pdf flyer: http://berrygrape.org/news/caneberryday09.pdf

Caneberry Open House

Wednesday, July 8, starting at 1:00 p.m.

at the North Willamette Research and Extension Center

Oregon State University
15210 NE Miley Road, Aurora, Oregon
For more information contact 503-678-1264 x 110

Hosted by:
Bernadine Strik, Professor of Horticulture, Berry Crops Research Leader, NWREC
Come out and get up-to-date information on:

• An overview of pesticides registered and fungicide efficacy trials in blackberry (Joseph DeFrancesco, NWREC/Horticulture, OSU)
• Production systems research update (Bernadine Strik, Horticulture, OSU)
• Irrigation research in red raspberry (David Bryla, USDA-ARS, HCRL, Corvallis)
• On-going work on beneficials in caneberries (Gwendolyn Ellen, IPPC, OSU)
• Update on black raspberry breeding research (Michael Dossett, Ph.D. candidate, Horticulture, OSU, USDA-ARS)

and

• Evaluate and walk through the latest advanced selections and new cultivars in the caneberrybreeding plots (Chad Finn, USDA-ARS and Pat Moore, WSU)
• Brief presentations will start at 1:00 p.m. (follow signs to location in the field); after that attendees can visit research/breeding plots that they are interested in with the appropriate research leader.

Refreshments will be provided at approximately 2:30pm

Fruit will be available for evaluation/tasting (Brian Yorgey, Dept. Food Sci. & Tech., OSU)

We thank the Oregon Raspberry & Blackberry Commission for sponsoring this event

Please note that there will be a Blueberry Field Day on July 15, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.