ANNUAL SUMMER MEETING 

 of the 

 MASSACHUSETTS FRUIT GRCWERS ' ASSOCIATION 

 in Cooperation with the 

 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS 



Horticultural Research Center, Univ. of Mass., Belchertown* 



Thursday, July 19, 1962 



10:00 A.M. Tour of the Research Center land and its present facilities. 



12:00 NOON Chicken Barbecue and all the fixings. 



(Reservations are necessary on or before July 12.) 



2:00 P.M. A Word of Welcome - M.F.G.A. President Arthur D. Bishop 



The Horticultural Research Center - From an idea to reality 

 in 6 months - Jesse Rice, Chairman, Univ. of Mass. 

 Facilities Committee. 



Greetings from the University - Dr. John W. Lederle, President 

 University of Massachusetts. 



2:30 P.M. What's Ahead in the Fruit Business - Dr. Norman F. Childers, 

 Chairman, Dept. of Horticulture, Rutgers. 



3:00 P.M. Crop Estimate for 1962 - Warren Clapp, Massachusetts 

 Department of Agriculture. 



3:10 P.M. Insect Control Problems From Now Until Harvest 



Dr. Ellsworth Wheeler, University of Massachusetts. 



3:30 P.M. For those who have the time and interest, a tour of the new 

 facilities at Amherst for fruit storage research - 

 Dr. Frank Southwick, University of Massachusetts. 



^Directions: - From Belchertown center, proceed on Route 181 about 2.5 

 miles toward Palmer, bear left on Mt. Sears Road (Cold 

 Spring Road on some maps) 0.7 miles to Sabin St., bear 

 left to the Research Center. If approaching Belchertown 

 from Palmer, take Route 181 from Route 20. 



