Golden Gate Chapter, California Rare Fruit Growers

The Golden Gate Chapter of California Rare Fruit Growers promotes the cultivation and appreciation of rare fruit varieties through education, community engagement, and hands-on events like grafting classes and scion exchanges, fostering sustainable gardening practices.

Purchase your supplies online and pick up at the Redwood Exchange.

2025 Grafting Supplies

<ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Download <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1upXIzc-IArF0kJ0BJ-vwvQ4QZejs6uwn/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">COMPLETE SHOPPING LIST</a> with vendors, rootstock and more</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Pre-Event Newbie/Beginner Grafting Class 11:10 am (meet near Welcome Table) Beginners are welcome! with John Valenzuela, Golden Gate Chapter Chair and CRFG State Board Member.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Grafting Class 12:30 pm–1:45 pm with CRFG member Graham Stott (<a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">classroom</a>)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Live Grafting Demonstrations watch, learn, ask questions with expert CRFG Grafters</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Hundreds of varieties of scions available to choose from. LIMIT 2 STICKS PER CULTIVAR, PER PERSON.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vvtsLl4M33wPdJjZ0gSCbR1xF4tOeuKveZ6Va39ClLg/edit?tab=t.0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Rootstocks for Sale</a> (Or bring your own to get them Custom Grafted for a fee)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Custom Grafting Service get your scions grafted onto rootstock for a fee (buy rootstock at our Exchange or bring your own bare-root rootstock, make sure it is compatible with your scion.)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vvtsLl4M33wPdJjZ0gSCbR1xF4tOeuKveZ6Va39ClLg/edit?tab=t.0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Grafting Supplies For Sale</a>: metal plant labels, grafting tape, Buddy Tape, grafting knives, cut-resistant gloves, safety tape, grafting rubbers, sap remover, camellia oil tool-care, more</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Custom Knife & Pruner Sharpening: bring your grafting knives and pruners to have them sharpened for a fee while you learn how to do it for yourself</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Fruit Tasting: Discover fresh and unusual fruit as we celebrate seasonal bounty</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vvtsLl4M33wPdJjZ0gSCbR1xF4tOeuKveZ6Va39ClLg/edit?tab=t.0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Fresh Citrus Fruit for Sale</a>: Grown in the Sacramento Valley by CRFG member Ray Sheehy</li><li>Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program, CDFA Learn about <a href="https://californiacitrusthreat.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">critical updates</a> regarding citrus trees and scionwood</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://bit.ly/PlantingJusticeNursery" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Planting Justice Nursery </a>is joining us, we thank them for their scion donations!</li><li>Richmond Grows <a href="https://www.richmondgrowsseeds.org/" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">Seed Lending Library</a> with 50 in the East Bay & 12+ in Marin</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Meet author <a href="https://robertkourik.com/books" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Robert Kourik</a> to get informative books for your permanent library. Get your books signed!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://anniesgardenscapes.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Annie's Gardenscapes</a> Find rare fruit trees, shrubs and berry plants for sale.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">The Fig Hunter Learn all you could ever want to know about growing figs</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="http://cadiancropsciences.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Circadian Crop Sciences</a> Shop OMRI approved organic pest & fungus management</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Plant Sale: <a href="https://www.dvc.edu/academics/explore-our-programs/horticulture" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Diablo Valley College, Horticulture Department</a> Shop for vegetables, edibles, annuals, perennial herbs, California natives, pollinator plants, salvias, shrubs, ground-covers & vines, trees & shrubs, succulents, tender perennials & indoor plants, soil amendments</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Silent Auction Discover treasures! <a href="https://bit.ly/GGsilentAuction" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Bring items to share</a>.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Vintage issues of the CRFG Fruit Gardener <a href="https://crfg.org/category/fruit-gardener-magazine/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">magazine</a> available for purchase</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Get your fruit tree questions answered by Veteran CRFG Experts</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Beginners are welcome! We all have to start somewhere!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Save this <a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Scion Exchange Event Map</a> with directions to the restrooms!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Download: <a href="https://golden-gate.crfg.org/Making%20the%20Best%20of%20the%20CRFG%20Scion%20Exchange.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">How to Make the Best of a CRFG Scion Exchange</a> (pdf)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">You are encouraged to bring scions, even if you only have one tree so long as you know what cultivar it is. Cut them to 9", place in the bottom of a gallon ziplock bag <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zSdRlQ-YSR0OufWTzZI_ac2nlpr1NADj/view" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">LABELED</a> with variety name with a spray or a few drops of water, remove air, seal, roll and put in fridge.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Learn how to harvest scionwood: "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThpvzdPOAy4" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Scion Exchange Essential Knowledge</a>"</li></ul>

