Volume 30, No. 3 - May/Jun 1998

The Popenoe Plot

Frederick Popenoe's contribution to California date culture is recognized in excerpts from Mountain Views sent in by member Rosslyn Lawson

Papayas for Southern California

The lowdown on what to grow and what to expect by Robert Wenski
Also, a sidebar on blasting papaya pests from the Agricultural Research Service, USDA

In Praise of Fruit Bats, Part I

If you feared and loathed bats before, you will sing their virtues after reading what Alice Ramirez found out

Fruit Thinning Redux

While pruning is a fairly common practice, fruit thinning is not - although it is important if you want good-size fruit, writes Eph Konigsberg

Creating a Citrus Cocktail Tree

Who says you don't have room for many citrus? Warren Fauth has 26 varieties on a single tree

Some Thoughts about the Cultivar

We use the term "cultivar" loosely, but Prof. C.A. Schroeder tells us what the word really conveys

Vanilla planifolia -- Common Name: Bourbon Vanilla

From Germany comes this report by Steffen Reichel on how he grows and processes vanilla

CRFG News

1998 Festival of Fruit

Board Actions

Development Fund News

Second Annual Fruit Shoot

Release of Claims

Fruit Specialists List

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