Apricots! A Rare Fruit Growers Meeting

Meeting is in Palm Room.

Apricots with Craig Ledbetter, a research geneticist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service. Dr. Ledbetter develops new varieties of apricots in addition to being an expert at crop pests and diseases.

Founded in 1968, the California Rare Fruit Growers (CRFG) is the largest amateur fruit-growing organization in the world. Its membership includes nationally recognized botanical gardens and noted international horticultural researchers, as well as hobbyists, commercial growers and representatives from institutions of higher learning. The members of twenty-one chapters and individual members reside in 48 states and territories of the United States, but the membership encompasses over 35 countries worldwide.

Although oriented toward the environmentally sound culture of any and all edible plants in the home landscape, CRFG is focused on species not native to nor grown commercially in any given area. Its mission is to share knowledge acquired from its activities with home growers in particular and with anyone else in the world having an interest in edible plant cultivation.