Contact:
Neil Mattson
Associate Professor
Department of Horticulture
nsm47@cornell.edu

Thanks to our 2019 field day sponsors...

• IPM Labs
• Lambert Peat Moss

...and our trial bed participants:

• American Takii
• Ameriseed
• Ball FloraPlant
• Ball Ingenuity
• Beekenkamp
• PanAmerican Seed
• Proven Winners
• Selecta

• New York State Flower Industries
• Karl Auwaerter/ Bayport Flower Houses
• Monrovia
• Pride's Corner

Touring annual flower trials at Bluegrass Lane.

July 30, 2019 - 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Location:

• Morning Program – Nevin Center, Cornell Botanic Gardens, Ithaca, N.Y.
• Afternoon Program – Trial Garden, Cornell Botanic Gardens, Ithaca, N.Y.

Cost: $90 per person, $30 for students. ($110 and $50 after July 23). Includes light breakfast and lunch

Register online.

Register early. Attendence will be capped at 99 due to space limitations.

1.75 DEC credits have been requested.

Hotel Reservations:  A block of rooms is reserved at the Best Western University Inn, 1020 Ellis Hollow Road Ithaca, New York 14850 for Monday July 29 through Wednesday July 31. The room rate for single or double occupancy is $129.00 per night + tax and includes a full hot breakfast. To book your room, call the hotel directly at 607-272-6100 and mention Cornell Floriculture Field Day so you get our group rate. Please Note: The cut-off date for our group rate is July 25. Reservations made after this date are subject to availability. Lodging may be scarce due to start-of-semester activities at Cornell University and Ithaca College.

Questions? Contact: Mandy Kafka at ajk287@cornell.edu  or (607) 255-8659.

Morning program:

Picking Proven Winners - plant development and trialing - Kerry Meyer, Product Manager, Proven Winners

Powdery and downy mildews - Margery Daughtrey, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University

Update on labor and relevant state and federal legislation - Henry Talmage, New York Farm Bureau.

Research shorts: nematodes, lily vase life, greenhouse tomatoes - Cornell University graduate students.

Afternoon program:

Includes tours of the annual flower and foliage trial gardens at their new location at Cornell Botanic Garden and will conclude with an ice cream social featuring Cornell Dairy Ice Cream!