Summer Fruit Festival / Plum Symposium
Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation
The Summer Fruit Festival Schedule will be posted in March 2010
2009 Summer Fruit Festival Schedule
| 8:30 AM - 4:00 | Main Entrance - Registration - All members & non-members must register and pay (if membership is not up-to-date) |
| 8:30 AM - 1:00 | Outside behind Auditorium - Sampling: Plums and Plum Preserves. |
| 9:00 AM - 4:00 | Main Entrance - Information Booths: WWFRF "Store", Beekeeping, Beat the heat, Master Gardeners |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 | Auditorium - Control of Anthracnose using a knife, torch & spray - Video demonstration of Dr. Ralph Byther, Dr. Bob Norton, Bill Davis |
| 9:45 AM - 9:45 | Auditorium - Bud Grafting (great for Plums!) - Bill Davis |
| 10:30 AM - 12:00 | Auditorium - Plum Crazy Panel - Gary Moulton, Bob Norton, Sam Benowitz, Tom Thorton, Andy Mariani (teleconference) The best varieties for the NW, the best culture, harvesting methods and uses |
| 12:00 - 12:45 PM | Fruit Garden - General Fruit Garden Tour - De Arborgast |
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM | Main Entrance - Lunch - Please purchase a wonderful meal: Patty Pan Grill - vegetarian gourmet, outside under trees Burlington Cafe - organic local meats and foods |
| 12:10 - 12:40 PM | Auditorium - Volunteer appreciation awards |
| 12:00 - 4:00 PM | Wine/Cider tasting - Tulip Valley Vinyard (1 mile west on 538) |
| 1:00 - 1:30 PM | Fruit Garden - Espalier Tour - Kees Calissendorff |
| 1:00 - 1:45 PM | Fruit Garden - Demo - Anthracnose control demonstration |
| 1:00 - 1:45 PM | Fruit Garden - Antique Apple Tour - Dr. Bob Norton |
| 1:00 - 2:00 PM | Kitchen Lobby / Auditorium - Preparing and Cooking with Plums and other Fruit - Graham Kerr (cookbook signing in lobby following demo) |
| 1:45 - 2:30 PM | Fruit Garden - Demo: Bud Grafting (Great for Plums!) - Bill Davis |
| 2:00 - 2:30 PM | Kitchen Lobby / Auditorium - Sampling of Plum Sorbet |
| 2:00 - 2:45 PM | Fruit Garden - Demo: Summer Pruning - Gary Moulton |
| 2:30 - 3:00 PM | Fruit Garden - Rootstocks and Irrigation Tour - Kim Siebert |
| 2:30 - 3:30 PM | Kitchen Lobby / Auditorium - Preparing Plum Crisp - Devra Gartenstein owner Patty Pan Grill (cookbook signing in lobby following demo) |