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I’m interested in old Fruit Gardener issues.

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We should do one of these “orchard happenings” threads every month so we can look back later to read what was happening at the time.

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Khaled, I’m a member of TFF but I haven’t been very active there for the last 2 years.
I didn’t go to the taste testing, but I do like the Lucida variety. It was the winner at the 2nd taste testing. Those first few years were when the fruits all tasted great.
What varieties do you like?
I’m interested to know how your graft works. Would you have any cherimoya rootstocks that you could bring to the demo? I’m doing basically a side cleft graft.

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Thank you very much for reporting on the tasting. I heard the same thing from other participants. These are supposed to be very good varieties, except the Oxhart which is a milder version of El Bumpo. Not as bumpy and not as flavorful.

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The screc.ucanr.edu site is reflecting the updated Jan 25 date for the tasting now.

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I heard from the Foothill Chapter that it’s postponed for a week since the rain prevented them from picking the fruits. There’s no new date posted on the screw.ucanr.edu site so we’ll have to wait and see.

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