Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

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Help Desk

Have a home gardening question? Ask the UC San Joaquin Master Gardeners! Our Help Desk is staffed Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-Noon. Options: Visit us during Help Desk hours at 2102 E Earhart Ave, Ste 200 Stockton, 95206. Click here for a map Call us at (209) 953-6112.
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#GivingTuesday

Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday. The UC Master Gardener Program has joined #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals to celebrate generosity worldwide. #GivingTuesday is held annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving (in the U.S.
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Advice to Grow By

Our keynote speaker will be Ernesto Sandoval, Director, UC Davis Botanical Conservatory. He will be speaking about Big and Small, Public and Private Low Water Use Garden Projects We want to make sure you are selecting the classes that will best fit your interest and expectations.
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Session Descriptions

9:00-9:45 Keynote Speaker - Ernesto Sandoval Common Fruit Tree Pests & How to Manage Them: If you have fruit trees then you probably have some of these common fruit tree pests. Learn how to identify and manage them to help improve the quality of your harvest.
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Restoration Photos

The photos linked below and taken by Al Bonin, are in chronological order. To view photos as a "slide show," click on the (underlined) link. Then, mouse-over the photo and click - or, enter N to view the next photo, or P to view the previous photo.
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The Wolfskill Grant

Olive avenue entrance, 1937. Photo courtesy UC Davis Special Collections. . . . On May 24, 1842, Governor Juan Bautista de Alvarado granted four square Mexican leagues, over 17,750 acres, to William Wolfskill.
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Walnut

A ripe walnut, ready for harvest.
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Plant Breeding

Development of New Cultivars Work here has resulted in the development and release of 55 new varieties - 29 strawberry, 8 processing peach, 7 cherry, 5 almond, 3 prune and 3 pistachio - as well as 2 almond-peach rootstocks.
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Germplasm Evaluation

Germplasm evaluation blocks for research and education Almond Apricot Avocado Cherry Citrus Hazelnut (filbert) Peach, Clingstone Peach, Freestone Pear Pecan Persimmon Pistachio Plum Plumcot Pomegranate Prune Strawberry Walnut A ripe walnut, ready for harvest.
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Almond

Almonds 100 years of breeding - UC Davis - Almond (pdf) UC Fruit & Nut Research and Information Center...
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