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Reflections from an old sage/fart

Reflections from an old sage/fart. What drove my interests?. 8 th grade career paper Cape Cod vacations Love for fungi and nature in general Love for Vaccinium Belief in Extension/Outreach. Pride in accomplishments. Phytophthora root rot Wild cranberry stands Historical component

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Reflections from an old sage/fart

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  1. Reflections from an old sage/fart

  2. What drove my interests? • 8th grade career paper • Cape Cod vacations • Love for fungi and nature in general • Love for Vaccinium • Belief in Extension/Outreach

  3. Pride in accomplishments • Phytophthora root rot • Wild cranberry stands • Historical component • Variety knowledge • Field presence • Made a difference for cranberry growers • Loved every second of my job (well, maybe not every second)

  4. Special thanks to…. • George Berger, Jack Keyser, Ralph Cavaliere, Joseph Kuc • Irving Demoranville, Carolyn DeMoranville • Barbara Steller • Cranberry growers in all regions • Cranberry Station & NACREW colleagues • Quebec meeting organizers

  5. Top Ten Moments in NACREW for Frank Caruso

  6. #10 • Teryl Roper’s pumphouse tour, Wisconsin, 1997

  7. #9 • Art Poole demonstrating his new fangled specialized bog walkers, Oregon, 1989

  8. #8 • Walk in wild bogs, British Columbia, 1993

  9. #7 • Plant Pathology field tour after NACREW had concluded, Wisconsin, 1987

  10. #6 • Plant Pathology field tour during NACREW, Massachusetts, 1991

  11. #5 • Field tour in a driving rainstorm followed by an incredible luncheon at the local Grange Hall, Nova Scotia, 1986

  12. #4 • Amy Howell getting a speeding ticket driving a van-full of meeting attendees back to Chatsworth, New Jersey, 1995

  13. #3 • Historical tour, Massachusetts, 1991

  14. #2 • Roger Tremblay being surrounded at the wine and cheese social and being coerced to host the next meeting in NB, New Jersey, 2007

  15. #1 • Joan Davenport, session moderator, giving Bob Devlin the hook when he went vastly over his time allotment, Massachusetts, 1991

  16. I am flattered, honored and humbly gratified for this tribute and I thank each and every one of you from the very bottom of my heart

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