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The
New York Nut
Growers Association will hold its spring meeting
at the Cornell
University Cooperative Extension of Suffolk
County, 423 Griffing
Avenue, Riverhead, NY, on Saturday, April 26, 2014
from 9:30 until
3:00.
Here
is a list of
our morning presenters and their topics: Dr.
Dennis Fulbright, the
President of the Northern Nut Growers Association,
professor at
Michigan State University, and internationally
known expert on
chestnut, will discuss the potential for chestnut
in North America;
Roger Blackwell, a chestnut farmer and the
President of Chestnut
Growers, Inc., will describe the Michigan chestnut
cooperative and
the business of marketing chestnuts; Lee Reich, a
noted horticultural
author and lecturer, will focus on pruning
techniques for nut trees;
Mina Vescera, a Nursery and Landscape Specialist
from the Suffolk
County CCE, will give an overview of the nursery
and landscape
business on Long Island; and Carl Albers, an NYNGA
member who is a
nut tree hobbyist and tree farmer from the Finger
lakes region of
NYS, will give a presentation on growing nut trees
and tree farming.
In
the afternoon we
will visit the nut tree farm of Peter Haarmann in
near-by Aquebogue. He will give a brief history
and tour of his farm and demonstrate
the process of layering hazelnut bushes. Lee Reich
will lead a
workshop on proper pruning techniques. Nut trees
and seednuts will
be given to all participants.
The
meeting is free
of charge and open to the public, but because of
limited space, you
must register in advance. To register, contact
Jerry Henkin, NYNGA
Vice President at sproutnut@aol.com,
tel. (914) 423 – 7458.
Hotel
accommodations have been arranged at the CCE
discount rate
($121.67, including tax) at the Hilton Garden Inn,
Riverhead, 2038
Old Country Road, Riverhead, NY 11901, tel. (631)
727 – 2733. Jerry is getting the names of people
who would be willing to share a
room. The hotel has reserved a block of rooms for
the NYNGA, which
they will hold until March 26 at this rate. After
that time, they
cannot guarantee the rooms, so please book early.
Mention that you
are coming to our meeting.
As
a courtesy, the
hotel has extended the days that you may reserve a
room at this rate
from Thursday through Sunday nights. Here’s a
chance to combine
our meeting with a vacation on Long Island.
Suffolk County offers a
Tanager Discount Outlet (across the street from
the hotel), an
aquarium, golf courses, a vodka distillery,
numerous vineyards,
marine nature centers, and “Gold Coast Mansions”.
For
directions to
the hotel, see
http://hiltongardeninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/new-york/hilton-garden-inn-riverhead-ISPRHGI/maps-directions/index.html
Travel
directions
to Riverhead: If you are coming from points
north and west,
travel as far east as you can to reach the
Hutchinson River Parkway
or I-95 South. These routes will lead you over the
Whitestone Bridge
or the Throggs Neck Bridge into Queens. These two
bridges will lead
you into the Cross Island Parkway, South. Whatever
you do, you want
to avoid the George Washington Bridge and the
Cross Bronx Expressway. (Please be aware that
commercial vehicles are not allowed on
the Cross County Parkway in Westchester County,
the Hutchinson River
Parkway, or the Cross Island Parkway. There is a
toll over the
bridges; EZ Pass is accepted.)
Directions
from
the Cross Island Parkway, Southbound
1.
Exit the Cross
Island Parkway at exit 30E, the Long Island
Expressway Eastbound
(I-495), toward eastern Long Island. Travel 56
miles.
2.
Exit the LIE at
Exit 71, Rt. 24 and turn right on Edwards Avenue
(Rt. 24 E). Travel
4 miles.
3.
Make a U-turn
onto Rt. 24 W and turn right onto CR-94. Travel 1
mile.
4.
CR-94 becomes
Court St. Travel only .2 miles.
5.
Turn left onto
Griffing Avenue. The Cornell Cooperative Extension
Building, 423
Griffing Avenue, is on the left.
One
scenic way to
avoid the traffic in the New York City area, and
to give the driver a
rest, is to travel part of the way by ferry, from
Bridgeport,
Connecticut, to Port Jefferson, New York.
Riverhead is about 25
miles east of Port Jefferson. See details of the
ferry at
http://www.88844ferry.com.
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