General Admission Fast Pass & Online Store: Golden Gate Scion Exchange 2025

<span fr-original-style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(209, 72, 65); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:rgb(209, 72, 65);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">As the largest fruit-growing enthusiast organization in the world,<span fr-original-style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"> our famous annual Scion Exchanges are the most prominent event by which California Rare Fruit Growers serves its mission to educate the public about how to grow fruit. Find the best varieties to grow where you live. <span fr-original-style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Gardeners and home orchardists select from hundreds of varieties of heirloom fruit tree cuttings to graft onto fruit tree rootstock to make your own tree. Other species are available to root in soil. Beginners are welcome.<ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Pre-Event Newbie/Beginner Grafting Class 11:10 am  Beginners are welcome! with John Valenzuela, Golden Gate Chapter Chair and CRFG State Board Member.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Grafting Class 12:30 pm–1:45 pm with CRFG member Graham Stott (<a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">classroom</a>)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Live Grafting Demonstrations watch, learn, ask questions with expert CRFG Grafters</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Hundreds of varieties of scions available to choose from. LIMIT 2 STICKS PER CULTIVAR, PER PERSON.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vvtsLl4M33wPdJjZ0gSCbR1xF4tOeuKveZ6Va39ClLg/edit?tab=t.0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Rootstocks for Sale</a> (Or bring your own to get them Custom Grafted for a fee)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Custom Grafting Service get your scions grafted onto rootstock for a fee (buy rootstock at our Exchange or bring your own bare-root rootstock, make sure it is compatible with your scion.)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vvtsLl4M33wPdJjZ0gSCbR1xF4tOeuKveZ6Va39ClLg/edit?tab=t.0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Grafting Supplies For Sale</a>: metal plant labels, grafting tape, Buddy Tape, grafting knives, cut-resistant gloves, safety tape, grafting rubbers, sap remover, camellia oil tool-care, more</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Custom Knife & Pruner Sharpening: bring your grafting knives and pruners to have them sharpened for a fee while you learn how to do it for yourself</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Fruit Tasting: Discover fresh and unusual fruit as we celebrate seasonal bounty</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vvtsLl4M33wPdJjZ0gSCbR1xF4tOeuKveZ6Va39ClLg/edit?tab=t.0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Fresh Citrus Fruit for Sale</a>: Grown in the Sacramento Valley by CRFG member Ray Sheehy</li><li>Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program, CDFA Learn about <a href="https://californiacitrusthreat.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">critical updates</a> regarding citrus trees and scionwood</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://bit.ly/PlantingJusticeNursery" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Planting Justice Nursery </a>is joining us, we thank them for their scion donations!</li><li>Richmond Grows <a href="https://www.richmondgrowsseeds.org/" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">Seed Lending Library</a> with 50 in the East Bay & 12+ in Marin</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Meet author <a href="https://robertkourik.com/books" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Robert Kourik</a> to get informative books for your permanent library. Get your books signed!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://anniesgardenscapes.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Annie's Gardenscapes</a> Find rare fruit trees, shrubs and berry plants for sale.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">The Fig Hunter Learn all you could ever want to know about growing figs</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="http://cadiancropsciences.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Circadian Crop Sciences</a> Shop OMRI approved organic pest & fungus management</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Plant Sale: <a href="https://www.dvc.edu/academics/explore-our-programs/horticulture" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Diablo Valley College, Horticulture Department</a> Shop for vegetables, edibles, annuals, perennial herbs, California natives, pollinator plants, salvias, shrubs, ground-covers & vines, trees & shrubs, succulents, tender perennials & indoor plants, soil amendments</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Silent Auction Discover treasures! <a href="https://bit.ly/GGsilentAuction" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Bring items to share</a>.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Vintage issues of the CRFG Fruit Gardener <a href="https://crfg.org/category/fruit-gardener-magazine/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">magazine</a> available for purchase</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Get your fruit tree questions answered by Veteran CRFG Experts</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Beginners are welcome! We all have to start somewhere!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Save this <a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Scion Exchange Event Map</a> with directions to the restrooms!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Download: <a href="https://golden-gate.crfg.org/Making%20the%20Best%20of%20the%20CRFG%20Scion%20Exchange.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">How to Make the Best of a CRFG Scion Exchange</a> (pdf)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">You are encouraged to bring scions, even if you only have one tree so long as you know what cultivar it is.  Cut them to 9", place in the bottom of a gallon ziplock bag <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zSdRlQ-YSR0OufWTzZI_ac2nlpr1NADj/view" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">LABELED</a> with variety name with a spray or a few drops of water, remove air, seal, roll and put in fridge.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Learn how to harvest scionwood: "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThpvzdPOAy4" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Scion Exchange Essential Knowledge</a>"</li></ul>

