Key to delicious tree fruit is keeping it out of the "killing zone"
The fond memories of delicious peaches just plucked from a backyard tree or purchased at a roadside stand can now be relived with fruit picked up at the neighborhood grocery store. The key to great-tasting fruit with a pleasing texture, according to a UC scientist based at the Kearney Research and Extension Center near Parlier, is in the way it is handled after harvest.
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March 13, 2010
Livestock Bowl - Glenn County -
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Planting Summer Vegetables - Fresno Master Gardeners -
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Master Gardener Class - Raised Bed Gardening - El Dorado County -
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Garden Workshop Spring Vegetable Gardens - Master Gardeners of San Joaquin County -
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Conquering Gophers-Petaluma - Sonoma County Master Gardeners -
March 13, 2010
Spring Kitchen Garden--Rohnert Park - Sonoma County Master Gardeners - View More
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The fine art of sheep shearing will be taught in a school being offered in May by the University of California Cooperative Extension on the North Coast. |
The University of California has presented the 2010 Pedro Ilic Award for Outstanding Farmer to Jay Ruskey of Santa Barbara, and the 2010 Pedro Ilic Award for Outstanding Educator to UC Davis apiculturist Eric Mussen. |
The UC Integrated Pest Management program has been at the forefront of computerized communications since its inception in the early 1980s.  |
