North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

The item below should be self-explanatory.  Does anyone have any additions,
corrections, changes to suggest?
-Lon Rombough
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 One of the best parts of belonging to NAFEX is meeting others with similar
interests.  In the past, that usually meant corresponding with them, and
perhaps meeting them in person if you were able to attend NAFEX¹s annual
meetings.
 Now there are regional NAFEX groups that make it easier for members to get
together with fellow fruit explorers.  Additionally, there are allied groups
that aren¹t technically part of NAFEX, but which are sufficiently similar in
goals that many NAFEXers are members of both.  Herewith is a list of
regional NAFEX groups plus groups similar to, but not directly allied with
NAFEX,

REGIONAL NAFEX GROUPS.

MIDFEX - Midwest Fruit Explorers.
http://www.midfex.org
Or: http://nsn.nslsilus.org/nbkhome/midfex/index.html
E-mail questions about MidFEx or general fruit gardening questions to
midfex@midfex.org
For membership application and information, check out our Membership Info.
web page or mail us at:
   J. C. Andersen
   Midwest Fruit Explorers
   PO Box 3124
   La Crosse, WI 54602-3124 
Direct all other correspondances to our official mailing address:
   Midwest Fruit Explorers
   P.O. Box 93
   Markham, IL 60426
 If you must reach us by phone, contact Gene Yale at 847-674-5913

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SOUTHERN FRUIT FELLOWSHIP - SFF
The Southern Fruit Fellowship is an informal organization of amateur fruit
growing enthusiasts throughout the Southern United States. Membership is
open to all interested parties. Membership dues are $7.00 per year within
the U.S. and $9.00 outside U.S. Send your payment in U.S dollars to:

  Retta Davis  
  2051 Evergreen Drive  
  Shreveport, LA 71118  

Or contact Retta at DavisD_R@juno.com
In addition to a quarterly newsletter, there is an annual meeting and
frequent informal get-togethers. Join and meet fellow fruit growers!
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FRUIT DABBLERS
Central Illinois regional group.
Send $4.00 for 2 years for meeting notices to:
Tom Vorbeck, 1716 Apples Road, Chapin, IL 62628.
e-mail: <vorbeck@csj.net>
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BACKYARD FRUIT GROWERS
Began in 1990 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Members get together four times a year at seasonal meetings (Winter, Spring
Grafting, Summer Orchard Tour, Fall Apple Tasting) to share ideas and
fellowship. Members also receive a newsletter, Backyard Fruit Grower, which
has a circulation of about 240.
To subscribe send $12 for 2 years or $25 for 5 years and snailmail to
Don Ziegler, editor,
817 High Street,
Akron, PA 17501-1417.
e-mail: Donzig@redrose.net
URL: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dailey/byfg.html
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Ozarks Regional NAFEX Chapter
 
Includes SW Missouri, SE Kansas, NE Oklahoma and NW Arkansas.
Dues are $5.00 per year.
Contact person:
Alinda Van der Meer
1653 Porter Ave.
Aurora, MO 65605
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Groups with similar goals, but not directly allied to NAFEX

WESTERN CASCADE FRUIT SOCIETY
Located in western Washington state.
Contact:
Evelyn Troughton,
Treasurer & Newsletter Editor, WCFS,
2625 - 13th. Ave.W.
Unit #306
Seattle Wa. 98119
e-mail etroughton@juno.com
Phone:206-282-6191
You can also contact
Chuck Parkman   <kc7nmm@tenforward.com>

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NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION.
The oldest of all the groups, more than half a century old.  While it deals
mostly with nuts such as pecans, hickories, hardy English walnuts, and such,
it also deals with persimmons, pawpaws, and a few other native American
fruits.
For membership
Nancy Petitt, Treasurer
PO Box 550
Townsend, DE 19734-0550
ph (302) 659-1731
fx (302) 659-1732
e-mail: chestnutsunltd@email.msn.com

Tucker Hill, Secretary
654 Beinhower Rd.
Etters, PA 17319-9774
ph/fx (717) 938-6090
e-mail: tuckerh@microserve.net
NNGA¹s web site: www.icserv.com/nnga/

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Home Orchard Society

Incorporated in 1976 in Portland, Oregon.
Our purpose is to assist both new and experienced
fruit growers in the science, culture and pleasure
of growing good fruit in the home orchard.
The Home Orchard Society
P.O. Box 230192
Tigard, OR 97281-0192, USA
http://www.wvi.com/~dough/HOS/HOS1.html

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CALIFORNIA RARE FRUIT GROWERS
Members work with tropical and subtropical fruits and nuts.  Their
publication is the only one in full color with more photos than all others
combined.  Members in many countries.
Each membership, annually, receives six bimonthly issues of the Fruit
Gardener magazine.

     U.S.    Foreign
Surface mail Air mail
Single Year $21 $27 $39
Three Years $56 $72 $105
Life Memberships   $245 $310 $445
Make checks payable to CRFG, Inc. and mail to:

California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc.
5081 Dartmouth Ave.
Westminster, CA 92683
USA
URL: http://www.crfg.org
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BC FRUIT TESTERS

From: "dwalsh/wchase" <wchase@interchange.ubc.ca>
Subject: BC Fruit Testers

B.C. Fruit Testers Association
P.O. Box 48123, 3575 Douglas Street
Victoria, BC, Canada
V8Z 7H5
No website
Email: <bcfta@mybc.com>

Additonal contact person (also a NAFEX member)
Derry Walsh
Aldergrove,  B. C.,  Canada
phone/fax (604) 856-9316
email:wchase@interchange.ubc.ca

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