CRFG Members Early-Entry Fast Pass & Online Store 2025

<ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Download COMPLETE SHOPPING LIST with vendors, rootstock and more</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Pre-Event Newbie/Beginner Grafting Class 11:10 am (meet near Welcome Table) Beginners are welcome! with John Valenzuela, Golden Gate Chapter Chair and CRFG State Board Member.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Grafting Class 12:30 pm–1:45 pm with CRFG member Graham Stott (<a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">classroom</a>)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Live Grafting Demonstrations watch, learn, ask questions with expert CRFG Grafters</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Hundreds of varieties of scions available to choose from. LIMIT 2 STICKS PER CULTIVAR, PER PERSON.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vvtsLl4M33wPdJjZ0gSCbR1xF4tOeuKveZ6Va39ClLg/edit?tab=t.0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Rootstocks for Sale</a> (Or bring your own to get them Custom Grafted for a fee)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Custom Grafting Service get your scions grafted onto rootstock for a fee (buy rootstock at our Exchange or bring your own bare-root rootstock, make sure it is compatible with your scion.)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vvtsLl4M33wPdJjZ0gSCbR1xF4tOeuKveZ6Va39ClLg/edit?tab=t.0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Grafting Supplies For Sale</a>: metal plant labels, grafting tape, Buddy Tape, grafting knives, cut-resistant gloves, safety tape, grafting rubbers, sap remover, camellia oil tool-care, more</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Custom Knife & Pruner Sharpening: bring your grafting knives and pruners to have them sharpened for a fee while you learn how to do it for yourself</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Fruit Tasting: Discover fresh and unusual fruit as we celebrate seasonal bounty</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vvtsLl4M33wPdJjZ0gSCbR1xF4tOeuKveZ6Va39ClLg/edit?tab=t.0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Fresh Citrus Fruit for Sale</a>: Grown in the Sacramento Valley by CRFG member Ray Sheehy</li><li>Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program, CDFA Learn about <a href="https://californiacitrusthreat.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">critical updates</a> regarding citrus trees and scionwood</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://bit.ly/PlantingJusticeNursery" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Planting Justice Nursery </a>is joining us, we thank them for their scion donations!</li><li>Richmond Grows <a href="https://www.richmondgrowsseeds.org/" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">Seed Lending Library</a> with 50 in the East Bay & 12+ in Marin</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Meet author <a href="https://robertkourik.com/books" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Robert Kourik</a> to get informative books for your permanent library. Get your books signed!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://anniesgardenscapes.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Annie's Gardenscapes</a> Find rare fruit trees, shrubs and berry plants for sale.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">The Fig Hunter Learn all you could ever want to know about growing figs</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="http://cadiancropsciences.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Circadian Crop Sciences</a> Shop OMRI approved organic pest & fungus management</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Plant Sale: <a href="https://www.dvc.edu/academics/explore-our-programs/horticulture" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Diablo Valley College, Horticulture Department</a> Shop for vegetables, edibles, annuals, perennial herbs, California natives, pollinator plants, salvias, shrubs, ground-covers & vines, trees & shrubs, succulents, tender perennials & indoor plants, soil amendments</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Silent Auction Discover treasures! <a href="https://bit.ly/GGsilentAuction" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Bring items to share</a>.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Vintage issues of the CRFG Fruit Gardener <a href="https://crfg.org/category/fruit-gardener-magazine/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">magazine</a> available for purchase</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Get your fruit tree questions answered by Veteran CRFG Experts</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Beginners are welcome! We all have to start somewhere!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Save this <a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Scion Exchange Event Map</a> with directions to the restrooms!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Download: <a href="https://golden-gate.crfg.org/Making%20the%20Best%20of%20the%20CRFG%20Scion%20Exchange.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">How to Make the Best of a CRFG Scion Exchange</a> (pdf)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">You are encouraged to bring scions, even if you only have one tree so long as you know what cultivar it is. Cut them to 9", place in the bottom of a gallon ziplock bag <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zSdRlQ-YSR0OufWTzZI_ac2nlpr1NADj/view" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">LABELED</a> with variety name with a spray or a few drops of water, remove air, seal, roll and put in fridge.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Learn how to harvest scionwood: "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThpvzdPOAy4" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Scion Exchange Essential Knowledge</a>"</li></ul>

Online Store, Buy Now, Show Receipt at Graft Supply Station to pick up your items

