February 5, 2018

South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Growers Meeting

2018 South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Growers Meeting Program

Date: February 15, 2018 (8:00 am – 2:00 pm)

Location: Rutgers Agricultural Research & Extension Center, 121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ

Pre-Registration: Required, by February 11th, contact: Susan Bradbury (bradbury@njaes.rutgers.edu)

(856) 455-3100 x4101 or Karen Holton (holton@njaes.rutgers.edu) (856) 455-3100 x4104

Cost / person: $15.00 (checks preferred, made out to Rutgers University), lunch Included

Pesticide Credits Category: Core (2); 10 (6); 1A (07); 3A (07); 3B (01); & PP2 (07). [Read more…]

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February 1, 2018

2018 Grapevine Pruning Workshop

When:          February 22 (Thu), 1:00 – 3:00 PM

Where:         Rutgers Agriculture Research and Extension Center

121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ 08312

 Topics:     –  Assessing Cold Injuries in the Grapevine Buds.

Balanced Pruning and Ravaz Index.

How to Prune First and Second Year Grapevines on High Cordon and Low Cordon Training Systems.

Speakers:   Hemant Gohil, Agriculture Agent, REC Gloucester County

Daniel Ward, Extension Fruit Specialist, Rutgers NJAES

Gary Pavlis, Agriculture Agent, REC Atlantic County

No registration fees, however Pre-registration is required. Register by call Joan Medany 856-307-6450 Ext.1 or email jmedany@co.gloucester.nj.us

Organizer: Hemant Gohil, Gloucester County Agriculture Agent and New Jersey Center for Wine Research and Education

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February 1, 2018

South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Growers Meeting

2018 South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Growers Meeting Program

Date: February 15, 2018 (8:00 am – 2:00 pm)

Location: Rutgers Agricultural Research & Extension Center, 121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ

Pre-Registration: Required, by February 11th, contact: Susan Bradbury (bradbury@njaes.rutgers.edu)

(856) 455-3100 x4101 or Karen Holton (holton@njaes.rutgers.edu) (856) 455-3100 x4104

Cost / person: $15.00 (checks preferred, made out to Rutgers University), lunch Included

Pesticide Credits Category: Core (2); 10 (6); 1A (07); 3A (07); 3B (01); & PP2 (07). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blueberry, Cranberry, Fruit, Strawberry, Tree Fruit Tagged With: , , ,
January 8, 2018

Save the Date – 2018 South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Meeting

Dear Growers,

The 2018 South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Meeting has been scheduled for February 15. The meeting will be held at, Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center, 121 Northville Road, Bridgeton NJ.

The meeting will consist of presentations on the horticulture, entomology, and pathology of tree fruits during the morning, followed by an included lunch. The Full program will be published in the upcoming weeks.

Pre-registration is required and a fee will be charged to cover the cost of morning coffee/pastries and lunch.

Pesticide Credits Category: Core (2); 10 (6); 1A (07); 3A (07); 3B (01); & PP2 (07)

For registration call or email:

Susan Bradbury at bradbury@aesop.rutgers.edu or (856) 455-3100 x 4101 or

Joan Medany at jmedany@co.gloucester.nj.us or (856) 307-6450 x1

For program details contact: Hemant Gohil at 856-418-6538 or email at gohil@njaes.rutgers.edu

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August 2, 2017

Delayed Harvest and Extended Storage of ‘Gloria’ Peaches.

‘Gloria’ is a large, yellow-fleshed, freestone, non-melting peach that ripens around mid-August. This late blooming variety, developed by Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station is unique because of its very attractive color, low acidity, distinctive flavor, and very firm flesh. Previously we saw that letting ‘Gloria’ hang longer lets fruit get sweeter and larger. Firm flesh allows for relatively longer hang time on the tree after fruit has reached commercial maturity, providing greater flexibility in harvest scheduling and shipping to growers as well as buyers. We have estimated how long it is safe to let ‘Gloria’ fruit remain on the tree and in cold storage without affecting fruit quality. Studies in two orchards in Southern NJ indicated that; [Read more…]

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May 19, 2017

2017 Wine Grape Twilight (North and South Jersey)

North Jersey:  May 23, 5:30 PM @ Terhune Orchard Winery, 330 Cold Soil Rd, Princeton, NJ 08540

South Jersey:  May 24, 5:30 PM @ White Horse Winery, 106 Hall St, Hammonton, NJ 08037 [Read more…]

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