IFTA ORCHARD TOUR PART I: HIGH DENSITY SWEET CHERRIES

10-12 June 2007  (opening session Sunday evening; orchard tours on Monday and Tuesday)
Yakima, Washington, USA

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  • Rapid Establishment of Consistent Production Canopy
  • Research on Doubling, Hand Thinning, and Covers
  • Rootstock and Variety Trials (research station and in commercial orchards)
  • Organics
  • Mechanical Harvest andStemless Cherries
  • Cherry Orchard Systems

IFTA ORCHARD TOUR PART II: APPLES, ROOTSTOCKS, INTENSIVE SYSTEMS

13-14 June 2007 (tours on Wednesday and Thursday)
Yakima, Washington, USA

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  • Managed Varieties: Jazz, Pacific Rose, Ambrosia, Honeycrisp, Pink Lady
  • Rootstocks
  • Tree Training and Planting Systems
  • Irrigation, Fertigation, Fumigation, and Chemical Thinning
  • Orchard Establishment (in the orchard and on the computer)
  • Platforms and Other Labor Saving Tools
  • Ground Covers (fruit bud development for following year)
  • Organic and Conventional

ISHS 11th International Workshop on Fire Blight

12-17 August 2007
Portland, Oregon, USA