THE KENTUCKY COLONELS ‘KERNEL’

“Scion” of the Kentucky Nut Growers Association Kirk W. Pomper and Sheri B. Crabtree – Editor/Publisher (502) 597-5942

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Volume 2-53 Number 1 Spring 2023

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OFFICERS

DIRECTORS (from KY):

Dr. John Strang, Lexington, KY-Acting President (859) 396-9311 Fred Blankenship, Rhodelia, KY – Vice President (270) 272-7670 David Spainhoward, Spottsville, KY – Vice President Harold Upton, Waynesburg, KY – Vice President Larry Daulton, Nicholasville, KY - Vice President Blake Cothron, Stanford, KY – Secretary Douglas Hines, Paris, KY-Treasurer (859) 953-0053 Dr. Kirk W. Pomper and Sheri Crabtree, Frankfort, KY, Editor/Publisher

Kenny Beard, E'town, KY Dr. John Strang, Lexington, KY Clifford England, McKee, KY Karl Klein, Crestwood, KY Chairman of Hickories Fred Blankenship

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Danny Vessels, Chandler, IN

OTHER STATES

Three Years – Doug Hines, Paris, KY - Expires 2019 Three Years – Danny Ganno, Henderson, KY - Expires 2019 Three Years – Fred Blankenship, Rhodelia, KY - Expires 2019

KENTUCKY NUT GROWER'S ASSOCIATION SPRING MEETING SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2023 ELIZABETHTOWN, KY

Inside This Issue

KNGA Spring 2023 meeting.....2

NNGA 2023 annual conference.....3

A Date to Remember: The Spring meeting of the Kentucky Nut Growers Association will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2023 at the Hardin County Extension Office Conference Center in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, at 9:30 am EDT. See driving directions and additional information on page 2.

Fruit Crop News.....4

Upcoming Meetings and announcements .....7