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Pre-harvest rindstain of California [USA] cultivar 'Valencia' orange Citrus sinensis has economic significance since fresh fruit marketability is reduced.

Why eat terrible fruit when you can eat wonderful California fruit, or should be able to? All too often fruit which is shipped for several weeks from far off groves arrives distressed and put into cold storage here and then this is mishandled at the retailer.

ATTENTION: All Cherimoya Producers (and friends), "Deliciousness itself", Mark Twain The California Cherimoya Association is sponsoring a knowledge sharing meeting. Time: Saturday, March 12, 2016, 12:00 to 2 p.m. Place: California Tropics Packinghouse 6950 Casitas Pass Rd.

As fruit gets heavier and heavier on a tree, does the tree use more water? Or is it sensitive to more water stress? It's not clear if there is a difference. We've all seen a lemon tree sigh in relief after the crops been pulled off.

When Richard Smith tells you that he is impressed with efficacy of an organic herbicide you better take notice. Richard shared his results on this blog site last year and showed good weed control with 'Suppress' from Westbridge.