number is 864-654-7501. We have a fixed rate of $64/nite with free continental breakfast. Please cite our NAFEX/Clemson meeting when reserving a room. There are other local motels with similar accommodations including the Days Inn, 1387 Tiger Blvd 864-656-4411, the Comfort Inn 1305 Tiger Blvd 864-656-3600 and the Hampton Inn 851 Tiger Blvd 864-653-7744.
Some of you may wish to mail books or other materials that do not need watering and are designated for the auction and that you don’t wish to carry. They can be mailed to the Ramada Inn and labeled to hold for the NAFEX meeting. They will keep them at the reception desk or in a nearby closet. The auction was a rousing success last year and the funds so generated help to keep down the costs of our annual meeting and to stabilize our NAFEX treasury. I think plants brought in the most total revenue but a variety of things were submitted from unusual preserves and wines to heirloom horticultural tomes, and even opportunities to test new varieties under non-propagation agreement with the developer. Be creative, we have very responsive and determined bidders.
We will have a pre-meeting tour on Wednesday, August 22nd, to the Musser Fruit Research Center (about 9 miles from campus) from 2-5 PM. Our plan is to car pool from the motel for this visit – they have abundant parking at the Research Center. Our plan is to have a hospitality area open in the evening, and we will plan to also have the NAFEX Board meeting that evening.
Our scientific program will begin in the large meeting room at the Ramada Inn on the morning of August 23rd. We will break and remain there at noon for a catered lunch and then resume our sessions after lunch. At present, our speakers list includes the following:
Bees for Fruit Pollination: Dr. Mike Hood, Extension/Research Apiculturist in the Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences, Clemson University. Dr. Hood’s expertise lies in honey bee (and their pests) management.
New Stone Fruit Cultivars –peach, plum, apricots, plumcots: Dr. Dick Okie, Stone fruit breeder’/Research Horticulturist with USDA-ARS, Byron, Georgia. Research encompasses development of new stone fruit varieties, primarily peaches for the Southeastern United States.
Economically Important Diseases of Peach and Strawberry: Dr. Guido Schnabel, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology in the Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences at Clemson University with research and extension responsibilities throughout South Carolina.
Insect/Mite Fruit and Tree Pest IPM: Dr. Dan Horton, Professor of Entomology, University of Georgia. His specialty is tree and small fruit entomology extension and research.
Transgenic Fruits, Safety and Nutrition: Dr. W. Vance Baird, Alumni Professor, Department of Horticulture, Clemson University. His special expertise is in plant molecular genetics
Grapes for Southern Winemakers: Dr. David Lockwood, Professor of Plant Sciences, The University of Tennessee. He specializes in fruit and nut crops in Tennessee, and apples in Georgia. He has been involved in grape research and extension work for more that 30 years. He is currently doing cooperative research with Dr. John Clark, University of Arkansas, in evaluation of advanced table grape and wine grape selections.
Peach Cultivars and Advanced Selections: Dr. Desmond Layne, Associate Professor of Horticulture, Clemson University, Fruit Research and Extension Specialist working with peach training systems and cultural methods for root rot controls. This lecture will feature tasting of both yellow and white fleshed peaches, depending upon availability.
Tree and Small Fruit Virus and Viroids: Dr. Simon Scott, Professor of Plant Pathology, Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences at Clemson University, with research responsibilities for tree and small fruit virology and virus-indexing in South Carolina and the Southeastern United States.
Southern Apple Cultivars: Dr. Steve McArtney, Assistant Professor of Horticulture, North Carolina University. Expertise concerns apple cultivars, apple production and flower physiology.
Kaki Persimmons: Dr. Greg Reighard, Professor of Horticulture at Clemson University.
Antioxidants and Other Nutriceuticals in Fruits: Dr. Richard Moyer, Professor of Chemistry, King College and Board member of NAFEX will speak at our dinner meeting.
Figs for the South: Ray Givan, Long-time NAFEX and SFF member who has written extensively about figs and maintains an excellent website on the subject (http://home.planters.net/~thegivans/id-light.html) and www.nafex.org/figs.htm.
Precision Plant Improvement --An Aid To Hybridization: Anton Callaway, Vice President of NAFEX and plant geneticist, BASF Corporation.
Mulberries and Che: Dr. A.J. Bullard, Mount Olive, North Carolina. A former President of NAFEX, Dr. Bullard has a wide experience in fruit growing and maintains many figs, tree fruits and native vines of the North Carolina area.
Citrus for Climate Zones 8A and 8 B: James Lavergne, long-time member of NAFEX and SFF from Jarreau, Louisiana, who has wide personal experience in the performance of many citrus cultivars in the South.
Our dinner meeting will occur at 6 PM, also at the Ramada Inn, and will be followed by our NAFEX auction hosted by Adam Turtle, who did a remarkable job in this role at the Lexington, KY, meeting last year.
Leave Ramada at 8:00 AM Friday, August 24, 2007. Travel time to the Happy Berry (operated by Dr. Walker Miller, Professor Emeritus Clemson University) is about 20-25 minutes (13.5 miles). He grows blueberries, blackberries, muscadines, elderberries and figs among other fruits.
Stay until ~10:00 AM and then proceed to Dick Perdue's farm market and fruit operation. Travel time is 50-55 minutes (41 miles). Dick is a former VP at Cryovac and runs a diversified fruit farm and roadside stand. Dick has patented some innovative processing technology for his fruit. He grows apples, peaches, Asian pears, European pears, figs, persimmons, blackberries and grapes for roadside sales.
Leave Perdues around 12:00 noon. Travel to Strawberry Hill Farm. About 30-35 minutes (27 miles) and arrive 12:40 PM for lunch at the Farms' restaurant. The Farm's owner, James Cooley, is the largest strawberry grower in South Carolina and also grows peaches, Asian pears and vegetables, especially cantaloupes. He has a restaurant and roadside market on site.
Leave around 4:00 PM and return back to the Ramada in Clemson via I-26 and I-85. About 85-95 minute drive. Be at hotel between 5:30 and 6:00 PM.
Current plans call for a Post-meeting Tour, Aug 25, for those who just can’t get enough. We will visit heirloom vegetable/flower plantings at the SC Botanical Garden, on the Clemson University campus. There is no charge for this tour. Dr. David Bradshaw, retired Professor of Horticulture will be our host. He writes, “The heirloom display garden is a popular stop for visitors. More than 100 varieties of old vegetable varieties should be in full production, including shapbeans, butterbeans, pumpkins, tomatoes, peppers, field peas, okra, peanuts and much more”. This tour will begin at 9 AM and Ed Fackler claims that a morning with Dr. Bradshaw is a rare treat and not to be missed.
