In this Issue:
VEGETABLE NEWS
STRAWBERRY NEWS
Strawberry Sampling Data from MDA
Strawberry IPM Update plus Fungal Diseases and Inoculum
APPLE NEWS
July 8, 2005 Minnesota Apple Growers Association (MAGA) Summer Tour
Weekly Trap Counts: June 13 - June 23, 2005
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2005 Minnesota Apple Growers Association (MAGA) Summer Tour
Where: University of Minnesota , Horticultural Research Center / Landscape Arboretum in Chanhassen , MN
When: Friday, July 8, 2005
Time: Registration begins at 8:30 am and the program runs from shortly before 9:30 am until 3:00 pm. Lunch will be served around noon. At the entrance of the Arboretum, attendees should state that they are with the MAGA Summer Tour and the customary entrance fee will be waived. After entering the Arboretum grounds, attendees should follow the signage to the Learning Center area where the tour will be based.
Cost: $20.00 for MAGA members, $25.00 for non-members on or before July 6.
To Register and for More Information Contact:
Ralph Yates, MAGA Secretary, PHONE: 507-895-2388
Program includes tours of the Horticultural Research Center , various speakers and vendors.
| PLEASE NOTE: There will be NO newsletter published for July 4. We will resume publication for July 11 unless there is a MN State Government shutdown. If this occurs, then a web version of the newsletter will be available on the U of MN VegEdge site in htm format at: www.vegedge.umn.edu/MNFruit&VegNews/mnindex.htm and will contain only vegetable related information. |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Co-Editors: Bill Hutchison ( hutch002@umn.edu), Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Jeanne Ciborowski, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Ag. Resources Management and Development Division, and Suzanne Wold-Burkness ( woldx018@umn.edu), Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota
The Newsletter is published weekly from May through August, cooperatively, by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the University of Minnesota (U of MN). Reports are posted on the U of MN and MDA web sites on Fridays. If you have suggestions and/or comments, please send your contributions by 4 p.m., Wednesday to Jeanne Ciborowski, 651-297-3217, jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us , MDA, 90 W. Plato Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55107-2094. You can access the Newsletter at the U of MN web site in htm format at: www.vegedge.umn.edu/MNFruit&VegNews/mnindex.htm and at the MDA web site in pdf format at: www.mda.state.mn.us/biocon/fruitreports/
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