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2012 Festival Of Fruit
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The California Rare Fruit Growers 2012 Festival of Fruit is tenatively scheduled to be in Santa Rosa, CA this year. Please keep checking the Festival of Fruit web site www.FestivalOfFruit.org for updated information.
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CRFG Links
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California Rare Fruit Growers main website.
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CRFG Yahoo Group Board for posting messages to the general membership.
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Our sister chapter to the South.
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Orange County CRFG
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Los Angeles CRFG
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South Bay LA CRFG
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Central Coast CRFG
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Golden Gate CRFG
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Santa Clara Valley CRFG
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Redwood Empire CRFG
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Arizona CRFG
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CRFG Facebook group
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Nurseries/Supplies
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Always check the rating of a nursery here first before you order from them!
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Decidous and subtropical fruit trees. Gives a discount to chapter members.
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Specializes in Myrtaceae and other hard to find fruiting plants.
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Family owned & operated for over twenty years, we supply the best varieties of fruit trees for growing in Southern California, plus the knowledge to help them thrive in your home garden.
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Grangetto's Farm and Garden Supply serves San Diego growers, Gardeners and landscapers. Locations in Escondido, Fallbrook, Encinitas, Valley Center.
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Buy fruit trees online from Bay Laurel Nursery Fruit Trees Online - hundreds of unusual and top quality bare root fruit trees.
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A tropical plant seed, botanical soap, and handmade candle retailer.
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High quality grafted varieties of pawpaw trees (Asimina triloba, Annonaceae) for sale through mail order nursery business, patented pawpaw cultivars by Neal Peterson.
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Producer and distributor of beneficial insects and other natural organisms for biological, organic pest control. Sole Distributor of d-vac insect monitoring and agricultural biocontrol application equipment. Pesticide free, 100% non-toxic pest control
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Free Organic Seeds with Every Order! Since 1976 we've supplied organic gardeners & farmers with garden supplies at very competitive prices.
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Organic farm and garden supplies.
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Sells apricot, jujube and pomegranate fruit trees.
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Nursery in Davis, California ran by San Diego native, Don Shor. Great articles on fruit tree care.
Also home of the "Davis Garden Show" podcast.
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Grower and distributor of high quality fruit trees, berries, nuts, roses, flowering and shade trees, since 1816.
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Raintree selects fruit varieties for flavor and ease of growing with over 800 cultivars for the American Gardener, shipped directly to your home since 1972!
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CRFG member and nursery owner Jon Verdick's website.
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Orchard Valley Supply has all the Vineyard, Orchard and Trellis Supplies you need for the vineyard in addition to Winemaking Equipment, Earth Anchors, and Wildlife Control Products such as bird netting and deer fencing supplies.
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Part of our mission at Kuffel Creek Apple Nursery is to test apple varieties in our warm climate where citrus is the traditional crop. We have found this to be absolutely necessary as even though growers in other areas have given us their recommendations, nothing can replace actual testing. Place of origin or region of current cultivation are not reliable indicators of how an apple variety will do here. Our initial successes indicate that many, many more varieties than once thought are well suited to our climate of hot summers and warm winters.
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Varieties of bareroot fruit trees not available anywhere else
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Sells dragon fruit plants, cuttings and fruit.
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At Agri Service, Inc., we are dedicated to serving the environment from regional to individual levels by reducing landfill waste, creating beneficial soil amendments, remaining informed of the most up-to-date industry standards and sharing this knowledge with our customers and the community.
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Organizations
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The temperate equivalent of CRFG.
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Seed Savers Exchange is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds. Since 1975, our members have been passing on our garden heritage by collecting and distributing thousands of samples of rare garden seeds to other gardeners.
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One of the least-known treasure troves of information in San Diego County is that over two hundred Master Gardeners provide home gardening and pest control information throughout the county, FREE to the public.
Master Gardeners are volunteers trained and supervised by the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE).
The mission of the UCCE is to conduct research on new pests and issues affecting the county, and to provide research based information to the public. The county of San Diego provides support for the local UCCE office which is known as the Farm and Home Advisor Department.
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San Diego Food Not Lawns is a grassroots group based in San Diego, California (USA) and focused on "cultivating an edible future" and working together to offer information, facilitate communication, and otherwise act and effect local change regarding a variety of food and land related issues. These include food security; sustainable agriculture; GE's (genetically engineered) and commercial food production; environmental and social justice; farm workers and border issues; land access; water; reducing our ecological footprint; feeding the hungry; reclaiming space; and certainly, creating local food systems.
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Fuyu persimmon growers association.
Update: Association is now defunct but there is still some good information about persimmons on their old website.
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California Avocado Industry: production research, crop, pest and water updates.
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Provides Access to Cultural, Marketing, Resarch and Governmental Issues for Growers in the Business of Raising Avocados, since 1915.
