Meeting History

2021

Jan	10	No general meeting	COVID-19 cancellation
Feb	21	Special Plant Sale		American Legion Post 111
Mar	14	No general meeting	COVID-19 cancellation
Apr	11 & 22	Special Plant Sale & Club Display at the Florida State Fair!		American Legion Post 111 & Florida State Fair
May	16	No general meeting	COVID-19 cancellation
Jun	13	A New Mango Reality… High production dwarfing techniques	Ian Campbell, Mango Men Homestead	American Legion Post 111
July	11
Aug	8
Sep	12
Oct
Nov	14
Dec	12

2020

Jan	12	Fruit Tree Breeding	Dr. Jose Chaparro	American Legion Post 111
Feb	9	Citrus Celebration at the Florida State Fair!		Florida State Fair – Citrus Celebration
Mar	8	Biodigesters	Ashlee Painter, Sustainability Coordinator, City of Oldsmar	American Legion Post 111
Apr	11 & 12	USF Plant Sale	COVID-19 cancellation	USF
May	10	No general meeting	COVID-19 cancellation
Jun	14	No general meeting	COVID-19 cancellation
July	12	No general meeting	COVID-19 cancellation
Aug	9	No general meeting	COVID-19 cancellation
Sep	13	No general meeting	COVID-19 cancellation
Oct	10 & 11	USF Plant Festival	COVID-19 cancellation	USF
Nov	8	Special Plant Sale		American Legion Post 111
Dec	13	No general meeting	COVID-19 cancellation

2019

Jan	13	Citrus Tree Nutrition	Dr. Mongi Zekri Hendry County UF/IFAS Extension Office, LaBelle, FL	Christ The King Cath. Church, Tampa
Feb	10	Citrus Celebration at the Florida State Fair!		Florida State Fair – Citrus Celebration
Mar	10	Bud Grafting	Walter Zill	Christ The King Cath. Church, Tampa
Apr	13 & 14	USF Plant Sale		USF
May	12	Artocarpus	Will Wright	Christ The King Cath. Church, Tampa
Jun	9	Canning and Food Preservation	Dr. Mary Keith	Christ The King Cath. Church, Tampa
July	14	Fruit Tasting		Driscoll Hall, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Aug	11	Plant Communication and Interaction with other Species	Emmanuel Roux	Driscoll Hall, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Sep	8	Sapodillas	Alex Salazar	Driscoll Hall, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Oct	12 & 13	USF Plant Festival		USF
Nov	10	The Sugar Apple and its relatives	Har Mahdeem	Driscoll Hall, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Dec	8	Holiday Social	Cold Protection	American Legion Post 111

2018

Jan	14	Citrus	Jamie Burrow	Christ The King Cath. Church, Tampa
Feb	11	Citrus Celebration at the Florida State Fair!	Thank you Bill Vega and to all our volunteers! Great job by a great team!	Florida State Fair – Citrus Celebration
Mar	11	Kumquats!	Greg Gude	Christ The King Cath. Church, Tampa
Apr	14 & 15	USF Plant Sale		USF
May	13	Mangoes	Walter Zill	Christ The King Cath. Church, Tampa
Jun	10	Member Q&A		Christ The King Cath. Church, Tampa
Jul	8	Mango Tasting and Social		Christ The King Cath. Church, Tampa
Aug	12	UF/IFAS Extension: Your Local Connection to the University of Florida	Dr. Nick Place, Director of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	Christ The King Cath. Church, Tampa
Sep	9	Growing Fruit Trees in Containers	Will Wright of Tropical & Rare Fruit Trees, LLC.	Christ The King Cath. Church, Tampa
Oct	13 & 14	USF Plant Festival	Botanical Gardens	USF
Nov	11	Bunch Grapes	Paul Zmoda	Christ The King Cath. Church, Tampa
Dec	13	Holiday Social	Cold Protection	Christ The King Cath. Church, Tampa

