As the New York Berry News begins its 10th year, it boasts a new look and expanded coverage, says Extension berry specialist Cathy Heidenreich, who has edited the newsletter since 2005. Each issue, Heidenreich ...
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North American Raspberry and Blackberry Growers’ Association (NARBA) presented its 2011 Distinguished Service Award to Marvin Pritts, berry specialist and chair of the Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, at it’s annual meeting January 5-7, ...
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The Spring 2011 Department of Horticulture Seminar Series starts January 31, 3:35-4:25 p.m. in Plant Sciences Building Room 404 and via Polycom to 137A Barton Hall in Geneva. (The seminar meets most Mondays from ...
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Does this sound like you? I enjoy flowers and gardening. I enjoy working outside. I am not afraid of hard work. I am not afraid to get dirty. I seize opportunities. If you answered ...
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From Jan. 17, 2011 Cornell Chronicle article, Wine and vine experts receive $1.3 million for research to boost eastern wine industry by Amanda Garris. “Unpredictable rainfall, overly fertile soils, new varieties and a young ...
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Via Marvin Pritts, chair: There is now free, daily, professional bus service between Ithaca and Geneva. This service is on a trial basis for a couple of months. Please, if possible, use this service ...
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The N.Y. State Integrated Pest Management ornamentals team is presenting three hands-on workshops for greenhouse and nursery producers this winter. Each has three modules taught by Cornell and NYS IPM faculty – with microscopes, ...
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“People want to know who grew and where it came from,” and they are “willing to pay extra to look the producer in the eye and say, ‘How did you grow this?'” ...
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Images, ratings and other data from the 2010 annual flower trials at Bluegrass Lane Turf and Landscape Research Center are now available online. The 2010 trials tested 178 cultivars of recently released or not-yet-available ...
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The Cornell Small Farms Program — based in the Department of Horticulture — is cited as a prime example of community engagement in a Cornell Chronicle article, CU recognized as an ‘institution of community ...
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