<span fr-original-style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(209, 72, 65); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:rgb(209, 72, 65);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">As the largest fruit-growing enthusiast organization in the world,<span fr-original-style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"> our famous annual Scion Exchanges are the most prominent event by which California Rare Fruit Growers serves its mission to educate the public about how to grow fruit. Find the best varieties to grow where you live. <span fr-original-style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Gardeners and home orchardists select from hundreds of varieties of heirloom fruit tree cuttings to graft onto fruit tree rootstock or to root in soil. Beginners are welcome. Google Map Directions: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/dir//37.9702325,-122.0684604/@37.9702944,-122.150941,18689m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTIxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">here</a> Scion Exchange Features:<ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Pre-Event Newbie/Beginner Grafting Class 11:10 am  Beginners are welcome! with CRFG state board member and Chapter Chair, John Valenzuela (<a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">classroom</a>)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Grafting Class 12:30 pm–1:45 pm with CRFG member Graham Stott (<a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">classroom</a>)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Live Grafting Demonstrations watch, learn, ask questions with expert CRFG Grafters</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Over 500 varieties of scions available to choose from. LIMIT 2 STICKS PER CULTIVAR, PER PERSON.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vvtsLl4M33wPdJjZ0gSCbR1xF4tOeuKveZ6Va39ClLg/edit?tab=t.0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Rootstocks for Sale</a> (Or bring your own to get them Custom Grafted for a fee)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Custom Grafting Service get your scions grafted onto rootstock for a fee (buy rootstock at our Exchange or bring your own bare-root rootstock, make sure it is compatible with your scion.)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vvtsLl4M33wPdJjZ0gSCbR1xF4tOeuKveZ6Va39ClLg/edit?tab=t.0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Grafting Supplies For Sale</a>: metal plant labels, grafting tape, Buddy Tape, grafting knives, cut-resistant gloves, safety tape, grafting rubbers, sap remover, camellia oil tool-care, more</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Pruner & Knife Sharpening: bring your grafting knives and pruners to have them sharpened for a fee while you learn how to do it for yourself</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Fruit Tasting: Discover fresh and unusual fruit as we celebrate seasonal bounty</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vvtsLl4M33wPdJjZ0gSCbR1xF4tOeuKveZ6Va39ClLg/edit?tab=t.0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Fresh Citrus Fruit for Sale</a>: Grown in the Sacramento Valley by CRFG member Ray Sheehy</li><li><a href="https://californiacitrusthreat.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program</a>, CDFA Learn about critical updates regarding citrus trees and scionwood</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://bit.ly/PlantingJusticeNursery" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Planting Justice Nursery </a>is joining us, we thank them for their scion donations!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Author <a href="https://robertkourik.com/about1.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Robert Kourik</a> will be selling selections of his books.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://anniesgardenscapes.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Annie's Gardenscapes</a> Find rare fruit trees, shrubs and berry plants for sale.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">The Fig Hunter Learn all you could ever want to know about growing figs</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="http://cadiancropsciences.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Circadian Crop Sciences</a> Shop OMRI approved organic pest & fungus management</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Plant Sale: <a href="https://www.dvc.edu/academics/explore-our-programs/horticulture" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Diablo Valley College, Horticulture Department</a> Shop for vegetables, edibles, annuals, perennial herbs, California natives, pollinator plants, salvias, shrubs, ground-covers & vines, trees & shrubs, succulents, tender perennials & indoor plants, soil amendments</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Silent Auction Discover treasures! <a href="https://bit.ly/GGsilentAuction" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Bring items to share</a>.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Vintage issues of the CRFG Fruit Gardener <a href="https://crfg.org/category/fruit-gardener-magazine/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">magazine</a> available for purchase</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Get your fruit tree questions answered by Veteran CRFG Experts</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Beginners are welcome! We all have to start somewhere!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Save this <a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Scion Exchange Event Map</a> with directions to the restrooms!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Download: <a href="https://golden-gate.crfg.org/Making%20the%20Best%20of%20the%20CRFG%20Scion%20Exchange.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">How to Make the Best of a CRFG Scion Exchange</a> (pdf)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">You are encouraged to bring scions, even if you only have one tree so long as you know what cultivar it is. Cut them to 9", place in the bottom of a gallon ziplock bag <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zSdRlQ-YSR0OufWTzZI_ac2nlpr1NADj/view" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">LABELED</a> with variety name with a spray or a few drops of water, remove air, seal, roll and put in fridge.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Learn how to harvest scionwood: "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThpvzdPOAy4" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Scion Exchange Essential Knowledge</a>"</li></ul>

General Admission Fast Pass - Golden Gate Scion Exchange 2025

Scion Exchange Features:<ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Pre-Event Newbie/Beginner Grafting Class 11:10 am  Beginners are welcome! with CRFG member and Chapter Chair, John Valenzuela (<a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">classroom</a>)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Grafting Class 12:30–1:45 pm with CRFG member Graham Stott (<a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">classroom</a>)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Over 500 varieties of scions available to choose from. LIMIT 2 STICKS PER PERSON, PER VARIETY.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Grafting Supplies For Sale: metal plant labels, grafting tape, Buddy Tape, grafting knives, cut-resistant gloves, safety tape, grafting rubbers, sap remover, camellia oil toolcare</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Custom Grafting Service get your scions grafted onto rootstock for a fee (buy rootstock at our Exchange or bring your own bare-root rootstock, make sure it is compatible with your scion.)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Custom Knife Sharpening Service & Live Demonstration: bring your grafting knives and pruners to have them sharpened for a fee while you learn how to do it for yourself</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Live Grafting Demonstrations watch, learn, ask questions, take notes from several expert CRFG Grafters representing multiple CRFG Chapters.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Rootstocks for Sale (Or bring your own to get them Custom Grafted)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Root Washing Demonstration learn to plant new trees & enable them to thrive with CRFG member Mae Clark</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Fruit Tasting: Discover fresh and unusual fruit as we celebrate seasonal bounty</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Fresh Citrus for Sale: Grown in the Sacramento Valley by CRFG member Ray Sheehy</li><li>Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program, CDFA critical updates on citrus trees and scionwood</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://bit.ly/PlantingJusticeNursery" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Planting Justice Nursery </a>is joining us, we thank them for their scion donations!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">DVC Plant Sale: Hosted by the <a href="https://bit.ly/DVCHort" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">Diablo Valley College, Horticultural Department</a> shop for vegetables, edibles, annuals, perennial herbs, California natives, pollinator plants, salvias, shrubs, groundcovers & vines, trees & shrubs, succulents, tender perennials & indoor plants, soil amendments</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Silent Auction Discover treasures! <a href="https://bit.ly/GGsilentAuction" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Bring items to share</a>.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Vintage issues of the CRFG Fruit Gardener magazine available for purchase</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Get your fruit tree questions answered by Veteran CRFG Experts</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Beginners are welcome! We all have to start somewhere!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Save this <a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Scion Exchange Custom Map</a> with directions to the restrooms!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Download, print, and bring this <a href="https://bit.ly/2024GGSXShoppingList" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Exchange Shopping List</a> with you: </li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">How To: <a href="https://bit.ly/ScionExchangeHowTo" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Make the Best of a CRFG Scion Exchange </a></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">You are encouraged to bring scions, even if you only have one tree so long as you know what cultivar it is.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Learn how to harvest scionwood: "<a href="https://bit.ly/2024GGSEeventInfo" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Scion Exchange Essential Knowledge</a>"</li></ul>

