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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Finally getting back to normal after going to 2013 "Best of Both Worlds" conf. i
« on: October 13, 2013, 01:41:21 PM »
Back safe and sound from 2013 CRFG / HTFG conference in Ha., first off big thank's to Ken Love and all the folk's that helped put on Festival. Also up front must admit not much pic's back communication between wife w/camera. More folk's showed up for this festival than I thought would have gone. Most folks went on boat cruise we just got together with three other local CRFG chapter folk's anf went to two Is. Oahu and Big Is. of hawaii. Started with dinner reception that Kapiolani Community College put on WOW, they had many different meal stations set up with about 8 different courses all based on having tropical fruit used some way and it was the rave for the night. Chris Rollins gave a nice slide show talk on fruits of Florida. Next day was conference with Chris Rollins, Jim West, Roger Meyer, Joe Sabol Francis Zee giving talk's or break out sessions as they called them. Fruit tasting going on all day with a big eat the displayed fruit at the end.We got to taste big Hybrid Jack maybe from " Frankie's"had orange meat inside very sweet, salak , rambutan, longan ,etc. We got to talk with most folk's we see at these conf. To be cont. later!





Fruit layout @ Frankies

Mrkt. in Chinatown Honolulu

Hybrid Jackfruit ( Dwarf) Frankies

Durian @ Ranch Ken Love manages

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Atten CRFGer's New cold tolerant Mango's
« on: June 27, 2013, 11:52:01 PM »
The New CRFG mag. has a short with very little infor on Mango's developed for Southern Calif. area and like area's. Article written by a partner of Southern California Plant Breeders is all they tell you, they show a few named var. like  waxed mango,pineapple mango,mango #30,mango #12,mango #5. They say if you have Haass  avocado or lemon trees growing near you you can grow these!!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Some Pictures and a found first time fruit set!
« on: May 05, 2013, 07:50:44 PM »
Ok folk's some pic's to kinda show some of my plants because was to hot Friday to do much outside and a first time fruit set on Lucuma seedling. ;D




These two pic from G.H. looking at dragon fruit collection each pot different variety,pineapple,Rollinia deliciosa.




These two pic's show shade house outside of G.H. & Brown Turkey fig and Winter Banana Apple step over.


Hass and Reed Avocado on mexicola R.S. west side of house.
 



Looking North fuerte Avocado,Multi-grafted White Sapote,Surinam Cherries various seedling var.,red& yellow strawberry guava,on left is Rainbow W. Sapote multi-grafted.


Lindstrom Atemoya,Jabooticaba small,surinam cherry seedling "Lolita"

Jabo lower right, L. atemoya just pruned,and Seedling Lucuma "Inca Gold"


My big surprise my first lucuma to set on Inca gold seedling that was put in ground 02 and behind it another taller Lucuma seedling unknown planted -04 never set yet but has flowered for 4-yrs. That's a little of my 2.4 acres of planting over 34yrs. too bad I wasn't into fruiting sub-tropical & tropicals way back then but any way that's where I'm coming from enjoy! 8)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Phillippine pointed Canistel growing and graft's too
« on: April 30, 2013, 11:22:40 PM »
Here are some pictures of phillippine pointed Canistel growing all five that I got from Oscar. And some grafted sugar apple and behl-seedling Cherimoya grafted on jack Swords hardy Costa Rican Cherimoya rootstock.






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Tropical Fruit Discussion / As close as you can get to 'Fruit Hunters' movie
« on: March 05, 2013, 10:56:52 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_osOLHjr27w#ws

The Fruit Hunters - Part 2 - Defenders of Diversity
These are the two YouTube Videos of the show by David Suzuki 'The Nature of things' that has clips from the new Fruit Hunter Film.

Enjoy







Fixed the link.. (Thats Noel and Har in the foreground)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Arctic Freeze coming to California
« on: January 09, 2013, 11:58:36 PM »
I was hoping we weren't due for one this year but it's starting, damage we'll depend on duration. Here in Arroyo Grande, Ca. local weatherman has us down for the following, Thurs.- Wed. 1/10-1/16 with morning low's @ 30f,29f,27f,26f,23f,24f,25f. :'( Seems how things go out here you get your new trees up and going and then comes the arctic blast. :( Wishing the rest of the Cal. folk's here all the warmth you can muster. 8) :-* By the way high's for this coming week or so will range in the high 40's to mid 50's.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Any one growing "Razzlequat"
« on: December 05, 2012, 10:02:52 PM »
Is any one growing Razzlequat if so how does it taste? Sounds like a interesting natural hybrid citrus.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / California Rare Fruit Growers Festival of Fruit in Hawaii 2013
« on: November 25, 2012, 10:21:29 AM »
Here you go folks you can start saving now.
http://www.crfg.org/2013FoF/default.html 

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