NEW YORK BERRY NEWS VOLUME 10 NUMBER 1 JANUARY 20,2011 Cornell University Berry Team Upcoming Berry Events: January 27, 2011. Empire State Fruit and Vegeta- NYBN Celebrates 10th Anniversary With New Look ble EXPO Berry Session. Details follow on page 15 of this issue. elcome to the 10th A Look Back In History Today NY Berry News has January 31 – February 3, 2011. Mid-Atlantic Anniversary edition of Fruit and Vegetable Convention at the Hershey Lodge W New York Berry NY Berry News began with in Hershey, PA. For more information visit News. We‘re celebrating with a release of its first issue on www.mafvc.org. new look and new content! March 18, 2002.. Dr. William (Bill) Turechek, new tree fruit February 8-11, 2011. 7th North American Straw- Please note along with the new and small fruit pathologist at berry Symposium and joint North American Straw- look for the newsletter, we also Cornell‘s NYS Agricultural Ex- berry Growers Association Meeting. Tampa, Florida. have a new web site and url: periment Station was NYBN‘s Program and details follow below. For more informa- designer and editor. Designed tion: Kevin Schooley, 613-258-4587, or http:www.fruit.cornell.edu/nybn. as an online newsletter; sub- [email protected] or http://www.nasga.org/. scribers received e-mail notifi- Many of our previous features cation and table of contents for March 5, 2011. Planting, Cultivating, and Marketing will continue to appear such as: Juneberries in the Great Lakes Region. NYS Agricul- each monthly issue when it was upcoming berry events, local released. Approximately 100 tural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY. For more and national Ag news, berry information: Nancy Anderson (585) 394-3977 x427 or people were on the first distri- e-mail [email protected]. organization news, feature arti- bution list. A text only version cles, Berry Barometer, weather was also available by e-mail April 2, 2011. Growing Berries in Tunnels and reports, and so on. for those interested. At least 350 people on its e-mail dis- Greenhouses, Cornell Cooperative Extension Office, one county CCE offices printed Content is now organized in the tribution list and the text only 480 North Main St., Canandaigua NY 14424. For more and distributed the text only version is mailed by 4 county information: Nancy Anderson (585) 394-3977 x427 or newsletter by subject matter version to commercial berry with new columns featuring CCE offices to an additional e-mail [email protected]. growers as part of their county 350 people. To read more GAPS/food safety, market- membership. ing/business management, or- about NYBN and its distribu- tion see: Inside this issue: ganic production, an extensive Cathy Heidenreich became ―focus on pest management‖ interim NYBN editor when Bill NY Fruit Quarterly Vol. 15 Upcoming Events 2 section, variety spotlights, high Turechek left Cornell to accept No. 15 tunnel production and more. a position with USDA-ARS in Ag News 3 2005. She later became editor in 2008. Berry Organization News 4 On the Organic Side 6 Send Us Your Story for Our All New ―Grower- Smart Marketing 7 to-Grower‖ Feature! Focus on Pest Management 9 e would like to add and why you like it so much. Submissions yet another new may be sent in via to the e- Variety Spotlights 12 W feature to 10th Your ―Grower-to-Grower‖ mail address above or by submission should be approxi- Tunnel Talk 14 anniversary edition— a USPS to the following ad- monthly ―Grower-to-Grower‖ mately 150 to 300 words in dress: Empire Fruit & Veg EXPO 15 column where we can hear length. If possible please in- from you, our readers. clude a photo of yourself to Cathy Heidenreich, Editor Strawberry Genome Sequenced 16 along with the article, plus NY Berry News Tell us your humorous berry- one or two related photos to Cornell University NYSAES Currant, Gooseberry, Elderberry, 17 related story, provide us with accompany your submission. and Aronia Production, Products an inside look at your berry 630 West North Street, and Marketability operation, share an insider Questions regarding submis- Geneva, NY 14456 growing tip through this new sions may be directed to Study Reveals Major Decline in 21 monthly column, send us a Cathy Heidenreich at Bumble Bees short paragraph telling us [email protected] or by Looking forward to hearing your favorite berry variety phone at 315-787-2367. from you in 2011! Page 2 NEW YORK BERRY NEWS Agricultural Outlook Forum 2011 Plenary Session near future. Secretary Tom also will feature our traditional Vilsack will de- Breakout Sessions commodity and supply and de- liver the Forum's mand outlook sessions. keynote address Twenty-five breakout ses- sions will focus on a broad Please visit the web site (http:// followed by a www.usda.gov/oce/forum/) for distinguished range of topical issues re- lated to risk management, Forum updates or sign up to speaker. Deputy Secretary receive updates by sending us Kathleen Merrigan will de- foreign trade and domestic February 24-25, 2011 markets, rural