198: Becoming a Pomologist w/ Dr. Peck

Gregory M. Peck of the School of Integrative Plant Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York is the featured guest on episode 198.

Greg in Peck lab

Greg's chat begins at 21:00 minutes into episode 198.

Before Greg's feature I am reminded by @e_of_blandings That now is the time to pick Medlars. If you have a photo of a medlar please send them my way to info@ciderchat.com and I will in turn post the photos on Cider Chat's social media, so we can all begin to increase our Medlar know how.

At 8:23 minutes in, I read a letter from Cider Chat Patreon Supporter and Russian cidermaker Maxim Brekht.

Maxim shares:

• a range of obstacles that commercial makers in his country have to maneuver around in order to produce cider.
• how the Peter Mitchel class informed him and what he is doing beyond the Mitchell class to improve his technical cider making skills.
• the Russian palate for cider is not so different from other burgeoning cider communities around the world.

The Feature chat wth Greg Peck (at 21:00)

Greg has been in his role as Professor of Pomology at Cornell, since 2015.

Greg pointing to his door plaque that says, "Mad Scientist" under his name.

Greg discusses his initial research project at Cornell Assessing the Economic Feasibility of Growing Specialized Apple Cultivars for Sale to Commercial Hard Cider Producers

• A bit on how the money works for grant writing a research project
• How the United Kingdom has about the same amount of acreage of apples as New York state.

Says Greg Peck, "The cider industry is going to grow very rapidly"

• What are the best college studies to choose when working towards becoming a pomologist

Find out more at the Cornell Hard Cider website:

http://hardcider.cals.cornell.edu

Follow Gregory Peck on Social Media

• Twitter: @DoctorApples
• Instagram: @applephd

Thank you to the following producers for helping to sponsor Cider Chat's tour of the Finger Lakes CiderWeek!

• Bellweather Cider and Wine
• Black Diamond Cider
• South Hill Cider
• Finger Lakes Ciderhouse
• Redbyrd Cider
• Go to VisitIthaca.com/craft-cider/ to find the cidermakers by location.

Mentions in this Chat

• October 31st 2nd Annual New England Cider Tour
• November 1-3 - Franklin County Cider Days

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