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Home Orchard Society, Growing Good Fruit At Home. Articles, forums, and other resources for home orchardists. Tips for you home orchard & garden. HOS is a nonprofit educational organization.
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Rare Fruit Society of South Australia is an amateur organisation of fruit tree growers who preserve heritage varieties, explore climate limitations and study propagation, pruning and grafting techniques.
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Tampa Bay chapter of the Rare Fruit International Council.
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Information about rare fruit - exotic tropical fruits and rare vegetables from all over the world. Includes recipes, book reviews, site reviews and original articles about rare fruit and vegetables
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Excellent Information for Fruit Growers.
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San Diego Roots was formed to strengthen the local food movement in the San Diego region and to create a sustainable urban-rural partnership that brings healthy local food to our communities and sustains the working landscapes and people that feed us.
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Miscellaneous
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Longtime CRFG member Leo Manuel's world famous Rare Fruit newsletter.
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Subtropical/Tropical fruiting plants message board.
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The Mulch is your free gardening resource for personalized plant care. Tell us what plants you have in, where you live and we'll create monthly plant care reminders for you, visit our home page for details. The Mulch is an independent gardening community where everything revolves around you and your plants. The Mulch brings gardening experts and everyday gardeners together to share information and make your garden more successful in a new and unbiased way. We invite you to join (it's Free) and start using our proprietary plant care sharing system. New Feature: Tell Us Three Plants You Have, What Zone You're In, and We'll Make Monthly Plant Care Reminders For You for Free!
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The platform for thoughts and ideas about avocado culture, which links the international avocado community through shared knowledge and experience.
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Fruit enthusiast writes about his love of fruits and fruit breeding.
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Information from CalRecycle on organic waste management topics such as compost and mulch, grasscycling, green waste management, and food waste management. Includes information for farmers/growers, landscapers, home gardeners, procurement staff, and local government waste management staff.
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ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization) is dedicated to fighting world hunger through innovative options, agricultural training and networking with community leaders and missionaries in developing countries. ECHO seeks to find sustainable options for families growing food under difficult conditions.
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USDA guide to plant families.
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Lots of good information about growing fruits and vegetables. Geared towards Australian conditions but a lot of good information that applies to us as well.
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Edible San Diego, celebrating the abundance of local food in the San Diego community, season by season.
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Matthew Shugart's fruit blog.
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Welcome
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About California Rare Fruit Growers
Our parent non-profit organization, founded in 1968, is made up of amateur and professional fruit growers. There are 17 chapters located in California, Arizona, Nevada and Texas. We share information about the propagation and growing of common and rare varieties of fruit. The group also exchanges plant material and assists commercial entities and researchers in the evaluation of new varieties of fruit. We produce a bi-monthly magazine called “The Fruit Gardener” which contains valuable information about fruit gardening. Each year the chapters get together for a “Festival Of Fruit” conference. Each chapter has many activities, guest speakers, fruit tastings, plant sales and field trips related to the growing of fruit.
Our Chapter Information
Membership is open to anyone interested in fruit gardening. Benefits include talks by leading horticulturists, discounts at local nurseries, free mulch, fruit tastings, field trips, monthly newsletters, member garden tours, picnics/parties, and more!
Joining
Chapter dues are $10/yr email ($15/yr mail). Membership in the parent organization is also required. You can join the parent organization by clicking on the link to the right. Join CRFG.
Meeting Information
The North San Diego County Chapter meets on the third Friday of the month, 7:00 pm at MiraCosta College, Student Center room 3450, One Barnard Drive, Oceanside. Parking is in lot 3B and no permit is required during meeting times. Check the calendar below for current meeting details.
MiraCosta College Campus Map
MiraCosta College Location
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Chapter Events
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Start Date/Time:
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Saturday, February 11, 2012 8:30 AM
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End Date/Time:
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Saturday, February 11, 2012 12:00 PM
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Work Party
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San Diego Botanic Garden
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Come help make the SDBG Subtropical Fruit Garden look great, then tour and see how things are growing! Last year at this time, it was the Guavas – so many that they were falling on the ground!
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Photos Of Club Activities
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Backyard Garden Tour
 Annual Scion Exchange
 Sampling Blueberries
 Holiday Party
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Officers & Contact Information
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Chair| Name:
| | Cory Krell | | PhoneNumber:
| | (760) 563-2734 | | | |
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Ex-Officio Chair/Webmaster| Name:
| | Ben Pierce | | EmailAddress:
| | ncsdcrfg@cox.net | | | |
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Vice-Chair/Programs| Name:
| | Diego Footer | | PhoneNumber:
| | (760) 542-8133 | | EmailAddress:
| | diego.crfg@yahoo.com | | | |
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Chapter Fundraiser
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Moon Phase
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Weather
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Weather for San Diego cities.
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Art & Dottie Logan's weather station.
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Accumulated chill hours for San Diego county.
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Detailed map of San Diego County's micro-climate zones.
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Feedback
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Urban Farm Magazine
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