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