Fresh Market Tomato & Vegetable Field Day

Thursday, August 7, 2008

12:30 - 5:30 pm

North Carolina State University
Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Station
74 Research Drive
Fletcher, NC 28732

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Mark your calendars now and reserve the date for the annual tomato field day at the Fletcher Research Station!  This is your opportunity to see new up and coming varieties and learn the latest about disease, insect, and weed control for staked tomato production in western North Carolina. As always, the afternoon field day will be followed by a pig pickin' at Lake Julian. This year will be special because we will be celebrating the retirement of Dr. Randy Gardner, breeder of many fine commercial tomato varieties including Mountain Pride, Mountain Spring, and Mountain Fresh. More information will be posted as it becomes available.

Tomato field day is sponsored by North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, NC Agricultural Research Service and NC Cooperative Extension Service, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and the North Carolina Tomato Growers Association. For more informtion, contact Denny Thompson at 828.684.7197 or Jeanine Davis at 828.684.3562.

Program

12:30 pm

Registration

1:00 pm

Welcome and Remarks

1:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Tour of Research

6:00 pm

Pig Pickin' at Lake Julian

Sponsored by the NC Tomato Growers Association. Additional sponsors will be recognized during the field day.