Summer Horticulture Day 2003
Summer Vegetable Day
2:00 � 5:30 pm Ag. Tour - load buses at Apple Basket Orchard in Barry and drive to Belleview
Hollow Vineyard in Belleview; next stop at Pea Ridge Elk Farm; next stop back to Apple Basket Orchard in Barry; final stop at Collver Family Winery in Barry. �
6:00 pm ���������� Dinner and presentations at Collver Family Winery
� Importance of Hort Crops in IL � M. Babadoost / A. Walters
� Hort Crops Industry Needs � Richard Tanner
� Cider Contest Award
8:00 am����������� Registration and Coffee
8:30 am ���������� Welcome and Introduction
8:45 am����������� Agri-Tourism in Illinois � Cindy Fleischli (Illinois Bureau of Tourism)
9:15 am����������� Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program � Robin Orr (UIUC)
9: 35 am���������� High Quality Apple Varieties for Retail Marketing� Steve Doud (Doud Orchards)
10:00 am��������� Break
Disease/Insect Display presented by M. Babadoost R. Weinzierl
Visit Exhibitors
10:30 am��������� Current and Future Grape Varieties � Patrick Byers (SWMSU)���
11:00 am��������� Herbicide Resistance in Orchards and Vineyards � B. Young (SIUC)
11:15 am��������� Calibration of Herbicide Sprayers � B. Young (SIUC)
11:45 am��������� Lunch with Illinois Wines
Sponsors acknowledgment
Exhibitors visit
1:00 pm����������� Load buses and drive to New Salem
� Rolling Hills vineyard tour and wine tasting � Jim Nickell
� Vineyard practices update � I. Dami (SIUC)
� Vineyard pest update � M. Babadoost & R. Weinzierl
2:30 pm����������� Load buses and drive back to Apple Basket Orchard in Barry
� Orchard Tour - Jack Cruttenden
� Apple variety showcase - Jack Cruttenden
� Apple rootstocks - Jack Cruttenden
� Asparagus culture � A. Walters (SIUC)
� No-till/ herbicides for pumpkin � A. Walters (SIUC)
� Orchard pest update � M. Babadoost and R. Weinzierl (UIUC)
4:00 pm����������� Adjourn
Post Meeting Tour of Collver Family Winery