Re: Dragon Fruit
The Los Angeles Chapter of the
California Rare Fruit Growers
Welcomes You To The
2010 Festival Of Fruit
In Cal Poly Pomona
3801 W. Temple Ave. Bldg 35 Pomona, CA
Main Event Date: 8/14/2010
Celebrating The Year Of the Pitahaya
The Main Events of Saturday, August 14th, 2010 will be held at
The Bronco Student Center Of Cal Poly Pomona
3801 W. Temple Ave. Bldg. 35 Pomona, Ca. 91768
Parking Permits are required,
and will be provided for parking Area C to those arriving before 9:00AM
by CRFG Volunteeers at the parking entrance.
2010 Festival Of Fruit Registration
You have 2 advance registration options:
1) Register Online and pay using PayPal
2) Print the registration form and mail it with a check.
Please Mail in a Separate Form for each attendee.
If you are not a member of CRFG, we also invite you to
join our organization and also join our Los Angeles chapter,
however membership is not required in order to attend this event
FESTIVAL OF FRUIT 2010 Speakers
(Saturday August 14th)
Click on underlined names for biography
This list of speakers is subject to change
Joe Real Fruit Wine Making 101
Charles Portney 29 Years of Amateur Blueberry Growing in So.Cal
Jeff Moersfelder Pomegranates: Vegetative Propagation and an Overview of the
USDA – Davis, National Clonal Germplasm Repository Collection
Bob Hornback A Very Sticky Business: Luther Burbank and His Spineless Cacti
David Karp Frontiers of Fruit
Marita Cantwell Post-Harvest Management Of Pitahayas
Tom del Hotal Eugenias
Joe Sabol Grafting: Hands-On
Greg Partida Fruit Trees: Problems and Solutions
Tom Spellman Best Stone Fruits
Tracy Kahn UCR Citrus Variety Collections And Diversity
Rose Hayden-Smith From Victory Gardens to Urban Agriculture:
Join the Garden Revolution
Ken Love (Keynote) Fruit for the future
Ken Love (Dinner) Sharing Our Fruit Passions
Ramiro Lobo Pitahayas
Roger Meyer Jujubes
Beverly Alfeld Canning And Preserving Fruit
Dario Grossberger Cherimoyas
Gray Martin Pitahayas/Dragonfruit For The Future
C.Todd Kennedy Low Chill Fruits for Southern California
Axel Kratel Rare And Unusual Apples from the Tropics to the North Pole
Julie Frink Avocados
Norman C. Ellstrand Genetic Engineering Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Trees
Bernard Prins Grapes
Doug Fieri Importance of Honey Bees
FESTIVAL OF FRUIT 2010 Speakers
(Saturday August 14th)
Click on underlined names for biography
This list of speakers is subject to change
Joe Real Fruit Wine Making 101
Charles Portney 29 Years of Amateur Blueberry Growing in So.Cal
Jeff Moersfelder Pomegranates: Vegetative Propagation and an Overview of the
USDA – Davis, National Clonal Germplasm Repository Collection
Bob Hornback A Very Sticky Business: Luther Burbank and His Spineless Cacti
David Karp Frontiers of Fruit
Marita Cantwell Post-Harvest Management Of Pitahayas
Tom del Hotal Eugenias
Joe Sabol Grafting: Hands-On
Greg Partida Fruit Trees: Problems and Solutions
Tom Spellman Best Stone Fruits
Tracy Kahn UCR Citrus Variety Collections And Diversity
Rose Hayden-Smith From Victory Gardens to Urban Agriculture:
Join the Garden Revolution
Ken Love (Keynote) Fruit for the future
Ken Love (Dinner) Sharing Our Fruit Passions
Ramiro Lobo Pitahayas
Roger Meyer Jujubes
Beverly Alfeld Canning And Preserving Fruit
Dario Grossberger Cherimoyas
Gray Martin Pitahayas/Dragonfruit For The Future
C.Todd Kennedy Low Chill Fruits for Southern California
Axel Kratel Rare And Unusual Apples from the Tropics to the North Pole
Julie Frink Avocados
Norman C. Ellstrand Genetic Engineering Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Trees
Bernard Prins Grapes
Doug Fieri Importance of Honey Bees
Confirmed Tours:
Date: Time Tour
Thursday, August 12, 2010 9:00-12:00 PM South Coast Field Station
Thursday, August 12, 2010 9:00-12:00 PM Ed And Pat Valdivia
Thursday, August 12, 2010 9:00-11:00 AM Don Winterstein
Friday, August 13, 2010 9:00-11:00 AM Melissa's (Tour Closed)
Friday, August 13, 2010 10:00- 1:00 PM Huntington Gardens
Friday, August 13, 2010 1:00- 2:00 PM Center for Regenerative Studies
Friday, August 13, 2010 2:30- 3:30 PM Pitahaya Plantation
Saturday, August 14, 2010 All Day Speakers & Other Events
Sunday, August 15, 2010 9:00-11:00 AM Elk Creek Ranch
Sunday, August 15, 2010 9:00-12:00 PM Fullerton Arboretum
FESTIVAL OF FRUIT 2010 Plant Sales
(Saturday August 14th)
This list of participants is subject to change
If you wish to participate in Plant Sales at the 2010 Festival of Fruit, please notify Edgar Valdivia
We will also need the following:
1) The name of the Vendor (or business)
2) The vendor's mailing address
3) The vendor's email address
4) A list of what the vendor will be selling.
5) A $50 fee for insurance that CRFG must purchase for the vendors
6) The vendor's registration in the Festival of Fruit
(this can be done separately, on-line or it can be included with the above)
The registration fee is $35 without meals plus any optional fees for meals:
$10 to include lunch, $20 to include dinner, or $30 to include both meals.
Print the registration form or register online here.
Both methods allow you to specify the types of meals that you wish to have included (if any).
We will need all this information with payment by July 31st-that is when we will close all vendor participation.
Make out the check payable to: CRFG-LA Chapter and
mail to K. Payton
22275 Dardenne St.
Calabasas, CA 91302-5869
Papaya Tree Nursery
The Arboreum Company Growers of finest varieties of backyard fruits available as bare root trees.
Roger Meyer
Encanto Farms
Elk Creek Ranch
Southern Sun Seeds
Ken Love Posters
Beverly Alfeld Books related to cooking, caning and preserving
Exotica Nursery
Instructions To Plant Sales Participants:
On the day of the Festival everyone will be parking in Lot C. Someone will be working
at the booth to hand out tickets and give directions. The Plant Sales Participants will
go to parking lot C and when they get to the booth they should tell the person at the
gate (by the unloading zone) that they are a plant sales participant to be let through
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