Tour Highlights Fruit Project at Carrington Research Extension Center

The Northern Hardy Fruit Project will be on one of the three tours featured at the North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center’s annual field day set for Tuesday, July 14.

The tour will begin at 9:30 a.m. A noon lunch will follow.

The featured speakers are:

• Greg Krieger, president of the North Dakota Grape Growers Association, who will discuss the emergence of new vineyards and wineries across the state as well as grape growing
• Harlene Hatterman-Valenti, NDSU high-value crops specialist, who will review Juneberry culture and production
• Kathy Wiederholt, Carrington Research Extension Center fruit project manager, who will discuss highlights of the other fruits that are planted in the project

The Northern Hardy Fruit Project was established in 2006 to introduce and demonstrate alternative and economically viable varieties of fruits that will grow in North Dakota. The project features grape, black currant and Juneberry variety trials, as well as demonstration plantings of University of Saskatchewan cherries and haskaps; apples; aronia; red, black and white currants; elderberries; gooseberries; honeyberries; plums; and sea berries.

For more information about the fruit tour or the livestock and crop tours that are part of the field day events, contact the Carrington center at (701) 652-2951 or check its Web site at http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/carringt. The livestock and crop tours also begin at 9:30 a.m. A second crop tour begins after lunch.

NDSU Agriculture Communication