Fruit Growing Information

• Pear Tasting Notes 2023 by David Ulmer
• Cleft Grafting Demo by David Ulmer
• Whip and Tongue Grafting Demo by David Ulmer
• Pear Talk Video by David Ulmer
• Fireblight Information from UC Davis
• David Ulmer’s Fireblight-Resistant Pear Cultivars 2020
• David Ulmer’s 2016 Pear Fireblight Report
• List of Local Apples with Ripening Dates, Uses and Reviews
• Sonoma Napa Orchard and Berry Gardening Calendars by our local Farm Advisor Paul Vossen can be found by clicking here
• Incredible Sonoma County fruit and vegetable info including photos, planting and ripening times, and pest management by Paul Vossen can be found by clicking here
• Citrus Growing & Grafting Handouts which can be downloaded in pdf form. (3MB file)
• List of fruit you can grow in the SF Bay Area
• Pomegranate Ratings
• Figs and Jujubes for cooler Bay Area climates
• Identifying Italian “numbered figs” in the Bay Area esp. Prusch Park scions
• Grapes for cooler Bay Area climates
• Berries for the Bay Area
• Fruit Ripening Times in the Bay Area
• Cold Tolerance Guide for Fruit
• Favorite Fruit Trees for Ocean Influence (fog) zones
• Burbank Gold Ridge Experiment Farm hosts our espalier apple fence, being a source of scions, allowing us to use their park for meetings, and doing their own work to propogate and retain heritage trees and plants.
• Video tour and history of Luther Burbank’s Gold Ridge Experiment Farm
• How to deer-proof your little trees
• Patents info
• Trademarked plant names often confuse the original name of a plant variety. They are being used for marketing the same variety with a more appealing name with which to sell them.
• CRFG Prize-Winning Fruit Photos (search keyword CRFG)
• The Helpful Gardener Forum is a friendly online community
• US Drought Monitor

More Fruit Growing Information

• CRFG organization
• North American Fruit Explorers (NAFEX)
• Home Orchard Society
• UC Fruit and Nut Research and Information Center
• Leo Manuel’s Rare Fruit Online
• Pawpaw Information
• UK Passiflora Site
• California Backyard Orchard

Gardening Information

• The Garden Web
• Urban Agriculture Notes
• Sunset Magazine
• The Pollination Page
• Bat Conservation International

Commercial Sites

• Four Winds Citrus Site
• Bay Laurel Nursery
• Trees of Antiquity, successors to Sonoma Antique Apple Nursery
• Raintree Nursery
• One Green World
• Pacific Coast Tropical Gardens (A Hawaii seed source) 
• Organic Cherimoyas
• The Seedman Website
• The Territorial Seed Company
• Forever In Bloom Seeds
• DaveWilson Nursery
• C&O Nursery
• Phoenix Tropical Gardens