July 1, 2002
Contact: Shaunna Dycus
800 654-5854, ext. 125
Or
Joe Sabol
(805) 756-7225
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cal Poly Fruit Tasting To Be 'Peachy' Event
SAN LUIS OBISPO -- Those with a hankering for new varieties of fruit are
in for a real treat - a real taste treat, that is - when Cal Poly's
College of Agriculture hosts its first fruit tasting 1-5 p.m. July 13.
The free event, sponsored in conjunction with the Dave Wilson Nursery of
Reedley and Hickman, will be in Room 100 in the Erhart Agriculture
Building.
More than 25 different varieties of fruit will be available to taste,
including the weeping Santa Rosa plum, Whitelady peach, Mericrest
nectarine, Flavor Queen pluot (a cross between a plum and an apricot)
and the Arctic Jay White nectarine.
The tasting is intended as a fun and educational public event. For more
information, call Joe Sabol of Cal Poly's College of Agriculture at
756-7225
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