PRESS RELEASE

All About Fruit Show

Release Date: September/October 2004

"Richer, Sweeter, and Home-Grown: Come See How" is the theme 
of the Home Orchard Society's annual All About Fruit Show.  
See the largest display of fruit in the U.S. Sink your teeth 
into heirloom apples and pears. Learn how to create a bountiful 
orchard on your own city lot; Learn about unusual fruits to 
grow; Hear and see the secrets of making your own cider.

The ALL ABOUT FRUIT SHOW, Saturday and Sunday, October 16 
and 17, Clackamas County Fair Grounds, Canby Oregon, 9:00am 
to 4:00pm. Sponsored by the Home Orchard Society (HOS).  
Admission: $3 adults, $5 family and children under 6 free. 
Free Parking.

There is no other place in Oregon where 100's of varieties 
of pears and apples (and a few exotic and rare fruits) 
are available for the public to see and taste. Several 
varieties will be available to buy.

Speakers and topics:
Saturday
	10-11am - Why Have a Home Orchard; Will Newman, owner of a small farm and grower of many different fruits;
	11:15-12:15am- Small Fruits; Lucile Whitman, owner of Whitman Farms, grower of 56 varieties of currents, 31 varieties of gooseberries;
	1-2pm - Organic Control in the HOS Arboretum; Karen Tillou, manager of the HOS Arboretum;
	2:15-3:15pm - Richer, Sweeter and Home-Grown: Ask the Experts - Panel;
Sunday
	11:15-12:15am - Why Have a Home Orchard; Will Newman, owner of a small farm and grower of many different fruits;
	1-2pm - Master Food Preservers; Rita Amadoro, give advice on how to preserve your harvest of fruit;
	2:15-3:15pm - Cider and Vinegar Panel.

Apply this knowledge by ordering custom grafted fruit 
trees or buy a cherry bush for the patio at the show. 
Or maybe you have an existing apple tree that's a 
mystery to solve. Bring unknown apples and our HOS 
sleuths can identify it for you for free.

Not a gardener? Then pick the brains of the HOS cider 
and vinegar panel and learn how to brew up your own 
home cider and vinegar. 
In addition, see one of the largest fruit displays 
in he U.S. showing the ordinary and extraordinary 
along with gathering ideas for creating crafts and 
gifts from the home orchard. This event is for the 
entire family.

Oh, and don't forget about the Apple Pie Contest and raffle.

Learn more: www.homeorchardsociety.org

About Home Orchard Society:

Incorporated in 1976 as a nonprofit educational 
organization in Portland, Oregon. The Home Orchard 
Society assists both the new and experienced fruit 
grower in the science, culture and pleasure of growing 
good fruit in the home orchard.

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For More Information Contact:
Jerry Shroyer (503/266-6745) or <shroyer@worldnet.att.net>

OR

Ted Swensen (503/293-1468) or <tlswensen@earthlink.net>