When:
Where: Apple Lane Farm,
Directions:
Owners Ted and
The Lanes have been growing apples at their farm for the past 20 years. No pesticides, no wax; just fresh, crisp Gala, Golden and Red delicious, Fugi, and Granny Smith apples. Their Granny Smith apples are probably the biggest you have ever seen. You can almost taste the apple crisp and apple dumplings now. By the way, the Lanes have great a recipe for Apple crisp.
The Lanes have raised their family at the home, that is, in the middle of the apple orchard. All the prunning is done by
The Santa Ynez area has the perfect climate for raising good apples. So make sure you attend this meeting to pick and purchase tree ripened apples. The tour of the orchard will start promptly at
Check out their web site at http://applelanesolvang.com/
****** New Officers Needed
Members, there's a need for someone else to lead the Ventura/Santa Barbara CRFG Chapter, as both Jerry Sortomme and Norman Beard have been perfoming the duties for many years.
They have resigned their duties effective
Please discuss this with other members you know and let’s try to find two people who are willing to take over as Co-Chairpersons of the Chapter. We should also name at least three people to form a committee to book meetings for the year 2008.
Thanks for your support,
Norm Beard
968-0989 beardtropics@earthlink.net
******CALENDAR
November: Ron Asquith will host us at the Ojai Olive Oil Ranch.
December: No meeting
******LOCAL OFFICERS
Chapter Co-Chair: Norman Beard, (805) 968-0989, beardtropics@earthlink.net Chapter Co-Chair: Jerry Sortomme, (805) 644-2777, jerrysortomme@hotmail.com
V-Pres/Publicist/Programs: Alan Schroeder, (805) 563-9525, arschroeder@cox.net
Treasurer: Roland Messori, (805) 969-4167, Furlanro@msn.com
Newsletter Team: (i) Vacant (ii) Wally Mathews, (805) 963-6656, wallysb@aol.com; (iii) Laura Nanna, (805) 687-4553, laurainsb@gmail.com
Local website: current material http://crfg.blogspot.com older material: http://crfgvsb.blogspot.com;
CRFG Website: http://crfg.org
For Membership in California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc, send $30 to CRFG, Inc., 66 Farrugut Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112-4050 AND $10 (for local dues) to Roland Messori, 355 Sierra Vista Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93108 (Note: Members of the Parent CRFG organization receive the outstanding "Fruit Gardener" magazine.)
Send address changes to BOTH the parent and local organizations (addresses above). Send e-mail address changes to crfgvsb@gmail.com