2017

Jan	8	Micronutrients for Citrus Greening	Dr. Jude Grosser, University of Florida Professor of Plant Cell Genetics	Christ The King Cath. Church, Tampa
Feb	12	Florida State Fair- Citrus Celebration		FL State Fair
Mar	12	Grafting Workshop Jerry Coronel with Rochan Premraj Paul Zmoda	cleft grafting veneer graft.	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Apr	8 and 9	USF Plant Sale		USF
May	14	Olives	Michael Garcia, Pres. Olive Growers of Florida	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Jun	11	Sweetwater Organic Community Farm	Sweetwater Organic Community Farm	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Jul	9	Mango Fest		Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Aug	13	Bananas!	Celeste Welch of Sulcata Grove	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Sep	11	Kumquats! RESCHEDULED	Greg Gude 352-424-1840	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Oct	14 and 15	USF Plant Sale		USF
Nov	12	Growing with Hydroponics	Francisco Rivera, Hillsborough County Extension Small Farms agent	Christ The King Cath.Ch. Tampa
Dec	17	Holiday Social		Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa

2016

Jan	10	Citrus  Variety Development	Peter Chaires	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Feb	14	Florida State Fair- Citrus Celebration		FL State Fair
Mar	13	Vermiculture: Composting with Worms	Debra Black, member	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Apr	10	USF Plant Sale		USF
May	8	Club  History	Tom Schaefer, member	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Jun	12	Water Conservation and Microirrigation	Sheila Monihan, UF/IFAS, Paula Staples, UF/IFAS	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Jul	10	Free fruit tasting event–Mangos		Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Aug	14	POSSIBLE:  Bananas w Don Chafin-Going bananas	Ethan Nielsen  863 399 5591  c2h6@msn.com	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Sep	11	POSSIBLE: Kumquat  or Fertilizers (Justin Cain- Chem Dyn..)	Greg Gude 352-424-1840	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Oct	9	USF Plant Sale		USF
Nov	13	(no grafting demo this time of year)		Christ The King Cath.Ch. Tampa
Dec	11	Holiday Social		Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa

2015

Jan	11	Beekeeping with the Giliksons	Mike and Laura Gilikson	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Feb	8	Florida State Fair- Citrus Celebration	NA	FL State Fair
Mar	8	Fertilizers…..NO  SHOW !	Justin Cain, Chemical Dynamics	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Apr	11	USF Plant Sale	NA	USF
May	10	Plant Reproduction	Ian Greig	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Jun	14	Pomegranates	Cindy Weinstein	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Jul	12	Free fruit tasting event	NA	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Aug	9	Preserving and canning	Mary Keith, Hills Hills. Co. Ext., Ret.	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Sep	13	50 Unusual Edible Plants for Florida	Andy Firk, Bamboo Grove, Arcadia	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Oct	11	USF Plant Sale	NA	USF
Nov	8	Grafting / Air Layering Videos	Jerry C, Jerry A, Paul Z, Adam	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Dec	13	Holiday Social		Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa

2014

Jan	12	New citrus varieties	Peter Chaires, Dir New Varieties Devel and Mgmt Corp	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Feb	9	Florida State Fair- Citrus Celebration	NA	FL State Fairgrounds
Mar	9	Kampong- Natl Tropical Botanical Garden	Dr Larry Schokman, Dir Kampong Miami	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Apr	12	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
May	18	Neem Tree	Vicki Parsons	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Jun	8	Florida Mushrooms	Michael Stevens	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Jul	13	Citrus Greening	Jamie Burrow, Coordinator UF IFAS  Ext Service	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Aug	3	Grafting workshop	Members	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Sep	7	Fruits of SE Asia	Chris Rollins, Fruit & Spice Park	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Oct	11	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
Nov	9	Frost protection	Charles Novak, member	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa
Dec	14	Holiday Social	NA	Christ The King Cath.Church, Tampa

