February 22, 2011
Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center
455 Research Drive
Mills River, NC

You are invited to attend the 2011 NCCBRGA meeting. As always we have a great lineup of presenters on the program. Please note the location for this years meeting has changed. This years meeting will be held in Mills River at the research station just outside of Fletcher. Directions to the research station are at the bottom of this flyer. The cost of the meeting will be $10.00 per person and NCCBRGA membership dues are $15.00 per farm (payable at the door). Please RSVP to Sue Colucci at 828-697-4891 or email at sue_colucci@ncsu.edu by February 18. We hope to see you there!

Agenda:
10:00-10:30…..Registration
10:30-10:35…..Opening Remarks and Welcome
10:35-11:05…..Primocane Blackberries - Dr. Gina Fernandez, Small Fruit Specialist; NCSU;
                          Raleigh, NC
11:05-11:50…..Irrigation and Fertigation in Caneberries - Dr. Dave Bryla, Research
                          Horticulturalist; USDA-ARS; Corvalis, OR
11:50-1:15…….Lunch, Trade Show, Silent Auction, and NCCBRGA business meeting
1:15-1:45………Insect Update - Dr. Hannah Burrack, Small Fruit Entomologist; NCSU; Raleigh, NC
1:45-2:00………Update on NARBA Promotion - Ervin Lineberger
2:00-2:15………Winners of Silent Auction-Adjourn

Directions:  From Interstate 26, take Exit #40 (old exit #9) (Asheville Regional Airport Exit). At the end of the exit ramp turn left toward the airport onto NC Hwy 280. Go past the airport. The road will bear right. Turn right on the first road after the airport: Old Fanning Bridge Road. Cross the French Broad River and the MHCR&EC office building is at the top of the hill on the right.