California Rare Fruit Growers CRFG Inland Empire Chapter

California Rare Fruit Growers CRFG Inland Empire Chapter The CRFG is the largest amateur fruit-growing organization in the world. We are Inland Empire Chapter

06/04/2026
This is a white sapote. It had four main branches growing tall straight up to the sky. So looked up pruning techniques. ...
04/25/2026

This is a white sapote. It had four main branches growing tall straight up to the sky. So looked up pruning techniques. One place suggested bending over the tall branches rather than pruning them short. So that's what I'm trying. Some of these branches are rather stout so this probably should have been tried a few months ago but I will pull them over a little bit more every few days. I can pull the tapes a little tighter every few days . Meanwhile I think I need to whitewash where the branches are arched over cuz they will now get a lot more sunlight. We will see how it goes.

Several rootstock sprouts on the apple trees in the apple orchard at JMDC. They want to expand the parking lot into this...
04/14/2026

Several rootstock sprouts on the apple trees in the apple orchard at JMDC. They want to expand the parking lot into this area so we are trying to rescue and relocate trees, or at least get rootstock started from them, and take scion wood.

All kinds of fruit developing on the Barbados cherry (aka Acerola) in our demo orchard. First time it's had fruit.
04/14/2026

All kinds of fruit developing on the Barbados cherry (aka Acerola) in our demo orchard. First time it's had fruit.

I'm going to try this.
02/06/2026

I'm going to try this.

How it started, how it's going. It appears we can thank the French for taking the headache out of growing indeterminate tomatoes. I’ve expressed my annoyance with their annual habit of taking over…

01/05/2026

Mark you calendars: The California Rare Fruit Growers CRFG Inland Empire Chapter will hold a free grafting lecture 🍒🥝and a scion exchange at the LandUse Learning Center on Feb. 7.

Using fig leaves in cooking.
08/14/2025

Using fig leaves in cooking.

In Dandelion & Quince, author Michelle McKenzie explores the uses of some non-standard herbs, fruits, and vegetables. Here, she tells The Splendid Table's Noelle Carter about her tomatillo-inspired green fish stew and the unexpectedly sweet use she's found for fig leaves.

08/08/2025

There is a 10 acre fire on west edge of Jurupa Mtns Discovery Center. We can't have our meeting there tonight. We are meeting instead at Dennys. 6875 Valley Way, Rubidoux, CA 92509. It's air conditioned. If you can order food, that will be helpful, but not necessary.

--Christine Lampe
CRFG Inland Empire newsletter Editor

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