2013

Jan	13	Pomegranates	Cindy Weinstein, Pres FL Pomegranate Assoc	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Feb	10	Florida State Fair- Citrus Celebration	NA	FL State Fairgrounds
Mar	10	Seeds	Charles Novak, member	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Apr	13	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
May	12	Insects, Diseases  and Environmental Problems Fruits	Gene Joyner	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Jun	9	Organic Gardening	Fran Grossman, member	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Jul	14	What we learned about planting after Andrew	Chris Rollins, Fruit & Spice Park	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Aug	11	Ancient wisdom of folk remedies	Dr Tanaka	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Sep	8	Eugenas ans Annonas	Adam Shfran	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Oct	12	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
Nov	10	Workshop- Grafting	Members	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Dec	8	Holiday Social	NA	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore

2012

Jan	8	Growing Pineapples	Ian Greig, member	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Feb	12	Florida State Fair – Citrus Celebration	NA	FL State Fairgrounds
Mar	11	Growing Blueberries	Patsy & Ken Frier, Blue Berry Farms & Nursery, Plant City	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Apr	14	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
May	13	Plant Doctor	Gene Joyner	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Jun	10	Dragon Fruit	Dr Matthew Snow, Miami RFCi-President	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Jul	8	SE Asian Fruits. Joint club mtg: Brevard, Manatee,  Orlando, Sarasota.	Chris Rollins, Fruit & Spice Park	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Aug	12	Jaboticaba	Adam Shfran	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Sep	9	??	??
Oct	13	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
Nov	11	Propagation workshop and Cold Protection	Members	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Dec	9	Holiday Social	NA	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore

2011

Jan	9	Soil	Dr Geoff Denny, UF	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Feb	13	Florida State Fair- Citrus Celebration	NA	FL State Fairgrounds
Mar	13	Growing Trees and Plants with Micorrhizol fungi	Tammy Kovar, Owner Biological Tree Service of Sarasota
Apr	9	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
May	5	Going Bananas	Gene Joyner	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Jun	12	Citrus Diseases	Jamie yates, Florida Citrus Research, Lake Alfred	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Jul	10	Growing Blueberries Organically	Kenneth Der	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Aug	14	Biochar	Wae Nelson, Florida Gardening magazine	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Sep	11	Stone fruit	Dr Mercy Olmstead, UF/IFAS	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Oct	8	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
Nov	13	Propagation workshop and Cold Protection	Members	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Dec	11	Holiday Social, impromtu  Before fertilizers	NA, Toppi Feil, Broward RFCI	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore

2010

Jan	10	Beneficial and Non-beneficial Insects, Med. Fruit Fly	Dr David Dean, Entomoligist	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Feb	7	Florida State Fair- Citrus Celebration	NA	FL State Fairgrounds
Mar	14	Bee pollination and bee therapy	Robert Messineo	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Apr	10	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
May	9	Lychees , longans, other fruit	Gene Joyner	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Jun	13	Avocados	Dr Jonarhan Crane, UF IFAS	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Jul	11	Windbreraks for Sustainable Agriculture	Dr Bijay Tamang, UF School of Forestry	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Aug	8	Using tropical plants to improve lives overseas	Dr Martin Price, ECCHO Ft Myers	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Sep	12	Lesser Known Fruiting Trees of Florida	Chris Rollins, Fruit and Spice Park, Homestead	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Oct	9	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
Nov	14	Propagation workshop	Members	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Dec	12	Holiday Social	NA	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore

2009

Jan	11	Growing Grapes	Bob Paulish	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Feb	8	Florida State Fair- Citrus Celebration	NA	FL State Fairgrounds
Mar	8	Citrus Diseases- Greening	Tom Spreen, USF	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Apr	11	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
May	10	Best Fruiting Plants for Central Florida	Gene Joyner	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Jun	7	Macadamia tree	George Anderson, LaBelle	Merritt Island
Jul	12	Propagation workshop- Grafting made easy by Charles Novak	Members	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Aug	9	Insect Resistance	James Price	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Sep	13	Water Conservation ans SWFMD	Ed Hobin & Lois Sorensen	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Oct	10	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
Nov	8	Cold Protection and Medicinal  uses of fruiting plants	Charles Novak, member	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Dec	13	Holiday Social	NA	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore

