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North Street, Hedrick Hall, Geneva, NY 14456 If you are already a member, thank you for your support! You may use this form if you wish to consider an additional membership for another person in your organization. Thank You for Your Support!!! NEW YORK Editorial Fruit Quarterly WINTER 2009 Managed New York Apple Varieties: Are You Ready to Control Your Destiny? opefully by now you are aware of Cornell University’s intent Currently NYAG and Cornell are undergoing negotiations for exclusive to introduce two new apple varieties under a managed license rights contracts and it is our desire to have these contracts completed by Hcontract with an exclusive partner. Prior to this announcement the end of January. After this we will begin the process of raising capital, by Cornell, a group of apple growers representing all major production creating a defi ned corporate structure, creating variety evaluation and regions in New York State met last Winter and Spring and subsequently quality programs, creating a nursery production plan, developing a formed New York Apple Growers LLC (NYAG) whose primary focus detailed marketing plan and working on all other necessary details was to gain exclusive rights to new and exciting Cornell releases. All involved with the creation of a new entity. Additionally, NYAG wishes apple growers in New York State, who pay AMO dues, were mailed to increase our grower board by at least fi ve new growers. If you are a notice in August regarding the formation of NYAG, which is a new interested, please contact one of the current board members in your grower-owned corporation whose primary mission and objectives district listed below. are as follows: What Action Should New York Apple Growers Take Now? NYAG Mission: To manage the release of new advanced apple Th e initial grower response to the formation of NYAG has been varieties and market these varieties at an accelerated pace that delivers very positive and it is the current board’s goal to get as many quality profi t and long term sustainability to our members and licensing growers aboard to make NYAG a success. New York growers must now partners and to overwhelm our fresh apple consumers with a positive begin to contemplate what their involvement will be with NYAG. All fresh apple eating experience. growers from grower operations of all sizes will be invited to become members of the grower-owned corporation during the founding year. Objectives Capital investments will be acreage based and the minimum and • To introduce outstanding new apple cultivars to the maximum amounts of acreage each grower can obtain are currently marketplace being evaluated. • To allow any NYS Apple Grower the opportunity to become a Th e question for growers to ponder is if and by how much should member during the founding year they invest in NYAG? Th ere has been a lot of interest in managed • To enhance New York State apple grower sustainability, growth, varieties over the past few months and this topic has been reviewed and long term competitiveness by many trade journals.