Tampa Bay Chapter Rare Fruit Council International

 UPCOMING MEETINGS

The Tampa Bay Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council is sad to announce that Life Member Bill Vega died on October 5, 2018.

Whether it was setting up the room for our monthly meetings, designing and building our award-winning State Fair horticultural booths, helping run Citrus Celebration, or getting plants and helping coordinate our USF plant sale . . . Bill was always giving to the organization. He will be greatly missed, both for what he did and for who he was.

Nov. 11, 2018, 2:00 p.m.

Bunch Grapes 

by Paul Zmoda

Social hour starts at 1:00.

Bring a dish to share for the buffet table and a plant for our exchange, get raffle tickets–win a plant!

We are asking members please to show up early to help with room set up.

Dec 9, 2018, 1:00 p.m.

Holiday Social Event

We are asking members please to show up early to help with room set up.

Jan. 13, 2019,  2:00 p.m.

Citrus Tree Nutrition 

by Dr. Mongi Zekri , UF/IFAS

Hendry County Extension Office in LaBelle, FL

February 2019 :

NO  GENERAL  MEETING

Florida State Fair Event !

Horticulture Display

Citrus Celebration

MEMBERSHIP INFO

If you are an RFCI member and NOT receiving your RFCI newsletter in your email, please send an email to: tb.rarefruit@gmail.com so we can update our records. Thank you.

NEW MEMBERS
To join, download and fill out a membership application form from:  https://rarefruit.org/membership/, and send with check of money order for $20 made out to Tampa Bay RFCI to:

Tampa Bay RFCI
39320 North Ave.
Zephyrhills, FL 33542.

RENEWING MEMBERS
If your dues are due, please send check or money order for $20 made out to Tampa Bay RFCI and mail to:

Tampa Bay RFCI
39320 North Ave.
Zephyrhills, FL 33542.

~MARK YOUR CALENDAR~

The Tampa Bay Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International meets on the second Sunday of the month except in February (Citrus Celebration), April (USF Plant Sale) and October (USF Plant Sale). Please check this website for date and location for our Holiday Party this December, which will start at 1:00, an hour earlier than usual (Social hour begins at noon).

Missing newsletters

Our newsletter archives are fairly complete . . . but we are missing some issues. If any older members have any of the following issues, please contact Tom Schaefer or Sandra Kischuk. The missing issues are:
1980-all                   1983-July
1989-December       2005-October

THANK YOU!

We are reviving the RFCI photo contest. Submission date upcoming. More details to follow.

NOTICE

Hopefully we will return our general meetings to the McLaughlin Center in January. Look for our notices!