[Nc140] Welcome Megan Muehlbauer

[Yoder, Keith]

Also, I want to introduce Sherif Sherif, our Assistant Professor of Pomology: https://www.arec.vaes.vt.edu/arec/alson-h-smith/people/sherif.html
Sherif has been with us since January and will be our voting member on NC-140. He is definitely interested in the bitter pit problem and we took incidence ratings on the fruit in this planting, harvested about two weeks ago.

Keith

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From: nc140 [mailto:nc140-bounces at virtualorchard.com] On Behalf Of Blatt, Suzanne
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 6:36 AM
To: win Cowgill <cowgill at njaes.rutgers.edu>; NC-140 Members Mail List <nc140 at virtualorchard.com>
Subject: Re: [Nc140] Welcome Megan Muehlbauer

Hi Win,

For the 2010 Honeycrisp trial, we've been doing some post-harvest storage work on the rootstocks and would have noted any bitterpit after 4 months of storage.  Our rating system was largely 'yes/no' with no measure of severity as any is unacceptable for market here.  We'll be doing this years' harvest (also starting about a week earlier than usual this year) and putting a subset of apples (25 from each tree, 4-5 trees/rootstock) into storage and assessing 4 months later.  We can certainly do a different rating system if you have one.

Welcome Megan!  :)

Not sure but hoping to make it to Wenatchee.....

Suzie


From: nc140 [mailto:nc140-bounces at virtualorchard.com] On Behalf Of Win Cowgill
Sent: August-29-17 4:07 PM
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Cc: Megan Muelbauer; Dr. Terence Robinson
Subject: [Nc140] Welcome Megan Muehlbauer

Dear NC140 Member-
Please welcome Dr. Megan Muehlbauer to our NC140 group.
She has just started August 1 as our Rutgers Fruit Extension faculty member and will be our NJ  NC140 member.

Question for the Group regarding the 2010 Honeycrisp trial. Is anyone working on rating bitterpit by rootstock in this trial? And if not would anyone be interested in working on and rating the fruit this year for bitter pit by rootstock?  We are about to begin harvest (season is running 7 days early in NJ).

Would/does anyone have a visual rating protocol for bitterpit?

Much thanks. We look forward to seeing you in Wenatchee.

Win

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