Volume 31, No. 2 - March/April 1999

What All Growers Should Know About Mycorrhizal Fungi

Don Chapman, president of Bio/Organics Supply Center, Inc., gives useful advice on this alternative to chemicals

The Decline of a Golden Era (or, Where Have All the Apricots Gone?)

Master Gardener Warren Bowen traces the decline in apricot production in California in recent years

Returning to Grapes: the Labruscas

C. Todd Kennedy brings us the second part of an introduction to the Fruit of the Year

The Limonaias of Lake Garda

Steffen Reichel and C. Todd Kennedy tell the story of the artificial culture of citrus in Europe

Introducing Vitta, a New Dwarf Lemon

M.G. Alvidse and M.I. Harchilava report on a little-known commercial district of the far north

Mango Orchards Defy the Desert

It takes special techniques and lots of water to grow mangos in the Coachella Valley, reports Russ Glastetter

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Member Nurseries and Fruit Sources
Third Annual Fruit Shoot

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