Volume 28, No. 2 - March/April 1996

Edible Fruits in Solanum L.

This overview of edible fruits from John Riley's Solanaceae Newsletter is part of the ongoing coverage of the Fruit of the Year

A Penchant for Pomegranates

Alice Ramirez visits John Chater who relates the several uses of plant and fruit

Growing Fruits in the Inland Empire

In Part II of this series, William Drysdale reports on growing pomegranates in Riverside, California

Direct Marketing Revisited

The Kinnicutt family gets something besides money for their produce

The Winter of the Grafter's Discontent

Thoughts from Andy Mariani on early collecting, artificial chilling and late grafting of scions in mild winters

Chinese Limonnik, Schizandra chinensis Baill

From Leonid Burmistrov in Russia comes some basic information on a fruit little known in the U.S.

You, Too, Can Be a Fruit Hybridizer

Gretchen Sanders reports on Andy Mariani's 10-step hybridizing process that is not all that difficult

A Garden Phantom

Ever taste a yakon? Jerry Sortomme and his students grow (and eat) them in Santa Barbara City College

Tomatoes, Potatoes More Similar in the Wild

Examination of genetic material by USDA researchers establishes the close relationship between potatoes and tomatoes

Cooperation is Fun and Profitable

Chapter membership offers the advantage of buying plants in bulk, says Joe Sabol

Incidental Intelligence

What Peruvians knew many years ago about coca that we didn't

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