Volunteer e-Ticket Golden Gate Scion Exchange

<span fr-original-style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(209, 72, 65); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:rgb(209, 72, 65);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">As the largest fruit-growing enthusiast organization in the world,<span fr-original-style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"> our famous annual Scion Exchanges are the most prominent event by which California Rare Fruit Growers serves its mission to educate the public about how to grow fruit. Find the best varieties to grow where you live. <span fr-original-style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Gardeners and home orchardists select from hundreds of varieties of heirloom fruit tree cuttings to graft onto fruit tree rootstock to make your own tree. Other species are available to root in soil. Beginners are welcome.<ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Pre-Event Newbie/Beginner Grafting Class 11:10 am  Beginners are welcome! with CRFG state board member and Chapter Chair, John Valenzuela (<a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">classroom</a>)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Grafting Class 12:30 pm–1:45 pm with CRFG member Graham Stott (<a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">classroom</a>)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Live Grafting Demonstrations watch, learn, ask questions with expert CRFG Grafters</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Over 500 varieties of scions available to choose from. LIMIT 2 STICKS PER CULTIVAR, PER PERSON.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vvtsLl4M33wPdJjZ0gSCbR1xF4tOeuKveZ6Va39ClLg/edit?tab=t.0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Rootstocks for Sale</a> (Or bring your own to get them Custom Grafted for a fee)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Custom Grafting Service get your scions grafted onto rootstock for a fee (buy rootstock at our Exchange or bring your own bare-root rootstock, make sure it is compatible with your scion.)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vvtsLl4M33wPdJjZ0gSCbR1xF4tOeuKveZ6Va39ClLg/edit?tab=t.0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Grafting Supplies For Sale</a>: metal plant labels, grafting tape, Buddy Tape, grafting knives, cut-resistant gloves, safety tape, grafting rubbers, sap remover, camellia oil tool-care, more</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Custom Knife & Pruner Sharpening: bring your grafting knives and pruners to have them sharpened for a fee while you learn how to do it for yourself</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Fruit Tasting: Discover fresh and unusual fruit as we celebrate seasonal bounty</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vvtsLl4M33wPdJjZ0gSCbR1xF4tOeuKveZ6Va39ClLg/edit?tab=t.0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Fresh Citrus Fruit for Sale</a>: Grown in the Sacramento Valley by CRFG member Ray Sheehy</li><li>Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program, CDFA Learn about <a href="https://californiacitrusthreat.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">critical updates</a> regarding citrus trees and scionwood</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://bit.ly/PlantingJusticeNursery" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Planting Justice Nursery </a>is joining us, we thank them for their scion donations!</li><li>Meet author <a href="https://robertkourik.com/books" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">Robert Kourik</a> to get informative books for your permanent library. Get your books signed!</li><li>Richmond Grows <a href="https://www.richmondgrowsseeds.org/" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">Seed Lending Library</a> with 50 in the East Bay & 12+ in Marin</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://anniesgardenscapes.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Annie's Gardenscapes</a> Find rare fruit trees, shrubs and berry plants for sale.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">The Fig Hunter Learn all you could ever want to know about growing figs</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="http://cadiancropsciences.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Circadian Crop Sciences</a> Shop OMRI approved organic pest & fungus management</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Plant Sale: <a href="https://www.dvc.edu/academics/explore-our-programs/horticulture" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Diablo Valley College, Horticulture Department</a> Shop for vegetables, edibles, annuals, perennial herbs, California natives, pollinator plants, salvias, shrubs, ground-covers & vines, trees & shrubs, succulents, tender perennials & indoor plants, soil amendments</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Silent Auction Discover treasures! <a href="https://bit.ly/GGsilentAuction" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Bring items to share</a>.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Vintage issues of the CRFG Fruit Gardener <a href="https://crfg.org/category/fruit-gardener-magazine/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">magazine</a> available for purchase</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Get your fruit tree questions answered by Veteran CRFG Experts</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Beginners are welcome! We all have to start somewhere!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Save this <a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Scion Exchange Event Map</a> with directions to the restrooms!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Download: <a href="https://golden-gate.crfg.org/Making%20the%20Best%20of%20the%20CRFG%20Scion%20Exchange.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">How to Make the Best of a CRFG Scion Exchange</a> (pdf)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">You are encouraged to bring scions, even if you only have one tree so long as you know what cultivar it is. Cut them to 9", place in the bottom of a gallon ziplock bag <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zSdRlQ-YSR0OufWTzZI_ac2nlpr1NADj/view" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">LABELED</a> with variety name with a spray or a few drops of water, remove air, seal, roll and put in fridge.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Learn how to harvest scionwood: "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThpvzdPOAy4" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Scion Exchange Essential Knowledge</a>"</li></ul>

