Classic work on Fig varieties available online

Click here to go to a letter in the latest issue of California Agriculture, which in turn contains a link to Ira Condit's 1955 classic, Fig Varieties: A Monograph.

"Kiwibob" Glanzman has scanned it and posted it online, available to all for downloading. His letter explains more about why it is a classic and important document.


While you're there, check out the rest of California Agriculture. Subscriptions are free for US residents.

Looking for Patrick Schafer's email address

Would you happen to have Patrick Schafer's e-mail address? I am a fellow CRFG member in Seattle, and had a few questions for him about Loquats and Figs. I noticed he recently donated quite a bit of Loquat material to the ARS bank, and could use his knowledge on the subject.
Thank you-
Mark Wamsley

Orange County Chapter Grafting DVD Available

The Orange County chapter's "Techniques of Grafting" DVD is ready to ship. It includes different techniques performed by specialist:Julie Frink on Splice GraftingDennis Luby on Bark GraftingDon Winterstein on Cleft GraftingRoger Meyer on Air Layerng andRiley Holly on Clonal PropagationIt's a must have reference guide for only $12.00 including shipping in the United States.For more information contact/e-mail: graftingdvd@ocfruit.comHerb Leeherblee@bates-lee.com714.549.1757 x215

Light brown apple moth

Contra Costa Times says: "A fruit-eating Australian moth has arrived in the continental United States for the first time, landing in the East Bay and threatening major economic damage to crops if the infestation spreads, state agriculture officials announced Wednesday."

Read more here:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/community/16949106.htm

Santa Clara Valley chapter meeting Sat, April 14

We will have our next meeting on Sat. April 14 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM at Prusch Farm Park on budding and grafting citrus and avocados. Prusch Park is located at 647 S. King Road in San Jose. Bring fruit to taste.

Nancy Garrison
Santa Clara Valley chapter

See where your organic bananas come from

If they're Dole organic bananas, that is. Go to doleorganic.com, and type in the farm number from the sticker to see info and pictures about the farm the bananas came from. They show a picture of a sticker, with farm number 776, so you can try it out even if you don't have any of their bananas on hand.

(Other interesting produce sticker info: conventionally grown produce has a four-digit number on the sticker. If it is preceded by a 9, the produce is organic. Preceded by an 8, it is genetically modified--look out!)

Clytia Chambers, 84; PR executive developed Fruit Gardener magazine

If you would like to read more about Clytia go back to the May/June 2000 issue of our Fruit Gardener magazine.

Clytia Chambers, a retired public relations executive who turned a newsletter about exotic fruit into the bimonthly magazine Fruit Gardener, died Feb. 20 of complications related to old age at a Pasadena care facility, said her husband, Robert Chambers. She was 84. The complete article can be viewed at:http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-chambers8mar08,0,5063762.story?coll=la-news-obituaries