2025 Summer Orchard Tour and Educational Program

Sponsored by:

The New Jersey State Horticultural Society
in cooperation with
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Hunterdon County

Wednesday July 9, 2025 4:00 – 8:00 PM

Hosted by: Kurt Alstede at Alstede Farms
Harvest Hall
100 Route 24
Chester, NJ O7930

Cost: $20.00 includes dinner

Program
4:00 PM: Registration

4:30 PM: Farm Tour /Wagon Ride
                 Win Cowgill, Kurt Alstede, Colin Manning and Rebekah Alstede-Modery 

5:45 PM: Dinner

6:15 PM: Welcome Remarks – Win Cowgill

6:45 PM: Rutgers IPM Mating Disruption Research
                 Janine Spies PhD, State Fruit IPM Program Leader, Rutgers NJAES

7:30 PM: Precision Protection: Harnessing Pheromone Tech in the Battle Against Invasive Orchard Pests
 Haydn Lenz, PNW Technical Field Specialist Suterra

The following NJDEP Pesticide will be awarded.
1 Unit Category 1A      1 Unit PP2
Preregistration required by Monday July 7 at https://njshs.org/event-6223337
Email: njhortsociety@gmail.com