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MRFC Articles: March 2015
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Articles written by Darryl McCullough. Sunday, March 29, 2015. A Passion for Fruit. This month's MRFC meeting on April 13 is not to be missed. Besides my always-exciting Treasurer's report, we will hear Noris Ledesma, Curator of Tropical Fruit at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Homestead. There's lots more in the TFN spread. We'll have two copies available at the meeting for those who would like to read the full interview. I'm really looking forward to hearing Noris speak to our club. If you...
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Palm Beach Chapter of The Rare Fruit Council International, Inc. - Fruit Council Links
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RFC Market Place Directory. Brevard Rare Fruit Council. California Rare Fruit Growers Inc. Caloosa Rare Fruit Exchange. Collier Fruit Growers, INC. Florida State Horticultural Society. Manasota Chapter of FL Grape Growers Association. Manatee Rare Fruit Council. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. Miami Rare Fruit Council International,Inc. Palma Sola Botanical Park. Rare Fruit and Vegetable Council of Broward County. Sarasota Fruit and Nut Society. The Fruit and Spice Park. Treasure Coast Rare Fruit Club.
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MRFC Articles: May 2015
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Articles written by Darryl McCullough. Sunday, May 31, 2015. In Florida we don't get to grow cherries, but as commpensation we can grow a great many cherrylike fruits. Many of these are in the Eugenia family. We're fortunate to have a real Eugenia expert, Ray Jones, as one of our club's most dedicated members. Maybe it's from him that I'm acquiring an urge to collect them. On the negative side, the fruit is best if it fully ripens on the tree, and Adam reports that the birds in his neighborhood haven't b...
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MRFC Articles: MangoFesting
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Articles written by Darryl McCullough. Sunday, August 2, 2015. It was a hit a year ago, so we scheduled it again. The Tropical Fruit Society of Sarasota's July meeting was its Second Annual MangoFest, featuring a mango tasting organized in part by your humble blogger. I wouldn't disagree with the outcome, based on the samples. It's early in the season for Keitt's, and late for Carrie's. Neither of these favorites ripened very well, and I almost didn't take them to the meeting. The Mallika's a...The aucti...
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MRFC Articles: April 2015
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Articles written by Darryl McCullough. Sunday, April 26, 2015. Beating the Blueberry Blues. Various acquaintances told me about concoctions of strong flavors that would supposedly repel the marauders, and I toyed with buying a commercial product that supposedly intimidates them with the smell of animal blood. But I figured that anyone who had really found an effective repellent would have made enough to buy out Apple, Microsoft, Google, Walmart, and several small countries by now. So what to do? But Apri...
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Palm Beach Chapter of The Rare Fruit Council International, Inc. - Informational Links
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RFC Market Place Directory. Brevard Rare Fruit Council. California Rare Fruit Growers Inc. Caloosa Rare Fruit Exchange. Collier Fruit Growers, INC. Florida State Horticultural Society. Hawaii Fruit - Ken Love. Manasota Chapter of FL Grape Growers Association. Manatee Rare Fruit Council. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. Miami Rare Fruit Council International,Inc. Palma Sola Botanical Park. Rare Fruit and Vegetable Council of Broward County. Sarasota Fruit and Nut Society. The Fruit and Spice Park.
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Clubs
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Hosted by growables.org. Suncoast Tropical Fruit and Vegetable Club, Inc. Englewood , Nokomis, North Port, Osprey, Port Charlotte, Sarasota, Venice. Extensive gardening resources, programs, list of Societies, Clubs and Organizations. Bonita Springs Tropical Fruit Club. Brevard Rare Fruit Council. Central Florida Fruit Society. Collier Fruit Growers, Inc. Fort Myers, Florida. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. 10901 Old Cutler Road Coral Gables, FL 33156. Florida Wine and Grape Growers Ass. Palmetto, Flor...
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Tropical Fruit Club: USEFUL FRUIT LINKS
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Tropical Fruit Club of Central Florida meets the third Monday of every month at Leu Gardens. Meeting starts at 7 pm. Every meeting features a speaker, tasting table, and plant raffle. Please join us at the next meeting! Brevard Rare Fruit Council. Rare Fruit and Vegetable Council of Broward County. Tampa Bay Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International. Sarasota Fruit and Nut Society. The name says it all! Manatee Rare Fruit Council. Manatee Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International.
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MRFC Articles: The Man From Manhattan
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Articles written by Darryl McCullough. Sunday, July 5, 2015. The Man From Manhattan. I hardly knew that almost three decades later, I would be writing about a man from Manhattan, David Fairchild. His father was professor of botany and later president of Kanasa State, and young David grew up surrounded by scientists and scholars. He completed Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the university before leaving for the wider world. Fairchild had a much smaller role in his namesake Fairchild Tropical Botanic Ga...
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MRFC Articles: July 2015
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Articles written by Darryl McCullough. Sunday, July 26, 2015. Let's talk about Coconut Cream, one of a slew of mango varieties to emerge from Walter Zill in Boynton Beach. I've had one in the ground since August, 2013. I stripped its fruit and tipped it the past two seasons, but by the end of this summer it should be my height with close to a 2-inch trunk, so I hope for production next season. The next poster on the thread quipped: But did you like it? When I first tried the CC mango, it smelled heavenly...
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