Volume 30, No. 4 - July/August 1998

In Praise of Fruit Bats, Part II

Alice Ramirez gathers some basic facts about bats and chooses to illustrate the straightforward information with the artistic help of two eight-year-olds

A Tale of Corn and Clorox

Ralph Riddle summarizes a Washington Post story on extending the shelf life of fresh corn

A Puzzling Botanical Question

Glenn Young ponders the phenomenon of scions that overgrow their host stock and invites your observations on the matter

Lucuma: Fruit of the Andes

Edgar Valdivia touts the joys of growing (and eating) this fruit of his native Peru, and has pictures to prove it

A Promising Fruit: Lucuma obovata

Alfredo and Phyllis Chiri give us a succinct but detailed rundown on how to grow this unusual fruit

Brave New Fruits: An Introduction to Transgenics

Scientists are breeding pest resistance and improved plant quality into crops with fascinating results, writes Gerald Kinro

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Festival of Fruit Registration Form

1998 Festival of Fruit Program

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