2008

Jan	13	Annona family	Har Mahdeem, Zill’s Nursery, Boynton Beach	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Feb	10	Florida State Fair- Citrus Celebration	NA	FL State Fairgrounds
Mar	9	Lychees and Longans	Bob Murray, Treehouse Nursery, Bokeelia	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Apr	12	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
May	11	Myrtacaea famiy: jaboticaba, etc	Gene Joyner	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Jun	8	Propagation workshop	Members	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Jul	13	Olives	Anthony Valenza, Owner Olive Branch Tree Farm, Gainesville	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Aug	10	Fruits of Brazil	Ray Jones	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Sep	14	Rare fruit@ Fruit & Spice Park, Homestead	Chris Rollins, Fruit & Spice Park, Homestead	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Oct	11	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
Nov	9	Cold protection	Charles Novak & Members	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Dec	14	Holiday Social	NA	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore

2007

Jan	14	Propagation workshop	Members	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Feb	11	Florida State Fair- Citrus Celebration	NA	FL State Fairgrounds
Mar	11	Strawberries	Craig Chandler	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Apr	14	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
May	13	Anona family” pond apple, custard apple, etc	Gene Joyner	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Jun	10	Benefits of Neem	Vicki Parsons	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Jul	8	Aspects of Citrus	Dr Futch, UF Director Tri Co Ext Services	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Aug	12	Wine from tropical fruit	Debbie Sims, Sims Winery	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Sep	8	Lesser know fruiting trees, South American Adventure	Crafton Cliff	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Oct	13	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
Nov	11	Avocados	Jonathan Crane, Miami	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Dec	9	Holiday Social	NA	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore

2006

Jan	8	Collecting seeds of rare fruit plants- video	Alan Karle	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Feb	12	Florida State Fair- Citrus Celebration	NA	FL State Fairgrounds
Mar	13	Nutritional value of fruit	Dr Douglas Graham	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Apr	8	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
May	14	Myrtaceae family- jaboticaba, etc	Gene Joyner	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Jun	11	Propagation workshop	Members	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Jul	19	The soil and its effects on growing fruit in Florida	Wae Nelson, FL Gardening magazine	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Aug	13	Fragrant flowering and fruiting plants	Michael Dubinovsky, Top Tropical Nursery	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Sep	10	Herbs	Monica Brandies, author	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Oct	14	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
Nov	12	Tropical fruits and spices	Erik Tietig, VP Pine Island Nursery	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Dec	10	Holiday Social	NA	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore

2005

Jan	9	Plant Health Development	Tammy Kovar Dorten, grad student	Westside Conference Center at USF
Feb	13	Florida State Fair- Citrus Celebration	NA	FL State Fairgrounds
Mar	13	Less Know Tropical Fruit Trees	Billy & Barabar Hopkins,  Hopkins Tropical Fruit Nursery	Westside Conference Center at USF
Apr	9	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
May	8	Mangos	Gene Joyner	Westside Conference Center at USF
Jun	12	Proper Use of Pesticides	Dave Palmer, Hills CO Extension Services	Westside Conference Center at USF
Jul	10	No Meeting due to conference in Homestead	Separate agenda fromHomestead conference	Rennaisance Center for the Arts,Tampa
Aug	14	Amazon Trip	Members	Westside Conference Center at USF
Sep	11	Growing Vegetables	Debbie Butts, member	Westside Conference Center at USF
Oct	8	USF Plant Sale	NA	USF
Nov	13	Propagataion Workshop at new location	Members	Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore
Dec	11	Holiday Social	NA	Dr Burns & Cathy Creighton,Lithia

