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Tom Addison White Sapote:
A Fabulous Fruit for your Garden
Join CRFG White Sapote specialist Tom Addison as we go on a 'sapote safari.'
Botanical information, cultivation, and varieties of this rewarding fruit will
all be discussed.
Sam Benowitz Disease Resistant Apple Cultivars from Around the World
Sam Benowitz, who has owned and operated Raintree Nursery, located in Southwestern Washington, near Morton, for 33 years, will lead a discussion which encourages audience imput. He will talk about new
and existing cultivars and even apples not bred for disease resistance that have
proven to be disease resistant. He will discuss the financial and other problems
researchers and institutions are having, why they are having those problems, how
this affects NAFEXers and how we can help these
researchers.
Tom Burford Pips & Spitzs (or Apples of the Past)
What are these apples, where did they come from and why do many of them taste
so awful? The history, regionalism and popularity of so-called heirloom, antique,
uncommon, vintage or old-fashion apple varieties are examined historically and
sometimes irreverently. A brief history of the apple in America underlines Burford's
presentation.
Tom Burford Orchard
Planning & Planting
The basics of orchard layout, spacing, site selection, soils, rootstock and
variety selection. Edible landscaping with fruit trees and organic production
are also considered, and disease resistant apple varieties are emphasized. Reference
materials will be available.
Chef Jozseph The Apple
of His Eye: From Apples to Love Apples and Back Again
Jozseph Schultz has been a chutney on the Santa Cruz culinary landscape since
he opened India Joze in 1972. His eccentric, practical, high-intensity approach
to cooking draws upon and transforms diverse food practices through the long
history of food. He currently teaches at Cabrillo College and UCSC when not
performing at extraordinary culinary events.
Nancy Garrison Che,
Mulberries, Raspberries, and More
Nancy Garrison will make a Power Point presentation on her research
on blueberries and raspberries, and will discuss the growing of melon berry,
mulberries and currants in San Jose, California. She is retired from the UC
Cooperative Extension where she served as farm advisor, urban horticulturist
and Master Gardener program coordinator since 1980. She also directed the Master
Gardener research trials for fruits and vegetables.
Dr. Jules Janick Cupid and Psyche: Fables and Festoons
The stunning frescoes of the master Renaissance painter Raphael Sanzio
(1483-1520) illustrating the heavenly adventures of Cupid and Psyche
were painted to decorate the Roman Villa of the wealthy Sienese banker
Agostino Chigi from 1515 to 1517. Surrounding these panels are
festoons of fruit, flowers, and vegetables painted by Giovanni Martini
da Udine (1487-1564). The fabulous festoon paintings consist of almost
2000 images of fruits, flowers and vegetables and almost 200 species
including apple, pear, quince, medlar, citrus, pomegranate and figs.
Most important for the history of horticulture and agriculture is that
the festoons contain the first images of maize, squash, and beans from
the New World barely a quarter century after Columbus’ encounter with
the Americas. A deconstruction and collation of the images in the
festoon makes it possible to analyze the genetic diversity of
horticulture 500 years ago.
David Karp Greengage
Plums
David Karp will discuss and show slides from his visit to the Midi region of
Southern France, where he intensively researched with growers, shippers and
scientists the most delicious of all temperate fruits, the greengage plum. He
will relate up-to-date French knowledge of pollenizer varieties, a key to good
cropping. David writes about and photographs fruit for The New York Times and
Gourmet magazine.
Doron Kletter Citrus
Doron Kletter is the propagation chairperson for the Santa Clara Chapter of
CRFG and is very knowledgeable about new (and newly introduced) varieties of
citrus, especially those for the San Francisco Bay Area and along the coast.
Doron is an engineer with Xerox and holds several patents, unfortunately none
for citrus.
Dr. Craig Ledbetter Apricot
Variety Development with ARS in the San Joaquin Valley: Past, Present and Future
Dr. Craig Ledbetter of the Agricultural Research Service will be giving a talk
about apricot variety development in California. Craig is a research geneticist
at the ARS facility in Parlier, CA, and has been breeding apricots there for
the past 14 years.
Jim Maley Some Like
it Hot, Some do Not
Jim Maley will present 9 years of chili pepper research results for sweet to
hot varieties, as well as the background of Capsicum and interesting pod types.
The Power Point show includes methods of growing peppers and using them in savory
dishes. Actual pods and plants will available.
Andy Mariani Apricot
Culture
Andy Mariani will discuss apricot varieties, growth factors and cultural practices.
