Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

Heirloom tomatoes are open-pollinated varieties which were either introduced commercially before 1940, or grown from seeds that have been passed down at least 50 years through several generations of a family, religious, ethnic, or tribal group, without the plants crossing with another variety of the same…

 Why Winter is the Best Time to Prevent Fruit Tree Diseases.  In the Bay Area’s Mediterranean climate, our cool, wet winters and springs are perfect for many fungal and bacterial diseases of fruit trees. The good news: most of the effective control steps happen during the dormant season, long…

 Why Winter is the Best Time to Prevent Fruit Tree Diseases.  In the Bay Area’s Mediterranean climate, our cool, wet winters and springs are perfect for many fungal and bacterial diseases of fruit trees. The good news: most of the effective control steps happen during the dormant season, long…

 Why Winter is the Best Time to Prevent Fruit Tree Diseases.  In the Bay Area’s Mediterranean climate, our cool, wet winters and springs are perfect for many fungal and bacterial diseases of fruit trees. The good news: most of the effective control steps happen during the dormant season, long…

 Why Winter is the Best Time to Prevent Fruit Tree Diseases.  In the Bay Area’s Mediterranean climate, our cool, wet winters and springs are perfect for many fungal and bacterial diseases of fruit trees. The good news: most of the effective control steps happen during the dormant season, long…

 It's an early sign of spring on the University of California, Davis, when a solo Japanese apricot tree, located north central of Wickson Hall, bursts into full bloom.A plaque reads "Japanese Apricot, Prune mume dawn, planted in honor of Dr. William Tufts, March 7, 1963 by the Landscape Horticulture…