Volume 31, No. 5 - September/October 1999

Using Grapes, Part II

Lon Rombough focuses on making juice and provides a useful chart evaluating varieties' adaptability to mechanical juicing methods

The Role of Pollination in Lychee Fruit Production

Dr. Eric H. Erickson and Anita Atmowidjojo make preliminary recommendations on honey-bee management strategies for lychee pollination

Dave Wilson Fruit Tastings: A Delicious Tradition

Want some opinions on apples and stone fruit? Read this report by Larry Shore and George Quesada

Australian Finger Lime Moves Into the Spotlight

This reprint from Australian Horticulture reports on the first commercial release of ‘Rainforest Pearl' and even gives some culinary uses

First Reports on the 1999 Festival of Fruit

Three talks from the August meeting and a tour are reported:

• Plant Pathologist Robert Raabe discusses some of the more common diseases of fruit and nut plants
• Kiwi expert Roger Meyer tells how to participate in a foreign grower-exchange program
• Keynote speaker Lon Rombough details the wonderful range of grape growing
• A few pictures of Florence's Garden, one of the Festival tours

Reflections on the Cherimoya

A six-pound cherimoya with only a half-dozen seeds? Edgar Valdivia says yes in words and a picture

California Tree Crop Problems

Neal Kinsey gives us a glimpse of the Albrecht Method of Feeding and Balancing the Soil, a five-day course sponsored by The Center For Living In Harmony

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