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Cooperating Agencies:

Rutgers Cooperative Extension, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, USDA and the
Hunterdon County Board of Chosen Freeholders

This report reflects a summary of the research and extension demonstration projects conducted in North
Jersey during the 1999 growing season. The majority of the projects were conducted at the Rutgers,
Snyder Research and Extension Farm in Pittstown, NJ. Some projects were conducted in cooperation with
growers' on their farms. We wish to acknowledge their support and cooperation in conducting these
studies and evaluations. In addition articles reflecting our work in 1999 are reprinted in this report for
your information and use.

We wish to thank Ed Dager, Farm Supervisor at the Rutgers, Snyder Farm for all his support and good
work in getting these projects completed.

Cooperating Personnel and Support Staff

Winfred P. Cowgill, Jr., Professor
Department of Agricultural and Resource
Management Agents
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
of Hunterdon County
4 Gauntt Place, Flemington, NJ08822


Jeremy M. Compton, Rutgers University
Plant and Soil Science Technician
Tree Fruit, North Jersey
Snyder Research and Extension Farm
140 Locust Grove Road
Pittstown, NJ08867

Meredith A. Peters
IPM Program Associate - Fruit
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
of Hunterdon County
4 Gauntt Place

Flemington, NJ08822

Joseph C. Goffreda, Associate Professor
Fruit Breeder
Department of Plant Science, Foran Hall
Rutgers, The State University
New Brunswick, NJ08903

Tara K. Hausamann
Plant and Soil Science Technician

Rutgers Cooperative Extension
of Hunterdon County
4 Gauntt Place Flemington, NJ08822
Pittstown, NJ08867

William H. Tietjen, Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural and Resource
Management Agents
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
of Warren County
165 County Route 519 South, Belvidere, NJ07823


Dean Polk, Associate Professor
IPM Fruit Agent
Department of Agricultural and Resource
Management Agents
Rutgers Fruit Research and Extension Center
283 Route 539 Cream Ridge, NJ08514

Robert D. Belding
Extension Specialist in Pomology
Depts. of Extension Specialists and Plant Science
Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center
121 Northville Road Bridgeton, NJ08302


Martha Maletta, Research Associate
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
of Hunterdon County
4 Gauntt Place
Flemington, NJ08822

Gary Donato
Plant and Soil Science Technician

Rutgers, Snyder Research and Extension Farm
140 Locust Grove Road
Pittstown, NJ08867

Norman Lalancette
Specialist in Tree Fruit Pathology
Depts. Of Extension Specialists and Plant Science
Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center
121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ 08302


1999 North Jersey Tree Fruit Annual Report

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