Golden Gate Members Early-Entry Fast Pass

<span fr-original-style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(209, 72, 65); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:rgb(209, 72, 65);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">As the largest fruit-growing enthusiast organization in the world,<span fr-original-style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"> our famous annual Scion Exchanges are the most prominent event by which California Rare Fruit Growers serves its mission to educate the public about how to grow fruit. Find the best varieties to grow where you live. <span fr-original-style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Gardeners and home orchardists select from hundreds of varieties of heirloom fruit tree cuttings to graft onto fruit tree rootstock to make your own tree. Other species are available to root in soil. Beginners are welcome.<ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Pre-Event Newbie/Beginner Grafting Class 11:10 am  Beginners are welcome! with CRFG state board member and Chapter Chair, John Valenzuela (<a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">classroom</a>)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Grafting Class 12:30 pm–1:45 pm with CRFG member Graham Stott (<a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">classroom</a>)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Live Grafting Demonstrations watch, learn, ask questions with expert CRFG Grafters</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Over 500 varieties of scions available to choose from. LIMIT 2 STICKS PER CULTIVAR, PER PERSON.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vvtsLl4M33wPdJjZ0gSCbR1xF4tOeuKveZ6Va39ClLg/edit?tab=t.0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Rootstocks for Sale</a> (Or bring your own to get them Custom Grafted for a fee)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Custom Grafting Service get your scions grafted onto rootstock for a fee (buy rootstock at our Exchange or bring your own bare-root rootstock, make sure it is compatible with your scion.)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vvtsLl4M33wPdJjZ0gSCbR1xF4tOeuKveZ6Va39ClLg/edit?tab=t.0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Grafting Supplies For Sale</a>: metal plant labels, grafting tape, Buddy Tape, grafting knives, cut-resistant gloves, safety tape, grafting rubbers, sap remover, camellia oil tool-care, more</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Custom Knife & Pruner Sharpening: bring your grafting knives and pruners to have them sharpened for a fee while you learn how to do it for yourself</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Fruit Tasting: Discover fresh and unusual fruit as we celebrate seasonal bounty</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vvtsLl4M33wPdJjZ0gSCbR1xF4tOeuKveZ6Va39ClLg/edit?tab=t.0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Fresh Citrus Fruit for Sale</a>: Grown in the Sacramento Valley by CRFG member Ray Sheehy</li><li><a href="https://californiacitrusthreat.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program</a>, CDFA Learn about critical updates regarding citrus trees and scionwood</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://bit.ly/PlantingJusticeNursery" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Planting Justice Nursery </a>is joining us, we thank them for their scion donations!</li><li>Richmond Grows <a href="https://www.richmondgrowsseeds.org/" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">Seed Lending Library</a> with 50 in the East Bay & 12+ in Marin</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Meet author <a href="https://robertkourik.com/books" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Robert Kourik</a> to get informative books for your permanent library. Get your books signed!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://anniesgardenscapes.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Annie's Gardenscapes</a> Find rare fruit trees, shrubs and berry plants for sale.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">The Fig Hunter Learn all you could ever want to know about growing figs</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="http://cadiancropsciences.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Circadian Crop Sciences</a> Shop OMRI approved organic pest & fungus management</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Plant Sale: <a href="https://www.dvc.edu/academics/explore-our-programs/horticulture" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Diablo Valley College, Horticulture Department</a> Shop for vegetables, edibles, annuals, perennial herbs, California natives, pollinator plants, salvias, shrubs, ground-covers & vines, trees & shrubs, succulents, tender perennials & indoor plants, soil amendments</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Silent Auction Discover treasures! <a href="https://bit.ly/GGsilentAuction" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Bring items to share</a>.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Vintage issues of the CRFG Fruit Gardener <a href="https://crfg.org/category/fruit-gardener-magazine/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">magazine</a> available for purchase</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Get your fruit tree questions answered by Veteran CRFG Experts</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Beginners are welcome! We all have to start somewhere!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Save this <a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Scion Exchange Event Map</a> with directions to the restrooms!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Download: <a href="https://golden-gate.crfg.org/Making%20the%20Best%20of%20the%20CRFG%20Scion%20Exchange.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">How to Make the Best of a CRFG Scion Exchange</a> (pdf)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">You are encouraged to bring scions, even if you only have one tree so long as you know what cultivar it is. Cut them to 9", place in the bottom of a gallon ziplock bag <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zSdRlQ-YSR0OufWTzZI_ac2nlpr1NADj/view" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">LABELED</a> with variety name with a spray or a few drops of water, remove air, seal, roll and put in fridge.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Learn how to harvest scionwood: "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThpvzdPOAy4" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Scion Exchange Essential Knowledge</a>"</li></ul>

