<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Rob,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">During a quick glance over the preliminary NC140 Meeting agenda posted on the website, I noticed a couple of minor items under “Rootstock Trial ("Trail”) Reports:</div><div class="">- the 2014 Organic Apple Rootstock trial is actually 2015</div><div class="">- there should also be spotholders for 2017 trials for sweet cherry rootstocks (me), tart cherry rootstocks (me), and dwarfing peach rootstocks (Greg #1 Reighard)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Greg #2 Lang </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 19, 2016, at 1:59 PM, Rob Crassweller <<a href="mailto:rmc7@psu.edu" class="">rmc7@psu.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">To All:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Jon Clements informed me that when I sent out the link announcing registration and meeting information on August 8<sup class="">th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to the old list serve it did not go through. Below is the link for registration, agenda, lodging and transportation information.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Rob<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Robert M. Crassweller<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Professor of Horticulture<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">102 Tyson Building<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">University Park, PA 16802<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">814-863-6163<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:rmc7@psu.edu" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">rmc7@psu.edu</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Penn State tree fruit resources: <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://extension.psu.edu/plants/tree-fruit" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://extension.psu.edu/plants/tree-fruit</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Fruit Times Newsletter: <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://extension.psu.edu/plants/tree-fruit/news" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://extension.psu.edu/plants/tree-fruit/news</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Rob Crassweller<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, August 08, 2016 11:09 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>'<a href="mailto:nc140@virtualorchard.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">nc140@virtualorchard.net</a>'; Greg Reighard (<a href="mailto:GRGHRD@clemson.edu" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">GRGHRD@CLEMSON.EDU</a>)<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You're Invited to NC-140 Annual Meeting<br class=""><b class="">Importance:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>High<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">To All NC-140 Members<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">From Rob Crassweller & Rich Marini.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">We have finalized the plans for the November 9-10<sup class="">th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Annual meeting in State College, PA. As announced by Ron Perry, travel dates will be November 8 & 11<sup class="">th</sup>. To register click on the link below. Please note you will need to make your own hotel reservations directly with the Ramada Inn. The deadline for room reservations is<b class="">October 8, 2016.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>They offer a free shuttle from the airport ( ~ 15 minutes) as long as you make prior arrangements with them in advance.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">State College is located in the center of the state served by Interstate 80 from east or west, Interstate 99 from north and south and US Route 322 from southeast and northwest. The University Park airport (SCE) is served by Delta from Detroit, United Airlines from Washington Dulles and Chicago O’Hare and American Airlines from Philadelphia. If you have any specific questions please contact either Rich (<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:rpm12@psu.edu" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">rpm12@psu.edu</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>) or myself (<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:rmc7@psu.edu" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">rmc7@psu.edu</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="625" style="width: 375pt;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="padding: 0in;" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="625" style="width: 375pt;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td colspan="2" style="background-color: rgb(23, 68, 99); padding: 0in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="color: white;" class=""><img border="0" width="500" height="83" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://custom.cvent.com/FB21FD99A2F44035BD91923752958ECA/pix/14f1326f468340dcad51a9efb30b95a0.png" alt="cvent-header-email-extension.fw" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding: 11.25pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);" class="">You're invited to attend:<br class=""></span><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);" class="">NC-140 Annual Meeting</span><br class=""><br class=""><img border="0" width="465" height="200" id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://custom.cvent.com/FB21FD99A2F44035BD91923752958ECA/pix/3f0c1ab5c00c4401bae7db4396796d76.jpg" alt="NC-140" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 63, 63);" class="">The NC-140 Meeting is an annual gathering of researchers involved in the NC-140 multi-state research project.</span><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 63, 63);" class="">We hope you can join us!</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td width="100" valign="top" style="width: 60pt; padding: 0in 7.5pt 0in 22.5pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">When</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 53, 95);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></td><td style="padding: 0in 0in 22.5pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 63, 63);" class="">Nov. 9 (8:00 AM) - Nov. 11, 2016 (9:30 PM)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 53, 95);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td width="100" valign="top" style="width: 60pt; padding: 0in 7.5pt 0in 22.5pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Where</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 53, 95);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></td><td style="padding: 0in 0in 22.5pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(63, 63, 63);" class="">Ramada State College Hotel & Conference Center<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">1450 S. 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