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Evocative is the word that comes to mind when I see canna lilies. I have visions of jungles, plants with giant unfurling leaves, sunshine and bright red, yellow, pink or fiery orange flowers.

The English often call a fruit seed other names, like pip. A large pit could be called a stone. Avocado usually has a seed, and if not it turns out to be a small fruit, called a "cuke". Well that's a different story. Sometimes little hard stones form in the flesh that are unrelated to germination.

Henrietta, our Stagmomantis limbata praying mantis, perches on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). She is as patient as she is persistent. The drone fly, aka syrphid and also known as a hover fly or flower fly, makes the fatal mistake of touching down on the same blossom. Henrietta eyes it hungrily.

During the week of October 7-13, Glenn County 4-H celebrated National 4-H Week with window displays at local businesses. The theme this year was #InspireKidstoDo.

California Citrus Network: an online forum High Density Planting Production: A Chilean Perspective Avocado Brainstorming 2018 Meet our new subtropical crops specialist at UC Riverside...

Program Council had further discussion about the proposed positions. We discussed what worked well with this year's process and what didn't. We plan to solicit feedback across the division in order to improve the process the next time.

If you haven't heard of a yuzu (Citrus junos, synonym Citrus ichangensis x Citrus reticulata var. austera) tree, you're not alone. But the yuzu tree is slowly gaining popularity. The tree is believed to be a natural hybrid of an Ichang papeda and a sour mandarin.

Volume 17, Fall 2018 A new issue of Topics in Subtropics in available.

Volume 17, Fall 2018 A new issue of Topics in Subtropics in available.

COVER CROPPING IN THE DESERT MORINGA TO BE TESTED FOR LIVESTOCK FEED POTENTIAL WITH OTHER FORAGE CROPS EVALUATION OF POST-TRANSPLANT APPLICATION OF PREFAR 4-E HERBICIDE ON BROCCOLI AND CELERY 29TH ANNUAL FALL DESERT CROPS WORKSHOP FLYER & AGENDA - DECEMBER 4, 2018 IMPERIAL VALLEY CIMIS REPORT AND UC...