Western Cascade Fruit Society

This Society is formed to bring together people who will promote the science, cultivation and pleasure of growing fruit bearing trees, shrubs, vines and berry plants in the home landscape for the purposes of providing the public with the knowledge and ability to cultivate their own fruit-bearing trees, shrubs, vines, and berries, encouraging and supporting formation of local chapters in geographical areas of Western Washington, disseminating information to its members and the general public through the use of fruit shows, orchard tours, meetings, seminars, workshops, publications and other forms of media, and giving financial and other support to fruit research organizations.

Are you a Member or Master Gardener with information you think would be of interest to Western Washington fruit growers? We are looking for contributors. Then please contact the web administrator by clicking on this link or emailing to web_administrator@wcfs.org with your submission or for more information about submitting online.

[ May 10, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Peninsula Fruit Club’s next meeting will be Thursday, May 10, at the Sheridan Community Center, 680 Lebo Blvd., Bremerton at 7 pm.  Lowell Dietz from Sequim http://dietzfarm.com/ will be teaching us about mushrooms and will have mushroom kits available for purchase.  Our May meeting is also our annual member plant sale fund raiser.  If you [...]

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[ May 10, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Snohomish County Fruit Society (SCFS) will hold their next meeting on Thursday, May 10th at 7-9pm in the Snohomish Library.  “Managing Pests in Fruit Trees” will be presented by Ingela Wanerstrand, a member of the Seattle Tree Fruit Society and the owner of Green Darner Garden Design, specializing in edible garden design. She has many [...]

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A Members only event. We will meet at Lowell Cordas’s home orchard and he will show us how he has trained his trees for fruit production in limited space. Some of the techniques he is using include solax, espalier and others. If you are a member you will be sent directions to his house and [...]

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[ April 12, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Snohomish County Fruit Society (SCFS) will hold their next meeting on Thursday, April 12th at 7-9pm in the Snohomish Library.  “Growing Kiwis in the Northwest” will be presented by Hildegaard Hendrickson, a member of the Seattle Tree Fruit Society, with over 25 years of experience in growing kiwis. The NEW Snohomish County Fruit Society (SCFS) [...]

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[ May 1, 2012; 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] Tuesday, May 1, 2012  With Jenny Glass, Plant Diagnostician, WSU Puyallup Plant & Insect Diagnostic Laboratory.

Adventures with Tree Fruit Problems

Summary:  This talk will focus on diagnostics of pathogens causing diseases of common fruit crops, particularly as the problems relate to the plant disease triangle (interaction of pathogen and host plant under an environment suitable for [...]

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