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FW: [NAFEX] apple breeding anyone?

Title: FW: [NAFEX] apple breeding anyone?
I thought a few people on the list might be interested in this from an educational standpoint, or possibly to write about it.  

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From: "Ed Fackler" <rocmdw@aye.net>
Reply-To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 06:11:38 -0400
To: "NAFEX-Greetings" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] apple breeding anyone?

Greetings, NAFEX

    In the event that any of you are interested in apple breeding, selection protocol, etc., you are cordially invited to the meeting described below.  There is no charge.



Ed





Midwest Apple Improvement Association

Making good apples GREAT!


Annual Meeting Agenda



Date:                  Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2002 8 am—4:30 pm
Place:                  Purdue Horticulture Research Farm, 555 N Sharon Chapel Road, West Lafayette, IN
Directions
From I-65, take SR 26 through Lafayette, and W. Lafayette to Sharon Chapel Rd. (some 3 miles west of town).  Turn left on Sharon Chapel.  The Research Farm is immediately on the right.



There are several hotels near the exit on 26



Homewood Suites

3901 SR 26 E
(317) 448-9700



Red Roof Inn

4201 State Road 26 E
765-448-4671



Ramada Inn

4221 SR 26 E
(317) 447-9460



Signature Inn

4320 SR 26 E
(317) 447-4142

For those arriving on Monday (11/4) we will be having dinner at the Great Wall (turn right from 26 onto 52.  Please let us know if you will be attending 765-494-1329 or awhipkey@purdue.edu
                                                 Program
                                     Moderator: Dave Doud, President
8:30–9:30 am
Apple Breeding in Minnesota: Creating the Next Honeycrisp!


Dave Bedford, Research Scientist, Univ. of Minnesota/USDA



9:30–10:15 am

Recent Changes of Priorities in European Apple Breeding



Diane Miller, Dept. of Horticulture, Ohio State Univ.



10:30–11:30 am

Selecting Apple Breeding Parents for Today’s Consumer



Jules Janick, Fruit Breeder, Purdue Univ.



12 noon–1:00 pm

lunch



1:00–2:00 pm

Evaluation Protocol for Apple Seedlings



Discussion moderated by Ed Fackler



2:15–3:30 pm

Sampling New Apple Selections and (weather permitting) Walking Tour of GoldRush Seedlings



3:30–4:15 pm

Update on Dawes Arboretum, Kazah Trees, etc.



Mitch Lynd

 

For additional information, phone Mitch Lynd (740-967-5355) or Ed Fackler (812-347-0193) or check the website www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/maia/default.html

THANKS for your interest in the FUTURE OF Midwest Apple Production.

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