PROCEEDINGS
January 9-10, 2002
January 8-9, 2003
Sturbridge MA
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTH
AND
ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH
ANNUAL MEETINGS
MASSACHUSETTS FRUIT GROWERS’
ASSOCIATION, INC.
Volume 108 & 109
Published by the
MASSACHUSETTS FRUIT GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.
P.O. Box 9632, North Amherst, MA 01059-9632
In cooperation with the
New England University Cooperative Extensions
Connecticut Pomological Society
Maine State Pomological Society
New Hampshire Fruit Growers Association
Rhode Island Fruit Growers' Association
Vermont Tree Fruit Growers' Association
Edited by William J. Bramlage
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Table of Contents
Bylaws, Massachusetts Fruit
Growers’ Association, Inc. -- 2
Officers and Directors for 2002, Massachusetts
Fruit Growers’ Association, Inc. -- 6
Committees for 2002, Massachusetts Fruit
Growers’ Association, Inc. -- 7
Officers and Directors for 2003, Massachusetts
Fruit Growers’ Association, Inc. -- 8
Committees for 2003, Massachusetts Fruit
Growers’ Association, Inc. -- 9
Minutes, Massachusetts Fruit Growers’
Association, Inc.
Board of Directors, April 4, 2001
-- 10
Board of Directors, December 5, 2001
-- 13
Annual Business Meeting, January
9, 2002 -- 14
Board of Directors, March 20, 2002
-- 18
Board of Directors, November 20,
2002 -- 21
Annual Business Meeting, January
8, 2003 -- 23
Economic Significance of Organic Fruit Production
in New England, the US, and the World, M. Elena Garcia --
27
A Quicker Way to Determine Scab Risk
in Your Orchard, Lorraine Berkett -- 31
Does Surround Have Non-target Impacts on New
England Orchards? M. Elena Garcia, Lorraine Berkett, and
Terence Bradshaw -- 35
FQPA -- Organophosphate Timeline,
Glenn Morin and Robin Spitko -- 40
Preplant Site Preparation: What Works and What
Doesn't in Northeast Orchards, Ian A. Merwin, Rachel Byard,
Terence L. Robinson, Steven Carpenter, Stephen A. Hoying, Kevin A. Iungermann,
and Michael Fargione -- 46
Orchard Groundcover Management: Long-term Impacts
on Fruit Trees, Soil Fertility, and Water Quality, Ian A.
Merwin -- 59
Orchard Food Safety Issues, Jon
M. Clements -- 66
An Update on Harvest and Storage of Honeycrisp,
Sarah A. Weis -- 71
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