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Fruit and Vegetable Growers Striving for the Best

NEWS

 

Save the Date – Events and Training for

Summer 2023 
August 10, 2023

Western Maryland Research and Education Center (WMREC) 

Horticultural Twilight

5-8 p.m.

 Agenda

·NC-140 Update

·Orchard Disease Management update

·Small Fruit Disease Update

·BT Sweet Corn Update

·Drone Use in the Orchard

·Preview new Maryland Hop

This is a free event but registration is required. 

Online registration is available using the tab below. Phone registration can be completed by calling

410-386-2760

 

 

 

 

New Online Course for Maryland Cottage Food Producers & On-Farm Home Processors

Register here: https://go.umd.edu/mfvcourse

For questions or needing accommodation contact:
Dr. Shauna Henley, shenely@umd.edu

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


Bay Area Fruit School  (link to presentations & videos) 
Western Maryland Regional Fruit Meeting (presentations)

EVENTS

MSHS Summer Tour

Save the Date!

The 2023 Maryland State Horticultural Society Summer Tour is going to be held on July 12, 2023 starting at 9:00 in Southern MD.

The tour will include three stops.

The tour will start at Loveville Produce Auction. We will meet and receive our name badges and have some background information provided about this local auction. 

We will then drive to Shlagel Farms in Waldorf for a tour of the farm. 

Our last stop for the day will be Miller Farms. 

Registration will open soon!

 

 2022 - 2023
MSHS Executive Board Officers

Hallie Butler-Van Horn, President

Bryan Butler, 1St VP

Brad Miller, 2nd Vice President

Bob Black, Treasurer

Haley Sater,  Secretary

Board members are 

Paul Jackson

Stephen Milburn

Daniel Heyser

Stephen Blades

2019 Summer Tour visiting Arterra     Photo Credit:Christopher Black

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