<div dir="ltr"><table width="100%" border="0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><tbody><tr><td><h1>Annual Summer Meeting of the Massachusetts Fruit Growers’ Association</h1></td></tr></tbody></table><h3 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times">in cooperation with University of Massachusetts Fruit Program</h3><h1 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times">TUESDAY, July 11, 2017<br>Cider Hill Farm<br>45 Fern Avenue, Amesbury, Massachusetts</h1><blockquote style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><p>10:00 AM <strong>Welcome to Cider Hill Farm and the morning tour</strong> -- Glenn Cook, President, MFGA<br><br>10:15 AM O<strong>rchard Tour</strong></p><ul><li><em>Blueberry and raspberry plantings</em></li><li><em>Primocane blackberry patch</em></li><li><em>Seedless grape planting</em></li><li><em>Fruit-tree spacings and preferences</em></li><li><em>New planting of cider apples</em></li><li><em>Renewable energy program (solar, small turbines, and high efficiency wood boilers)</em></li><li><em>Tomato greenhouses</em></li><li><em>Day neutral strawberry high tunnel trial</em><br></li></ul><p>NOON <strong>Lunch by Goody Coles BBQ</strong> provided with the registration charge<br><br>1:15 PM <strong>Welcome to the afternoon tour</strong> -- Glenn Cook, President, MFGA<br><br>1:20 PM <strong>Facilities Tour</strong><br></p><ul><li><em>Brand new hard cider venture</em></li><li><em>CSA, food truck, and fledgling jam factory</em></li><li><em>Labor profile</em><br></li></ul><p>2:30 PM <strong>Adjourn</strong></p></blockquote><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 the 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">We must receive pre-registrations by Friday, <strong>July 7</strong> to assure availability of the lunch.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><a href="http://massfruitgrowers.org/2017/2017SummerMeeting.pdf">PDF version</a> of this announcement -- print and register via US Mail.</p><h3 style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times">Register on-line by July 7 using PayPal and a credit card <a href="http://massfruitgrowers.org/2017/2017summermeeting.html">here...</a></h3><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">JMCEXTMAN<br>Jon Clements<br><a href="mailto:clements@umext.umass.edu" target="_blank">clements@umext.umass.edu</a><br>aka 'Mr Liberty'<br>aka 'Mr Honeycrisp'<br>IM mrhoneycrisp<br>413.478.7219</div>
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