communities, an e-mail request at: agfo- liver the Forum's welcome. [email protected]. Crystal Gateway Mar- Chief Economist Joseph conservation and the envi- riott Hotel Glauber will discuss the Do- ronment, renewable energy, Early Bird Registration $350 until Arlington, Virginia mestic and Foreign Agricul- broadband, nutrition and January 21, 2011 * $375 after tural Economic Outlooks. food safety, dietary guide- January 21. Plenary and session speak- lines, land tenure issues, and ers will be announced in the sustainability. The Forum Planting, Cultivating, and Marketing Juneberries in the Great Lakes Region his new seminar is an pest management, and in- quired by February 28, 2011 T introduction to small-scale sights gained from coordinat- by calling Cornell Cooperative Juneberry production. ing more than 40 acres of Extension of Ontario County at plantings on small farms in (585) 394-3977 x427 or e-mail Juneberries (a.k.a. Saska- Northern Michigan. Nancy Anderson toons) are a cold-hardy fruit ([email protected]). grown widely in central Can- We will also review market- ada and have already dem- ing data, nutritional informa- Hosted by Cornell Cooperative onstrated marketing promise tion, and acquisition of plant Extension of Ontario County in Planting, Cultivating, and in the Northeast. material in the Great Lakes cooperation with Northeast Marketing Juneberries in region. Of course, Juneberries SARE and partnering growers in the Great Lakes Region Michigan State University and Juneberry products will the Finger Lakes region. For Extension June- be available for sampling. more information about June- berry/Saskatoon Specialist Seminar fee: $40, includes berries and this educational Saturday, March 5, 2011 Stephen Fouch will present educational materials, morn- project, please go to 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM details about orchard estab- ing refreshments and a full www.juneberries.org. Jordan Hall, NYSAES lishment, variety selection, lunch. Pre-registration re- Cornell University 630 West North Street, Geneva, NY 14456 Growing Berries in Tunnels and Greenhouses e have an elite group Dr. Kerik Cox will address and alternative management W of Cornell University disease management in tactics including biological control faculty as presenters for this greenhouses, high tunnels and options where appropriate. Ex- meeting: things in between using rasp- amples of pests to be considered berries and strawberries as include spider mites, tarnished Dr. Courtney Weber will focus model systems. Specific as- plant bug and Japanese beetle. on raspberry varieties for pects to be covered will in- high tunnel systems based on clude: common disease prob- Dr. Marvin Pritts will speak on the his experiences with the Hay- lems and management prac- cultural practices used in the pro- grove multibay system. He tices specific to greenhouses duction of fall raspberries, fall will discuss the set up of his and high tunnels; also the blackberries and summer black- trellis system, irrigation, and efficacy, safety, labeling and berries using tunnels to extend the Growing Berries in timing of tunnel skinning and use implications for green- season and bring tender plants Tunnels and Greenhouses other aspects of production. house and high tunnel pesti- through the winter, along with the He will also share results of cide use on small fruit economics of producing under two trials, one with summer tunnels. Saturday, April 2, 2011 bearing raspberry varieties Dr. Greg Loeb will key in on 8:30-Noon and the other with fall bear- management of insect and Class fee: $15 per person, in- Cornell Cooperative ing raspberry varieties, talk a mite pests of raspberries and cludes handouts, refreshments and Extension Office little about the plant breeding strawberries that are most networking. For more information program and the new selec- likely to be a problem in or to register contact Nancy at 480 North Main St., tions that will be available in greenhouses or high tunnels. 585-394-3977 x427. NYS DEC Canandaigua NY 14424 coming years. He will emphasize biology pesticide recertification credits pending. NEW YORK BERRY NEWS Page 3 Hudson Valley Commercial Fruit Growers' School Directions to the Holiday Inn, Kingston, Ulster County, he 2011 Hudson Valley "Fruit School" will again be held at the Holiday Inn of Kingston, NY. This NY T event is geared for commercial fruit growers and NYSDEC pesticide recertification credits are Take NYS Thruway to Exit 19 expected. YOU MUST BE ON TIME AND IN-ATTENDANCE TO RECEIVE DEC CREDITS! The pre- (Kingston). Go through traf- registration discount will be applied to registrations received by February 7, 2011. To register: fic roundabout to Washing- http://hudsonvf.cce.cornell.edu/calendar.html#fruitschool. ton Avenue Exit. The Holiday Inn Topics for the 4 days include: entrance will be one-quarter mile on the right side of the Day 1, Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - Tree Fruit Session and Trade Show road.