Volume 27, No. 1 - January/February 1995

From Bare Ground to Fruiting Pome Orchard

A guided tour by CRFG Pome Specialist Charles Estep

Avocado, Research and CRFG

Gray Martin launches high-density trials with Orange County chapter grant

Mulching Tropical Fruit Trees

Advice from Phil Thomas, member, Rare Fruit Council of Australia

A Fly is a Fly is a Fly

George Frickmann summarizes computerized taxonomy approach described in 'Science News'

A Century of Citrus Breeding

An overview of successes (and Failures), and some of the reasons, by geneticist Robert Soost

The 'Cara Cara' Pink Navel and Other Pigmented Citrus

C.T. Kennedy explores the whys and wherefores of pigmentation after a tantalizing introduction to one pink navel

Michigan Company Claims High Success Rate in Rooting Cuttings

Welcome news about a soon-to-be-released method

Harvesting, Storing and Marketing Hardy Kiwis

Third in a hardy kiwi series by David Kuchta

Sorbs Complete a Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man

C.T. Kennedy passes on James Joyce's sorb connection as reported in 'Le Monde'

Departments

Ask the Experts
Bits & Pieces
Book and Video Reviews
Container Gardening (Containers)
CRFG Kitchen
CRFG Services and Chapters
Letters
Marketplace
President's Message
Seed Bank
Vegetable Patch (Chiles by Peter Holthe)