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Apple and Pear Day 2024

Saturday, October 12, 2024 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

You will have the opportunity to taste and harvest the many varieties of apples, Asian pears, European pears as well as other kinds of fruit Continue reading

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August Grafting Classes 2024

We welcome new members, new volunteers. If you are not a current member you can join North West Fruit before the class, at nwfruit.org/become-a-member. Classes are taught by volunteers with years of fruit growing experience. Pre-registration is required for our planning. Continue reading

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Winter Field Day March 12th, 2022

Hello Everyone! We are looking forward to having our Winter Field Day again in 2022, after not having it for the last 2 years. Please check this website the week before the event, in case something happens (such as Covid … Continue reading

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Sample the Apple & Pear Harvest 2021

Thanks to those of you who participated in this years Apple & Pear Harvest. If you have not had a chance to seek Larry Crum’s Video on Heritage apples there is a link below. We had sent out our newsletter … Continue reading

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Final Webinar July 10th

Since the 1st Saturday of July is during the 4th of July weekend we will be having our next webinar on July 10, 2021 at 10 am. Special guest Bob Gillespie, a newly retired faculty member and Program Director for … Continue reading

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Next Webinar June 10, 2021

Since the 1st Saturday of July is during the 4th of July weekend we will be having our next webinar on July 10, 2021 at 10 am. Special guest Bob Gillespie, a newly retired faculty member and Program Director for … Continue reading

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Webinar link for June 5th

Our webinar on June 5th will have a video showing Bob Baines demonstrating his technique for thinning fruit and pruning branches at the same time. This technique is appropriate for apples and pears over the next month or so. After … Continue reading

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Webinar on May 1st, 2021

We will start with Sam Benowitz talking about rootstocks followed by a presentation by Bob Baines called A Guided Virtual Tour of the Fruit Garden, followed by a Q & A session. Register in advance for this webinar:Click here After … Continue reading

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Change in Schedule for the April 3rd Webinar.

We will still be having Richard Fairfield talking about the new support structures for the Kiwis and Blueberry netting, but instead of blueberry pruning we will have a video with Kiwibob teaching how to winter prune kiwis. Kiwis need to … Continue reading

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Member link to webinars

If you are a current member we will be sending you an email with the link to view the webinar from last Saturday within a couple of days. Please make sure your email is accepting emails from nwfruit.membership@gmail.com, which is … Continue reading

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