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From: jimk@wyeast.slc.com (Jim Kenney)
Subject: Apple Tasting and Fruit show
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(Please call Portland Nursery or the HOS for more info.  Jim Kenney don't know)

                           ALL ABOUT FRUIT SHOW
                                   and
                           GOURMET APPLE TASTING

         sponsored by the Home Orchard Society and Portland Nursery


                      FREE Admission!  FREE Parking!

When?   9 am to 5pm   7,8,9 October 1994
Where?  Portland Nursery  5050 SE Stark, Portland


also  14,15,16 October: Gourmet Apple Tasting, Fall is for Planting Show
                          (meet the growers and the vendors)


Highlights:

o Over 40 varieties of apples for tasting, plus a selection for purchasing.
o Extensive fruit and nut displays.
o Apple cider demonstration - pressing, tasting, and sales.
o Live Bluegrass music.
o Tasty foods and drinks.
o Displays and information on how to grow fruits, berries, and nuts
   in your own back yard.
o HOS Apple Identification Booth -  bring at least 3 apples from each unknown
   tree and be prepared to give the tree's history and growth habit.
o Biggest Apple and Biggest Pear Contests (no entrance fee, open to all).
o Apple Pie contest - sorry, only the judges get to taste these.
o Raffle of an excellent hand-built cider press - manufacturer present
   to answer questions.
o Booths of commercial and nonprofit organizations offering information,
   products, and services of interest to home orchardists and gardeners.


sponsored by     Home Orchard Society             Portland Nursery
                 PO Box 230192                    5050 SE Stark
                 Tigard, OR 97281-0192            Portland, OR 97215
                 (503) 642-3317                   (503) 231-5050

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Jim Kenney, Servio Corporation          |          email: jimk@slc.com
15400 NW Greenbrier Pkwy, Suite 280     |          phone: (503)690-8517
Beaverton, OR   USA   97006             |            fax: (503)629-8556