2004

Jan	11	Going bananas	Don and Katie Chafin, Homestead	Westside Conference Center at USF
Feb	8	Florida State Fair- Citrus Celebration	NA	FL State Fairgrounds
Mar	14	My Favorite Fruit	Ray Jones , Manatee RFCI	Westside Conference Center at USF
Apr	10	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
May	9	Tropical Fruit and other Tropical Nature of the Amazon	Paul Beaver	Westside Conference Center at USF
Jun	13	Q&A and Workshop: plant propagation	Members	Westside Conference Center at USF
Jul	11	Trip to Merritt Island for Mango Tasting	Invited by Broward RFCI	Merrit  Island
Aug	8	Fertilizers	Larry Bridge	Westside Conference Center at USF
Sep	12	White sapote	Henry Marshall, Tropical Fruit Club Orlando	Westside Conference Center at USF
Oct	10	USF Plant Sale	NA	USF
Nov	14	Fruit & Spice Park, Homestead talk	Chris Rollins	Westside Conference Center at USF
Dec	12	Holiday Social	NA	Dr Burns & Cathy Creighton,Lithia

2003

Jan	12	Fruits of SE Asia	Chris Rollins, Fruit & Spice Park	Westside Conference Center at USF
Feb	9	Florida State Fair & Citrus Celebration- 2nd	NA
Mar	9	How bees pollinate	Jim Alderman Jr, Dept of Agriculture	Westside Conference Center at USF
Apr	12	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
May	11	Lesser Know Fruiting Trees for Central Florida	Gene Joyner	Westside Conference Center at USF
Jun	8	Growing Pineapples	Ian Greig, member	Westside Conference Center at USF
Jul	12	USF Tropical Plant Fair	NA	USF
Aug	10	Growing Vegetables	Thom Scott, member	Westside Conference Center at USF
Sep	14	Picnic	NA	USF Botanical Gardens
Oct	11	USF Plant Sale	NA	USF
Nov	9	Cold Protection	Charles Novak, member	Westside Conference Center at USF
Dec	14	Holiday Social	NA	Dr Burns & Cathy Creighton,Lithia

2002

Jan	13	Persimmons	Jim Mercer, Member	Westside Conference Center at USF
Feb	10	New Citrus Celebration at Florida State Fair- 1st	NA	FL State Fairgrounds
Mar	10	Winemaking	Walter Yoblonski, member, Winery owner	USF Botanical Gardens- outside
Apr	13	USF Plant sale	NA	USF
May	12	Tropical Fruits for Tampa area	Gene Joyner	Westside Conference Center at USF
Jun	9	Growing Herbs in Central Florida	Monica Brandies, member, author	Westside Conference Center at USF
Jul	13	Tropical Plant Fair at USF	NA	USF
Aug	11	Rare and Tropical Fruits	Tom Ecomonou, Miami RFCI	Westside Conference Center at USF
Sep	8	Picnic	NA	George Reigler’s home, Tampa
Oct	12	USF Plant Sale	NA	USF
Nov	10	Cold Protection  w Microjet misters Mist & Drip Irrigation	Susan Thayer, Maxijet, Inc  Matt Clark, Mister Irrigation	Westside Conference Center at USF
Dec	8	Holiday Social	NA	Dr Burns & Cathy Creighton,Lithia

2001

Jan	20	Citrus Celebration at USF	NA	USF
Feb	11	Fruit and Vegetable Canning	Gracelyn Adams, Director of the Community Cannery	Univ Lecture Hall at USF, # BSF 100
Mar	11	All About Strawberries	Craig Chandler, UF IFAS Dover Research Station	Univ Lecture Hall at USF, # BSF 100
Apr	8	Propagation workshop	Members	Univ Lecture Hall at USF, # BSF 100
May	13	Tropical Fruits for Tampa area	Gene Joyner	Univ Lecture Hall at USF, # BSF 100
Jun	9	Trip to ECHO in Ft Myers	NA	ECHO, Ft Myers
Jul	8	All you need to know about growing citrus	Dr Steve Futch, Tri Co Extension Service	Univ Lecture Hall at USF, # BSF 100
Aug	12	Edible Landscapiing	Katie Roberts,, FL Native Plant Society, Pinellas Co	Univ Lecture Hall at USF, # BSF 100
Sep	9	Picnic and Grafting workshop	Members	USF Botanical Gardens
Oct	13	USF Plant Sale	NA	USF
Nov	11	Freeze Protection for Tropical Plants		Univ Lecture Hall at USF, # BSF 100
Dec	9	Holiday Social	NA	Dr Burns & Cathy Creighton,Lithia

