Volume 29, No. 6 - November/December 1997

Origin of the 'Selma' Cherimoya

Paul Thomson relates the origin of this cherimoya and how it got its name

Remembering the 1997 Festival of Fruit

Excerpts from handouts and talks by Desmond R. Layne on pawpaws, Bob Hornback on Burbank's experiments in cactus breeding, and Andy Mariani on stone fruits for milder climates*

New Citrus Varieties for California

Dr. Tracy L. Kahn and Ottillia Bier report on the breeding program of the Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside

It Isn't Exactly Eden

Allison Yerger and Dick Gross tell how the Subtropical Demonstration Garden in Phoenix got started

Import/Export Regulations for Horticultural Germplasm

The intricacies of importing seeds and vegetative materials are explained by George White, National Clonal Germplasm Depository at Davis

News Notes from a New Zealand Nursery

Four tricks for improving your plants from Bernard King

Drying Persimmons the Old-Fashioned Way

Mits Kawahara tells how to dry persimmons without an electric dehydrator

Horticultural Air Defense

To keep the birds from sampling your fruit, you may need an active means of intimidation, writes Herbert Baehre

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