New England Vegetable & Fruit Conference

New England Vegetable and Fruit Conference

December 17-19, 2024 DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester, NH

TREE FRUIT PROGRAM

TUESDAY morning, December 17, 2024

APPLES I (9:30 AM, Pemigawasset, 2 credits)

• Research-Driven Solutions for Improved Temperate Fruit Production and Profitability Tracy Leskey, USDA, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, WV
• Thinning Apples with Metamitron and Accede John Cline, University of Guelph, Canada
• Common Sense Planning for Climate Change Impacts on New England Orchards Glen Koehler, University of ME
• Fire Blight Management: Climate Change Considerations and Alternatives to Antibiotics Quan Zeng, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Massachusetts Fruit Growers Annual Meeting to immediately follow this session, 12 to 12:30

TUESDAY afternoon, December 17, 2024

STONE Fruit I (2 PM, Pemigawasset, 2 credits)

• Decade of Spread: understanding the biology, behavior, and management of the invasive spotted lanternfly in the US, Tracy Leskey, USDA, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, WV
• New Thinning Opportunities with Accede™ in Peaches John Cline, University of Guelph, Canada
• Undercover- Organic Tree Fruit Production in New England (1 hour) Ron Christie, Off the Wall Orchard, NH

WEDNESDAY morning, December 18, 2024

APPLES II: Tree Fruit Tech (9:30 AM, Merrimack/Piscat, 2 credits)

• Emerging Technologies for Weed Control in Tree and Vine Crops Lynn Sosnoskie, Cornell University
• Integrating the Use of Mechanical Pruning for Modern Apple Production Mario Miranda Sazo, Cornell University Cooperative Extension Lake Ontario Fruit Program
• Precision Apple Cropload MANagement (PACMAN): optimizing profitability by optimizing apple cropload (but maybe it’s not for everyone) Jon Clements, University of MA
• Orchard Management Practices of Honeycrisp to Mitigate Bitter Pit Mario Miranda Sazo, Cornell University Cooperative Extension Lake Ontario Fruit Program
• Orchard Protection in Modern Agriculture (Panel) Cristian Ferrari, Valente, Italy; Trevor Hardy, Brookdale Fruit Farm, NH; Rusty Lamb, Yonder Fruit Farm, NY; Casey Darrow, Green Mountain Orchards, VT