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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Also, I want to introduce Sherif Sherif, our Assistant Professor of Pomology:
<a href="https://www.arec.vaes.vt.edu/arec/alson-h-smith/people/sherif.html">https://www.arec.vaes.vt.edu/arec/alson-h-smith/people/sherif.html</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> nc140 [mailto:nc140-bounces@virtualorchard.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Blatt, Suzanne<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 30, 2017 6:36 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> win Cowgill <cowgill@njaes.rutgers.edu>; NC-140 Members Mail List <nc140@virtualorchard.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nc140] Welcome Megan Muehlbauer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi Win,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Welcome Megan!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Not sure but hoping to make it to Wenatchee…..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> nc140 [<a href="mailto:nc140-bounces@virtualorchard.com">mailto:nc140-bounces@virtualorchard.com</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Win Cowgill<br>
<b>Sent:</b> August-29-17 4:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nc140@virtualorchard.com">nc140@virtualorchard.com</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Megan Muelbauer; Dr. Terence Robinson<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nc140] Welcome Megan Muehlbauer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Dear NC140 Member-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Please welcome Dr. Megan Muehlbauer to our NC140 group. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">She has just started August 1 as our Rutgers Fruit Extension faculty member and will be our NJ NC140 member.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">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).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Would/does anyone have a visual rating protocol for bitterpit? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Much thanks. We look forward to seeing you in Wenatchee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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