Apple Pruning Demo: Hudson Valley
Event Details
Date
March 4, 2022
Time
1:30-4:30 PM
Location
Dressel Farms Inc.
25 Phillies Bridge Rd
New Paltz, NY
Host
Eastern New York Commercial HorticultureCornell Cooperative Extension ENYCHP tree fruit specialists are pleased to offer three in-person pruning workshops at our region's orchards in March. Dr. Terence Robinson will be joining us to demonstrate how to prune young and mature tall spindle trees, and will walk us through his precision pruning protocol to reduce crop load early in biennial bearing varieties like 'Honeycrisp' and 'Fuji'.
March 4 - 1:30 - 4:30 PM - Dressel Farms Inc.
English Presentation 1:30 - 3:00 PM, Spanish Presentation 3:00 - 4:30 PM
25 Phillies Bridge Road, New Paltz
(Turn onto Phillies Bridge Road from Rt 208, use the house #25 on the north (right) side of the road as a reference point, park on the shoulder)
Registration is not required for these meetings. We will send out an E-Alert the day before if we need to cancel any of the meetings due to inclement weather.
Please contact Dan Donahue with any questions: 518 322 7812 | djd13@cornell.edu

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