Spring Meeting April 12, 2008

A Date to Remember: The joint Spring meeting of the Kentucky Nut Growers Association (KNGA) and the Kentucky Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation will be held Saturday, April 12, 2008, at the Hardin County Agricultural Extension Office in Elizabethtown , Kentucky , at 9:30 am EDT. The Extension Office Building is located just off U.S. 62 about two miles west from downtown Elizabethtown —directly behind the Cecilia Auto Sales Lot . In approaching Elizabethtown from western Kentucky on U.S. 62, turn left at Peterson Drive — first street past the Manakee Funeral Home. Eastern and northern Kentucky arrivals driving west on U.S. 62 through Elizabethtown must turn right at Peterson Drive—first street past the Auto Sales Lot. KNGA signs will be posted. The luncheon will be potluck. If you bring something that will need to be heated or warmed, there is a well-equipped kitchen that can be used for that purpose.

KNGA SPRING MEETING PROGRAM FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2008

9:30 am-2:00 pm EDT

KNGA Nut Display. One of the main attractions at our meeting is the nut display. These exhibits afford our members the opportunity to see and examine first-hand the fine nuts that are grown in Kentucky and adjoining states. Other displays of horticultural items and products are welcome.

KNGA Swap-Shop and Scionwood Exchange. These spring meetings offer a great opportunity to obtain scarce scionwood for nut tree cultivars and other plant material. Please bring a good supply of scionwood from your best producing pecans, hickories, black walnuts, Persian walnuts, persimmons, pawpaws, and various fruit cultivars. Please bring plastic bags or moisture proof wrappings, rubber bands, and labels for the scionwood. Please take care to label everything carefully for distribution at the meetings to avoid scionwood mix ups.

10:00 to 11:30 am EDT        

KNGA Board of Directors Meeting (in the project room).  If members have items to discuss or proposals to make, this is the time to present them. The meeting site for the fall KNGA meeting will be determined.

12 Noon EDT  

Potluck Luncheon. If you bring something that will need to be heated or warmed, there is a well-equipped kitchen that can be used for that purpose.

12:30 pm EDT                                

The KNGA Annual Spring Auction Sale. In order to make the traditional spring sale the best ever, we request members bring items from their orchards, yards, farms or nurseries that they wish to donate for this occasion. Almost any items are appropriate—seeds, plants, nuts of any kind, and especially grafted fruit and nut trees. Also berry plants, grape vines, and flower specimens of any kind are popular items of interest. Please label the items that you donate to auction. Your donations are greatly appreciated by the KNGA staff. Many members, nurserymen and others donate plant material and other items for door prizes. Hundreds of items have been given away over the past several meetings. The awarding of door prizes is a fun, and often rewarding, event and it seems to be thoroughly enjoyed by all that attend these meetings. If anyone has extra plants, trees, or other items, please bring them to the meeting!