Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of California
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Master Gardener shares rare fruit source with Chron readers

A Master Gardener with UC Cooperative Extension in Santa Clara County, Laramie Treviño, turned San Francisco Chronicle readers on to a source of fast-producing, unusual fruit trees in a feature story printed over the weekend.

Treviño profiled C. Todd Kennedy and Patrick Schafer, rare fruit enthusiasts who run their online-only nursery as a "personal charity," the story said. Tree prices are $19.50, low considering they are already a good size and most will produce fruit within one year.

Kennedy and Schafer have constructed an unusual business model for Arboreum.biz.

  • Two dozen varieties are offered each year, and then those types are unavailable for a few years thereafter
  • Only enough inventory is propagated to ensure that its stock sells out
  • The company has no catalogs, no printed growing tips, no listed fax or telephone numbers
  • Surplus fruit trees will be available at Filoli Garden Center when the estate reopens Feb. 9. Filoli is a historic country estate about 30 miles south of San Francisco that is open to the public.
Posted on Monday, January 25, 2010 at 10:31 AM
Tags: apricots (4), garden (65), gardening (55), nectarines (7), peaches (21), plums (4)

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