
Fruit Growers Striving for the Best
NEWS
MSHS SUMMER TOUR CANCELED DUE TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK
The MSHS Executive Board has decided to cancel this year’s Summer Tour in July due to uncertainty about conditions. We look forward to seeing everyone in Hershey next January as well as at the various Twilight meetings later this year.
Please practice social distancing and keep yourselves and your employees healthy and safe. As we are moving into the season, and especially the farm market and pick your own season, please coordinate with your county and state, as well as your insurance company to make sure you are considering all options on how best to be open while keeping everyone safe. We will get through this, it just requires some patience and understanding.
HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER
The membership year runs from January 1st to December 31st. Membership dues are collected during the registration process for the Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention. For those seeking membership after the convention click here... for more information.
TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (TAP)
Tree Assistance Program (TAP) is to provide financial assistance to qualifying orchardists to replant or rehabilitate eligible trees, bushes, and vines that were damaged by natural disasters. To learn more about this program and eligibility, click here for more info >>
WMREC HORTICULTURAL TWILIGHT MEETING & TOUR
Click here to access handouts >>
PUBLICATIONS
Click on the links below:
Horticultural Technology Newsletter
Spotted Wing Drosophila Monitoring and Management
University of Maryland Fact Sheet 1023, November 2015
SOURCES FOR MD GROWN FRUIT
Click on the links below:
Maryland Apples
Maryland's Best
National Peach Council
University of Maryland Extension: Grapes and Fruit
University of Maryland: Aronia
Mid-Atlantic Aronia Growers Association
FRUIT MEETINGS
Click on the links below:
The 2021 Bay Area Virtual Fruit Meeting will be held on February 10, 2021 from 8- 12 noon.
The agenda can be found at
https://extension.umd.edu/events/wed-2021-02-10-0800-virtual-fruit-grower-meeting
Registration can be found at
https://umd.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkcuCoqjIjHdUynZDJfKgX9aE-9_HU9dMh
Bay Area Fruit School (link to presentations & videos)
Western Maryland Regional Fruit Meeting (presentations)
EVENTS
MSHS is Accepting Applications for
Arthur H. Thompson Travel
Fellowship
The purpose of the Thompson Travel Fellowship is to expose young people, working in the Maryland fruit industry, to ideas on fruit production in other areas of the world. To do this, the Maryland State Horticultural Society has established a fellowship of up to $1,000. This fellowship can be awarded annually to young people working in the fruit industry to promote leadership within the Society.
Recipient qualifications
Be a fruit grower or someone else associated with fruit production in Maryland.
Ages from 18 to 30
Traveling outside the state of Maryland.
Recipient expectations
The recipient would be expected to make a short presentation to the membership at the annual meeting concerning the information learned in the travel.
Application and Procedure
The application letter should include:
Name
Age
Contact information (mailing address, email, and phone)
A brief explanation of the proposed trip.
Applications should be submitted by March 05, 2021, to be considered for use during the 2021 year.
Send applications to:
Haley Stater, Agriculture Educator
University of Maryland Extension
Wicomico County Office
28647 Old Quantico Rd Salisbury, MD 21801
or
The Awards and Nominating Committee will consider the nominations and will make its recommendation to the Executive Committee, which will make the final decision.
The Arthur H. Thompson Fellowship will be announced after the Board of Directors Meeting.
2021 - 2022
MSHS Executive Board Officers
John Fendrick, President
Brad Miller, 1St VP
Hallie Butler Van-Horn, 2nd Vice President
Bob Black as Treasurer
Haley Sater, Secretary
Board members are
Paul Jackson
Steve Milburn
Jake Moore
Steve Blades
2019 Summer Tour visiting Arterra Photo Credit:Christopher Black