Andy sells an unusually varied selection of stone fruit, including many flavorful
heritage varieties not available elsewhere. Andy's well known orchard produces
artisan fruit—tree-ripened fruit—grown, harvested, and packaged with
special care to produce exceptional quality. Fruit tastings are open to the
public several times a year. Andy has been an active supporter of CRFG for many
years.
Roger Meyer Kiwis
This well known expert on tropical and subtropical fruit will discus his experiences
here and in other counties. Roger and his wife Shirley have been strong supporters
of CRFG for many years. Their commercial groves and nursery are popular with
the public, CRFG and NAFEX folks looking for that perfect tree ripened fruit
or unusual plant.
Joseph Postman Shipova
and Other Intergeneric Hybrids
Joseph Postman is the curator for pears and minor pome fruits at the USDA-ARS
Clonal Germplasm Repository at Corvallis, Oregon. Within the pome fruits are
a number of what might be considered deviant hybrids between different genera.
Joseph will discuss the history and characteristics of some of these odd hybrids
between pear and mountain ash (Pyrus x Sorbus), pear and quince (Pyrus x Cydonia)
and assorted other promiscuous relationships among Sorbus, Mespilus, Amelanchier,
Crataegus, Malus and Aronia. If we're lucky, he may have fruit available for
tasting.
Dr. Bob Raabe My Fruit
Tree Has WHAT!!
Dr. Raabe, well known expert and a favorite speaker on plant diseases, will discuss
what strikes fruit trees, how to recognize various diseases and what, if anything,
can be done to slow or cure the problem. His monthly public plant clinics at
University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley are famous for the quality
of detective work and his narration of the process of diagnosis.
Jim Rider Growing Apples
Where the Winters are Warm and the Summers are Cool
Jim will cover new varieties, old varieties, production, pest control, pruning,
and planting systems. He has been an active supporter of CRFG activities for
many years.
Todd Rosenstock Reconstructing
Afghanistan Grape Orchards
Todd Rosenstock, UC Davis Pomology, will talk of the problems and successes
of reconstructing vineyards in a war-torn land.
Joe Sabol Apple Grafting
101
Joe Sabol will demonstrate the basic cleft graft as modified
for teaching hundreds of high school students to graft apple trees. Safety and
proper care of the knife will be stressed. "After care" of the grafted tree
will be covered, as well as sources of rootstock and other grafting supplies.
Patrick Schafer The
Uncommon Exotic Fruit, Loquats
Loquats can be grown in virtually all California gardens but seldom are. The
quality of the fruit and its ease of production on a handsome tree begs for
an answer—why not? Capitalism? Patrick Schafer grows many named varieties
and selected seedlings of loquats in a colder climate than most in CRFG. He
is also an expert on other fruits, including unusual figs.
Dennis Sharmahd Butia
Palm (Jelly Palm)
Dennis Sharmahd successfully selected several varieties of this palm. He will
discuss growing Jelly Palms and may have some ripe fruit as well as a number
of seedlings.
Tom Spellman & Ed Laivo Tantalizing
Tasty Tidbits and the Future of Stone Fruit
A Power Point presentation from the Dave Wilson Nursery—the Tom and Ed
Show.
Dr. Maxine Thompson Haskap
(Japanese Blue Honeysuckle): A Potential New Berry Crop
Haskap, an edible-fruited blue honeysuckle species, was introduced into Oregon
in 2000 for trial as a potential new berry crop. Since then, several thousand
seedlings have been evaluated and a breeding program was initiated in 2003 to
develop superior cultivars.
Rick Walker Plant Tissue
Culture in the Kitchen Lab
Rick Walker says that tissue culturing (TC) is a modern way of propagating plants
by growing them in sterile media. TC is often considered a high-tech lab procedure,
but it can be easily done at home. He will present the basics of Tissue Culture,
describing a simple home setup.
Duane Wieden Persimmons
During his first eighteen years, Duane Wieden grew up at the South Coast Field Station, where he came to love and relish "heaven's bounty" from the vast selection of fruiting trees. When later in life Duane tried to purchase some of the unique varieties of his favorite fruit - the Oriental Persimmon - with which he had grown up, he found that not only were many of those varieties not commercially available but also that little real knowledge about this unique fruit is recorded. Consequently, for the past three years, the speaker has photographed, tasted and reviewed oriental Persimmon varieties that exist in California in order to publish a book on the subject. He has consolidates his notes to share, in the brief time available, some of his preliminary findings for lovers of Diospyros Kaki - Fruit of the Gods.