NAFEX

**"Doreen Howard" g*@charter.net**

Below is a press release for the annual NAFEX meeting.  North American Fruit Explorers is organization which sponsors in-depth educational events.  If any of you want to run this in your newspaper column or magazine or mention it on your radio program, we'd appreciate it greatly.  If you do, please email me at gardendiva@charter.net so I'll know that the publicity got out.  Thanks for your help.

If you are interested in attending this meeting, it's only about 300 miles from the GWA symposium in Valley Forge and starts the day after the GWA meeting ends.  It would be a nice pairing of events.
Doreen Howard
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For Immediate Release

Learn Fruit Growing at the 

North American Fruit Explorers (NAFEX)

Annual Meeting in August

     Tour fruit research facilities, learn the latest practical fruit-growing techniques and network with other amateur and professional fruit growers at the North American Fruit Explorers (NAFEX) annual meeting which begins Wednesday, August 30 at the Holiday Inn North in Lexington, Kentucky.

     The three-day event includes workshops on novel varieties for the home grower, bagging fruits for no-spray pest control, growing fruit in small spaces and more.  Twenty-five programs on various aspects of fruit growing are scheduled.  

     One day will be devoted to field tours, which include the University of Kentucky's Horticultural Research Fruit Farms and private orchards.

            Cost for the workshops, field tour, a wine tasting and a banquet is $104.  Tickets for the workshops only are $50.

     Detailed program information and a registration form are at www.nafex.org/meeting.html   Or call John Strang at the University of Kentucky, (859) 257-5685, to have a registration form mailed to you.

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     NAFEX is a network of professional and amateur fruit growers devoted to the discovery, cultivation and appreciation of fine fruits and nuts.  They exchange ideas, information, experience and propagating materials.  All methods of horticulture are embraced-organic and chemical management systems.  Members are bound by the spirit of fellowship and cooperation in the common quest for the best in fruit.

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