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2024 NJSHS Summer Orchard Tour & Educational Program

  • 27 Jun 2024
  • 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Wightman Farms - 111 Mt Kimbal Ave, Morristown, NJ

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Registration Deadline: Monday, June 24, 2024

Please join us for an event for all commercial tree fruit growers featuring questions, answers, and discussion with growers and industry personnel! 

Sponsored by the New Jersey State Horticultural Society
Hosted by Wightman Farms

Program:

  • 10:00AM: Coffee and Registration
  • 10:30AM: Farm tour/wagon ride, demos and instruction of Tall Spindle apple culture, summer pruning apple, apple crop load management, peach and cherry culture. Win Cowgill, Jon Clements and Adam Costello will demo the above. Jon is a master of the tall spindle apple system culture (http://tallspindleapple.com/)

Special Guest Speaker: Jon Clements, Extension Educator, University of Massachusetts

Jon will demo and speak to using Outfield drones/Vivid Machines- for apple crop load management and yield maps. Jon will also review multiple programs for better predicting crop load management for better precision with plant growth regulators for improved yields and return bloom.

Cost: $20.00 (includes lunch)

Lunch: Catered by Wightman Farms - Cold sandwiches, salads/drinks, etc.

Questions: Please contact Win Cowgill at 908-489-1476

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