<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times">Annual Summer Meeting of the Massachusetts Fruit Growers’ Association</h1><div><h3 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times">and UMass Orchard tour, in cooperation with University of Massachusetts Fruit Program</h3><h3 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times">WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2016<br>UMass Cold Spring Orchard<br>391 Sabin St., Belchertown, Massachusetts</h3><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium">10:00 AM Welcome -- Duane Greene, University of Massachusetts<br>10:15 AM Orchard Tour, including pathology, entomology, horticulture research & updates<br>NOON Catered Lunch provided with the registration charge<br>1:15 PM Welcome to the Annual Summer Meeting and announcements -- Glen Cook, President<br>1:20 PM UMass update<br>1:30 PM Educational Program -- Win Cowgill "38 Years of Fruit Research& Extension, The Way I See It"</p><blockquote style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><p>Win Cowgill is Professor Emeritus from Rutgers University and Visiting Scientist at UMASS-Amerest. Win retired April 1, 2016 after 38 years of service at Rutgers. He now owns and operates <a href="http://wincowgill.com/" target="_blank">Win Enterprises International, LLC</a>, a Pomological and Horticultural consulting company. He continues to do contract research on tree fruit and work with commercial fruit growers. He can be reached at 908-489-1476, email:<a href="mailto:wincowgill@mac.com">wincowgill@mac.com</a><br></p></blockquote><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium">2:30 PM Adjourn</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium">2 pesticide license recertification credit hours will be offered for the day.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium">Registration for this meeting will be $25 for Mass. Fruit Growers’ Association members ($35 for non-members) per person and will include theorchard tour, educational program, pesticide recertification credits, and lunch.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium">To ensure the availability of the meal, please pre-register by adding the appropriate number and type (member or non-member) registrations to your shopping cart and paying with a credit card.<br></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><strong>We must receive pre-registrations by MONDAY, July 11 to assure availability of the lunch.</strong></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><a href="http://massfruitgrowers.org/2016/2016summermeeting.pdf">PDF version of this announcement</a> (for mail-in registrations paid by check; must be received by July 11!)</p><h3 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times"><a href="http://massfruitgrowers.org/2016/2016summermeeting.html">Register on-line right now using PayPal and a credit card</a></h3></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Jon Clements<br>aka 'Mr Honeycrisp'<br>UMass Cold Spring Orchard<br>393 Sabin St.<br>Belchertown, MA 01007<br>413-478-7219<br><a href="http://umassfruit.com" target="_blank">umassfruit.com</a><br></div></div>
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