If interested we are having a meeting in the Finger Lakes region of NY
NYNGA Fall Program, October 8, 2022
Finger Lakes Nut Farm
8:30 to 9:00 Breakfast and Registration
9:00 to 9:15 Welcome and Introductions Jerry Henkin
9:15 to 9:40 NYS Regenerate Grant; winter protection for nut trees Brian Ellis
9:45 to 10:05 Interplanting among nut trees Brian Caldwell
10:10 to 10:30 Hot pipe callusing for grafts Cindy Defelice
10:30 to 11:00 BREAK and taste testing of nuts Jerry Henkin
11:00 to 11:20 Historical look at the NYNGA John Wertis
11:25 to 11:40 Making sizing buckets for hazelnuts Peter Haarmann
11:45 to 12:10 NYNGA English Walnut Project Carl Albers
12:10 to 1:15 LUNCH
12:45 to 1:15 NYNGA organizational meeting
1:15 to 2:45 Harvesting, processing, and marketing of chestnuts at the Finger lakes Nut Farm Marvin Russell (“Rusty”)
Optional tour Ed Neuhauser sawmill operation and building construction from his forested land