UPCOMING EVENTS!
ANNUAL SHORT ORCHARD TOUR - SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA, USA
Click HERE for the Annual Short Orchard Tour brochure.
Click HERE for the Annual Short Orchard Tour registration form.
The annual orchard Short Tour will focus on commercial peach production and research as well as direct marketing in South Carolina and commercial apple production and sliced apples in North Carolina.
- Evening opening session will commence 22 June in Greenville, South Carolina.
- All day Monday tours as well as Tuesday morning tour will take place in the peach production regions outside of Greenville.
- Tuesday afternoon will focus on commercial apple operations around Hendersonville, North Carolina.
- Wednesday tour will feature tours and presentations at the research plots at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Station outside of Asheville followed by lunch and horticulture/house tours at the Biltmore Estate mansion and gardens.
- We will return to the Greenville airport and nearby hotel on Wednesday evening.
2008 IFTA STUDY TOUR: FRANCE
The International Fruit Tree Assocaition invites you to participate in a 12-day Study Tour thorughout France to visit many of the major growing regions for pip and stone fruits. This is an opportunity to learn first hand about the tree fruit industries in France as well as the country's colorful history, culture, cuisine, geography, and agriculture. Click HERE for Study Tour brochure and HERE for Study Tour registration form and fine print details.
Dates: 27 July - 07 August 2008
The Study Tour will commence with a welcome dinner in Bordezux, France on the evening of 27 July 2008. Participants are responsible for their own transportation from place of origin to tour hotel in Bordeaux. The STudy Tour will terminate on 07 August 2008 in Paris. We will spend the majority of the day at the Palace of Versaille (approximately 1 hour by train or bus outside of Paris). The tour concludes with the arrival of our bus at the Paris airport (CDG - Charles De Gaulle). Participants are responsible for their own transporation from airport to next destination/home.
Costs: The cost of the Study Tour will be $3,800 (US$) with a minimum of 40 participants.
This cost includes all land transporation (bus and train), hotels, breakfasts (11), lunches (10), and suppers (6), snacks, and entrance fees for special cultural/historic/tourist attractions. Sleeping accommodations are for double occupancy. A single supplement of $640 can be made if one chooses to not share a sleeping room. (Note: if participation levels reach 80+ people, then a discount of $800 will be provided to all participants for a total Study Tour price of $3,000.)