CRFG State Members Early Entry Fast Pass 2025

Scion Exchange Features:<ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Pre-Event Newbie/Beginner Grafting Class 11:10 am  Beginners are welcome! with CRFG member and Chapter Chair, John Valenzuela (<a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" target="_blank">classroom</a>)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Grafting Class 12:30–1:45 pm with CRFG member Graham Stott (<a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" target="_blank">classroom</a>)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Over 500 varieties of scions available to choose from. LIMIT 2 STICKS PER PERSON, PER VARIETY.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Grafting Supplies For Sale: metal plant labels, grafting tape, Buddy Tape, grafting knives, cut-resistant gloves, safety tape, grafting rubbers, sap remover, camellia oil toolcare</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Custom Grafting Service get your scions grafted onto rootstock for a fee (buy rootstock at our Exchange or bring your own bare-root rootstock, make sure it is compatible with your scion.)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Custom Knife Sharpening Service & Live Demonstration: bring your grafting knives and pruners to have them sharpened for a fee while you learn how to do it for yourself</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Live Grafting Demonstrations watch, learn, ask questions, take notes from several expert CRFG Grafters representing multiple CRFG Chapters.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Rootstocks for Sale (Or bring your own to get them Custom Grafted)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Root Washing Demonstration learn to plant new trees & enable them to thrive with CRFG member Mae Clark</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Fruit Tasting: Discover fresh and unusual fruit as we celebrate seasonal bounty</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Fresh Citrus for Sale: Grown in the Sacramento Valley by CRFG member Ray Sheehy</li><li>Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program, CDFA critical updates on citrus trees and scionwood</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://bit.ly/PlantingJusticeNursery" target="_blank">Planting Justice Nursery </a>is joining us, we thank them for their scion donations!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">DVC Plant Sale: Hosted by the <a href="https://bit.ly/DVCHort">Diablo Valley College, Horticultural Department</a> shop for vegetables, edibles, annuals, perennial herbs, California natives, pollinator plants, salvias, shrubs, groundcovers & vines, trees & shrubs, succulents, tender perennials & indoor plants, soil amendments</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Silent Auction Discover treasures! <a href="https://bit.ly/GGsilentAuction" target="_blank">Bring items to share</a>.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Vintage issues of the CRFG Fruit Gardener magazine available for purchase</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Get your fruit tree questions answered by Veteran CRFG Experts</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Beginners are welcome! We all have to start somewhere!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Save this <a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" target="_blank">Scion Exchange Custom Map</a> with directions to the restrooms!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Download, print, and bring this <a href="https://bit.ly/2024GGSXShoppingList" target="_blank">Exchange Shopping List</a> with you: </li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">How To: <a href="https://bit.ly/ScionExchangeHowTo" target="_blank">Make the Best of a CRFG Scion Exchange </a></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">You are encouraged to bring scions, even if you only have one tree so long as you know what cultivar it is.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Learn how to harvest scionwood: "<a href="https://bit.ly/2024GGSEeventInfo" target="_blank">Scion Exchange Essential Knowledge</a>"</li></ul>

2024 Golden Gate Scion Exchange: Volunteer Easy Entry eTicket

Thank you for volunteering your time for our Scion Exchange! Scion Exchange Features:<ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Pre-Event Newbie/Beginner Grafting Class 11:10 am  Beginners are welcome! with CRFG member and Chapter Chair, John Valenzuela (<a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" target="_blank">classroom</a>)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Grafting Class 12:30 pm–1:45 pm with CRFG member Graham Stott (<a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" target="_blank">classroom</a>)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Over 500 varieties of scions available to choose from. LIMIT 2 STICKS PER PERSON, PER VARIETY.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Grafting Supplies For Sale: metal plant labels, grafting tape, Buddy Tape, grafting knives, cut-resistant gloves, safety tape, grafting rubbers, sap remover, camellia oil toolcare</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Custom Grafting Service get your scions grafted onto rootstock for a fee (buy rootstock at our Exchange or bring your own bare-root rootstock, make sure it is compatible with your scion.)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Custom Knife Sharpening Service & Live Demonstration: bring your grafting knives and pruners to have them sharpened for a fee while you learn how to do it for yourself</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Live Grafting Demonstrations watch, learn, ask questions, take notes from several expert CRFG Grafters representing multiple CRFG Chapters.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Rootstocks for Sale (Or bring your own to get them Custom Grafted)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Root Washing Demonstration learn to plant new trees & enable them to thrive with CRFG member Mae Clark</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Fruit Tasting: Discover fresh and unusual fruit as we celebrate seasonal bounty</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Fresh Citrus for Sale: Grown in the Sacramento Valley by CRFG member Ray Sheehy</li><li>Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program, CDFA critical updates on citrus trees and scionwood</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://bit.ly/PlantingJusticeNursery" target="_blank">Planting Justice Nursery </a>is joining us, we thank them for their scion donations!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">DVC Plant Sale: Hosted by the <a href="https://bit.ly/DVCHort">Diablo Valley College, Horticultural Department</a> shop for vegetables, edibles, annuals, perennial herbs, California natives, pollinator plants, salvias, shrubs, groundcovers & vines, trees & shrubs, succulents, tender perennials & indoor plants, soil amendments</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Silent Auction Discover treasures! <a href="https://bit.ly/GGsilentAuction" target="_blank">Bring items to share</a>.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Vintage issues of the CRFG Fruit Gardener magazine available for purchase</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Get your fruit tree questions answered by Veteran CRFG Experts</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Beginners are welcome! We all have to start somewhere!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Save this <a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" target="_blank">Scion Exchange Custom Map</a> with directions to the restrooms!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Download, print, and bring this <a href="https://bit.ly/2024GGSXShoppingList" target="_blank">Exchange Shopping List</a> with you: </li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">How To: <a href="https://bit.ly/ScionExchangeHowTo" target="_blank">Make the Best of a CRFG Scion Exchange </a></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">You are encouraged to bring scions, even if you only have one tree so long as you know what cultivar it is.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Learn how to harvest scionwood: "<a href="https://bit.ly/2024GGSEeventInfo" target="_blank">Scion Exchange Essential Knowledge</a>"</li></ul>

