Volume 29, No. 4 - July/August 1997

Protecting Your Mulberry Crop

Planting cherries doesn't deter the birds, says Lisa Stapleton, who offers five ways to scare (or fool) the invaders

Che: a.k.a. Chinese Mulberry

Don Gholston gives basic information on the che, long-appreciated in the Orient but relatively new to America

In Search of the 'Black Doris' Plum

Can anyone help Ivan Rowe find this plum?

Travel Tips for (Fruit) Lovers

Peggy Winter visits the Caribbean and makes some recommendations

A Springtime Field Trip to a Northern California Garden

Florence Strange shows her orchard to a group from the California Academy of Sciences Botany Club

This terrible-tasting fruit, reports Gerald Kinro, has some interesting uses

California Farm Conference Workshops

Mits Kawahara reports on the workshop dealing with mulching practices in avocado and citrus groves

What If?

Janet Gallo hints at what you can find on the CRFG pages on the World Wide Web

Would You Know the Answer?

A New Zealand mother gets the answer she's looking for from CRFG by e-mail

Mulberry Collection: National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Curator George White takes the repository from a single seedling to an international collection

The Cultivation of Hearts of Palm in Costa Rica

John Luard grows this delicacy as a crop, sparing the forests of Brazil

'Selma': The Pink-fleshed Cherimoya
Cherimoya Cultivar Identification

In this pair of articles, Alan Schroeder continues his quest for information on this unusual variety while Norman Ellstrand and Janet Clegg confirm 'Selma's authenticity through isozyme analysis

CRFG News

Development Fund News
Photo Contest
CRFG Festival of Fruits

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Ask the Experts (Plant Pathology, Damson Plum, Miracle Fruit, Figs)
Book Reviews
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CRFG Kitchen (Relishes/Accompaniments)
CRFG Services and Chapters
Marketplace
Organic Gardening Q&A (Slugworms) President's Message
Publications & Merchandise List
Seed Bank
Vegetable Patch (Tips for July and August)