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Fruit variety showcase in Gloucester County feature many tastes
09-1-2003
A display of more than 100 fruit varieties, mostly peaches and nectarines but also pears and apples, will be held at the Gloucester County Office of Government Services auditorium in Clayton, Gloucester County, on Sept. 3, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Discussion by agricultural agents and specialists as well as some leading nurserymen will highlight an evening of many tastes and shapes of fruit. Dr. Robert Belding, specialist in pomology with Rutgers Cooperative Extension, will discuss and exhibit some of his post harvest research on peaches specifically delaying fruit maturity with Retain. Win Cowgill, agricultural agent with Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Hunterdon County will exhibit and discuss peach and apple selections from his program at the Rutgers Snyder Research and Extension Center in Pittstown. Jerome L. Frecon, agricultural agent with Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Gloucester County will have on hand a unique collection of white and yellow-fleshed, flat, fuzzless, stony-hard and regular peach varieties.
Taste tests will be run on some of the freshest selections. Dr. Joe Goffreda, fruit breeder with the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, will discuss new cultivars from the breeding program. All attending will have a chance to evaluate all of the varieties
Rutgers Cooperative Extension with the Gloucester County Board of Agriculture and the New Jersey Peach Council are sponsors of the showcase.
A slight supper will be provided to all attendees of the showcase. Registration is required by calling (856) 307-6450. or by e-mailing gloucester@aesop.rutgers.edu
The complete program, including directions is available on request and listed at the home page of RCE of Gloucester County at http://gloucester.rce.rutgers.edu/