2024 Golden Gate Scion Exchange: General Admission 12:00-3:00

<span fr-original-style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">As the largest enthusiast fruit-growing organization in the world,<span fr-original-style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"> our famous annual Scion Exchanges are the most prominent event by which California Rare Fruit Growers serves its mission. Find the best varieties for growing your own fruit. <ul><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Pre-Event Newbie/Beginner Grafting Class 11:10 am  Beginners are welcome! with CRFG member John Valenzuela (classroom)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Grafting Class 12:30 am–1:45 with CRFG member Graham Stott (classroom)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Over 500 varieties of scions available to choose from. LIMIT 2 STICKS PER PERSON, PER VARIETY.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Grafting Supplies For Sale: metal plant labels, grafting tape, Buddy Tape, grafting knives, cut-resistant gloves, safety tape, grafting rubbers, more</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Custom Grafting Service get your scions grafted onto rootstock for a fee (buy rootstock at our Exchange or bring your own bare-root rootstock, make sure it is compatible with your scion.)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">FREE Live Grafting Demonstrations watch, learn, ask questions, take notes from several expert CRFG Grafters representing multiple CRFG Chapters.</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Rootstocks for Sale (Or bring your own to get them Custom Grafted)</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Root Washing Demos learn to plant new trees & enable them to thrive with CRFG member Mae Clark</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Fruit Tasting: Discover fresh and unusual fruit as we celebrate seasonal bounty</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Fresh Citrus for Sale: Grown in the Sacramento Valley by CRFG member Ray Sheehy</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://bit.ly/PlantingJusticeNursery" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Planting Justice Nursery </a>is joining us, we thank them for their scion donations!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Plant Sale: Hosted by the <a href="https://bit.ly/DVCHort" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">Diablo Valley College, Horticultural Department</a> shop for vegetables, edibles, annuals, perennial herbs, California natives, pollinator plants, salvias, shrubs, groundcovers & vines, trees & shrubs, succulents, tender perennials & indoor plants, soil amendments</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Silent Auction Discover treasures! <a href="https://bit.ly/GGsilentAuction" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Bring items to share</a>: <a href="https://bit.ly/GGsilentAuction" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">https://bit.ly/GGsilentAuction</a></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">TBA: Seed Lending Library, Xerces Society</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Vintage issues of the CRFG Fruit Gardener magazine available for purchase</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Get your fruit tree questions answered by Veteran CRFG Experts</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Beginners are welcome! We all have to start somewhere!</li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Save this Scion Exchange Map with directions to the restrooms! <a href="https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">https://bit.ly/2024ScionExchangeMap</a></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">Download, print, and bring this Shopping List with you: <a href="https://bit.ly/2024GGSXShoppingList" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">https://bit.ly/2024GGSXShoppingList</a></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">How to Make the Best of a CRFG Scion Exchange <a href="https://bit.ly/ScionExchangeHowTo" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">https://bit.ly/ScionExchangeHowTo</a></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit">You are encouraged to bring scions, even if you only have one tree so long as you know what cultivar it is. Learn how to harvest scionwood under "Scion Exchange Essential Knowledge" here: <a href="https://bit.ly/2024GGSEeventInfo" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">https://bit.ly/2024GGSEeventInfo</a></li></ul>

Golden Gate Member Scion Exchange E-Ticket 2024

2024 Golden Gate Scion Exchange: CRFG State Member eTicket (proof of membership required)

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1737042694/nxtwipiqv1cqo85upife.png" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto 5px 0px;text-align:left;position:relative;max-width:100%;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit" /> <span fr-original-style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: &quot;Square Sans Text VF&quot;, &quot;Square Sans Text&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-line; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;" style="color:rgb(26, 26, 26);font-family:&quot;Square Sans Text VF&quot;, &quot;Square Sans Text&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-line;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">Enjoy exclusive private rare-fruit tastings, orchard tours, expert speakers, pruning and grafting workshops, field-trips, educational opportunities, plant swaps, pot lucks, chapter newsletter, an active online community forum with like-minded people where you can ask questions and share your personal experiences and more. <span fr-original-style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: &quot;Square Sans Text VF&quot;, &quot;Square Sans Text&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-line; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;" style="color:rgb(26, 26, 26);font-family:&quot;Square Sans Text VF&quot;, &quot;Square Sans Text&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-line;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">Chapter dues cover January 1st–December 31st. <span fr-original-style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); 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Enjoy exclusive private rare-fruit tastings, orchard tours, expert speakers, pruning and grafting workshops, field-trips, educational opportunities, plant swaps, pot lucks, chapter newsletter, an active online community forum with like-minded people where you can ask questions and share your personal experiences and more.Chapter dues cover January 1st–December 31st. Memberships starting October 15th are good for the remainder of current year and all of the following year. You must have a CURRENT, state membership to CRFG.org before joining this chapter.

Golden Gate Chapter Membership (1 Year)

Join the 2026 Golden Gate Scion Exchange 🍏🌱 &mdash; a hands-on day for learning, sharing, and exploring rare and unusual fruit varieties. Connect with growers of all levels who care about preserving and cultivating diverse fruit trees in California. At this event, you can:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Trade scion wood and expand your home orchard</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Watch live grafting demos and ask practical questions</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sample rare fruit and discover new favorites</li></ul>Please complete this form to help us plan materials and organize scion tables.

Golden Gate Chapter, California Rare Fruit Growers

Golden Gate Chapter, California Rare Fruit Growers

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