Grand Traverse Resort

The 2010 Northwest Michigan Orchard and

Vineyard Show is scheduled for January 19-20 and will

be held at the Grand Traverse Resort, Acme, Michigan.

Registration begins at 8 a.m. on January 19 and the show

will cost $30 for both days. On Tuesday, there will be concurrent tree fruit and wine grape sessions, and

all groups will join together for the Fruit Industry luncheon; the cost for the lunch is $15. Guest speaker for

the luncheon will be Merlin Dumbrille, retired host of Farm and Orchard Time, WTCM-AM, and his topic

will be “An Agricultural Outlook.”

The wine grapes session on Tuesday will include a panel discussion on how to best manage

wine grapes during a challenging season like 2009. We will also get an update on fungicide sensitivity

of powdery mildew and Dr. Stuart Grandy, Dept of Crop and Soil Sciences, MSU, will present work on

keeping soils healthy to maximize wine grape production.

Michigan State University experts and Extension personnel will be on hand to present the results

of their latest research on topics regarding tree fruit production: stem-on sweet cherry production, new

European and American brown rot strategies, insecticide coverage with different sprayer technologies,

cherry fruit fly management, rain fastness in fungicides, borer mating disruption, and many other tree fruit

topics.

On Tuesday evening, a wine-tasting and hors d’oeuvre social hour will follow the educational sessions

growers that register with CMI. In addition to the educational sessions on both days, the exhibit hall will

be open during the show and will feature vendors of orchard and vineyard equipment and supplies, as

well as commodity organizations, agrichemical businesses, and many other exhibitors.

We are looking forward to another successful program, and we hope to see you there! For more

The Orchard and Vineyard Show program is co-sponsored by the Grand Traverse Fruit Growers’

Council, Michigan State University Extension, Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, the Cherry Marketing

Institute, and Parallel 45 Vines and Wines.