Fruit Club’s annual Fall Fruit Show

Come one, come all to the Vashon Island Fruit Club’s annual Fall Fruit Show, which will be held on Saturday, November 10th from 10 am to 3 pm. The Show will take place in the Senior Center and the Land Trust Building, side by side on Bank Road (around the corner from Farmer’s Market). Here is your opportunity to ID the fruit from that old apple tree in the backyard, as experts will be on hand to identify the sample you bring them.

The Senior Center will house our extensive display of over 100 varieties of island-grown fruit, along with expert apple identification, fruit-growing resource tables, and a list of club-grafted fruit trees for sale. We are offering these young apple trees for sale, grafted onto fully-dwarfing and semi-dwarfing rootstocks, available for planting this Fall or next Spring, your choice.

Next door, at the Land Trust Building, we will have the following four presentations::

• At 10:00 a.m. - Growing Plums and Nectarines on Vashon --- Jerry Gehrke
• At 11:00 a.m - Update on our Apple Cider Orchard --- Wes & Laura Cherry
• At 1:00 - Fruit Varieties – Old & New – Suitable for Growing on Vashon --- Dr. Bob Norton
• At 2:00 - Growing Fruits & Nuts in the Landscape Utilizing Permaculture Principles --- Ingela Wanerstrand

Presentations will start precisely at the hour and will run 30 minutes, with a question and answer period following. Allow yourself enough time to browse and sample our fruit and resources in the Senior Center, as well as hear from our presenters next door. Open to all and free of charge.