I spent all day organizing the horticultural information I've compiled during the outrageous number of hours I've spent combing the web.
Here is the fruit of my labor: Resources
News and comments for the Golden Gate Chapter of the California Rare Fruit Growers.
CRFG Golden Gate
Next Golden Gate Chapter meeting
2014 Scion Exchange
Ed Roberts Campus
3075 Adeline Street, Berkeley, CA
next to the Ashby BART station
Saturday January 18, 2014
noon to 3:00 p.m.
Find the best varieties for growing your own fruit; discover local favorites and nearly forgotten heirlooms
• Hundreds of varieties of budwood for grafting: apple, pear, quince, plum, peach, nectarine, apricot, cherry, and more
• Cuttings to root: grape, fig, pomegranate, kiwi fruit, mulberry, and more
• Rootstocks and grafting supplies
• Grafting class and demo at 12:15 and 1:00
• Custom and assisted grafting of your selected variety onto a rootstock
• Plant drawing; silent auction
• Questions answered, secrets revealed, beginners welcome
• Bring your list of desired varieties, plastic bags, a pen, and tape to label the scions you take home
• $4 donation suggested (no one refused for lack of funds)
Click here for more information.
Links to Local Fruit Growing Info
- CRFG
- Idell's list of things to grow in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Grafting dormant deciduous fruit scions
- Collecting & grafting evergreen scion wood in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Grapes for a cooler San Francisco Bay Area climate
- Figs & Jujubes for cooler Bay Area climates
- Italian numbered figs found at San Francisco Bay Area Scion Exchanges
- Cool insect gifts
Golden Gate Chapter Discussion List
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1 comment:
Wow--what a resource! Nicely done!
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