Attendee Info

2010 Summer Tour and Field Day - June 30

Summary and photos of the 2009 Summer Tour and Field Day



 








Wednesday, June 30
Grobe Fruit Farm
Elyria, Ohio

 

Industry vendors will be sharing their newest equipment, packaging, chemicals, seeds, and services. 

Tour highlights include:

  • Apple training methods including tall spindle and super spindle
  • North America Seedway pepper and tomato variety trials
  • High tunnel tomatoes growing in media socks rather than the soil.
  • A media sock filler demonstration.

 
 
   
Registration
$25 For the 1st company attendee
$10 For each additional employee
  Register online or download a registration form to fax.
Pre-registration deadline is June 23. After June 23 all fees increase $5. No refunds after June 23.
 
   
Schedule  
7:30-8:30am Registration open
8am Exhibits open
8:30am - 12pm Tours at Grobe Fruit Farm Ltd.
12 - 1pm Lunch and brief OPGMA session
Lunch is availabe for purchase on a cash-only basis.
1-3pm Tours at Rex Gees Orchard optional
Rex Gees Orchard is a five mile drive from Grobe Fruit Farm. Attendees must drive themselves. Maps will be available onsite.
   
Tour Locations
Grobe Fruit Farm, Elyria, Ohio
43875 Telegraph Road (St Rt 113), Elyria, OH 44035 Click here for google maps.

Allen Grobe is the fifth generation to farm at this location over the past 100 years. The family owns and farms 650 acres, 130 acres of apples, and a smaller acreage of cherries, peaches, pears, plums, and brambles. They have another 120 acres in vegetable production; the remainder is grain farmed. Grobe Fruit Farm offers a seasonal farm market from July through March, a commercial packing line for apples, and a commercial cider mill and bottling plant.
Rex Gees Orchard, Amherst, Ohio
50586 St Rt 113, Amherst, OH 44001  Click here for google maps.

Apples, cherries, peaches, plums, pears, and brambles are grown on this 40-acre farm, which was purchased by the Grobe family in 2007. The farm has grown since taking ownership, and includes a blackberry and red raspberry planting which are V-style trellissed.
 
 Hotel Information

Online reservations - Use promo code OPGMA to receive discounted room rates.

Reservations by phone - Mention OPGMA Summer Tour to receive discounted rates.

Country Inn & Suites
645 Griswold Road
Elyria, OH 44035
(440) 324-0099
 
Future OPGMA Summer Tour & Field Day Dates

June 22, 2011
Eshleman Fruit Farm in Clyde, Ohio and Buurma Farms, Inc. in Willard, Ohio.