Illinois Summer Horticulture Day

June 17, 2004

Eckert’s Orchard

951 South Greenmount Road, Belleville, Illinois

Schedule

8:00 – 8:30 am Registration

8:30 – 8:45 am Welcome and Introduction

8:45 am – 12:15 pm Orchard Presentations (Wagon-Walking Tour)

Peach Orchard Peach Pruning and Production (Bradley Taylor, Chris Eckert)

Apple Orchard Chemical Thinning in Apples (Mosbah Kushad)

Pheromone Trapping and Insecticide Evaluation (Rick Weinzierl)

Disease Forecasting in Apple Orchards (Mohammad Babadoost)

Brambles Site Pruning and Maintenance of Brambles (Maurice Ogutu)

Vegetable Field Weeds and Weed Control in Pumpkin Fields (Elizabeth Wahle)

Pumpkin Cultivars for Illinois and Insect Pollination (Alan Walters)

Effective Plastic Mulching in Cucurbit Production (Bill Shoemaker)

12:15 – 2:15 pm Lunch and Lunch-Time Presentations

Presentations Presidential Address (Pat Curran)

Illinois State Hort Society – Updates (Don Naylor)

Illinois Apple Industry: Looking Back, Moving Forward (Chris Doll)

Updates on Cider HADCP (Mosbah Kushad)

2:15 pm - Touring Eckert’s Sale and Recreation Operations

Warehouse Tour New Packing Line, Stage Cooling Process, Stickering,… (Chris Eckert)

Marketing Tour TV Advertising, Print Material, Web Page,…(Angela Gordon)

Entertainment PYO and Entertainment (Larry Eckert)

Retail, Food Service Country Store (Judy Eckert)

Country Restaurant (Jill Tantillo)

Garden Center (Angie Eckert)