2000

Jan	15	Citrus Celebration at USF	NA	USF
Feb	13	Grafting & Air layering demonstrations	Members	Univ Lecture Hall at USF
Mar	12	Picnic at Eureka Springs Co Park (speaker had cancelled)	NA- Pot Luck	Eureka Springs Park
Apr	9	USF Plant Sale	NA	USF
May	14	Diseases and Pests of Tropical Fruit	Gene Joyner	Univ Lecture Hall at USF, # BSF 100
Jun	11	Blueberry culture	Fred Strickland, grower, Plant City	Univ Lecture Hall at USF, # BSF 100
Jul	16	Myrtle family- jaboticaba, guava, etc	Ray Jones, Manatee RFCI	Univ Lecture Hall at USF, # BSF 100
Aug	13	Container Gardens	Bert Bradish, Master Gardener at Hills Co Ext Service	Univ Lecture Hall at USF, # BSF 100
Sep	10	Pesticides and Pest Control	Dave Palmer, Pesticide Retail Nursery & Landscaping	Univ Lecture Hall at USF, # BSF 100
Oct	14	USF Plant Sale	NA	USF
Nov	12	Plant Nutrition and Fertilizers	Sydney Park Brown, Hills Co Ext Service	Univ Lecture Hall at USF, # BSF 100
Dec	10	Holiday Social	NA	Dr Burns & Cathy Creighton,Lithia

1999

Jan	16	Citrus Celebration at USF	NA	USF Botanical Gardens
Feb	14	Weed and Feed	Sandy Mulrooney	Univ Lecture Hall at USF
Mar	14	Tissue Culture Research with Citrus	Dr Jude Grosser, UF	Univ Lecture Hall at USF
Apr	10	USF Plant Sale	NA	USF
May	9	Plants suitable for growing in Tampa Area	Gene Joyner	Univ Lecture Hall at USF
Jun	13	Blueberries	Debra Toyer, My Blue Heaven Nursery in Dade City	Univ Lecture Hall at USF
Jul	11	Herbal and Holistic medicines	Dr Carol Roberts, MD	Univ Lecture Hall at USF
Aug	8	Member trips abroad	Members	Univ Lecture Hall at USF
Sep	12	Seed Savers	Wae Nelson, FL Gardening magazine	Univ Lecture Hall at USF
Oct	9	USF Plant Sale	NA	USF
Nov	14	Carving Fruit for table centerpieces	Paul Carideo	Univ Lecture Hall at USF
Dec	12	Holiday Social	NA	Dr Burns & Cathy Creighton,Lithia

1998

Jan	11	Herbs	Maryon Marsh, author	Univ Lecture Hall at USF
Feb	8	Living off the Land	Marian Van Atta	Univ Lecture Hall at USF
Mar	14	Fruit Tree Sale, no program	sale	Ft Homerly Hesterly Armory
Apr	19	Making beer and wine	Ray Jones, Manatee RFCI	George Reigler’s home
May	10	Unbelieveable Acres	Gene Joyner	Univ Lecture Hall at USF
Jun	13	Trip to Unbelieveable Gardens	Gene Joyner	W Palm Beach trip
Jul	19	Gingers- edible	Russell Adams, Gainesville Tree Farm	Univ Lecture Hall at USF
Aug	9	Soils, Recycled Wood Products	JD Cather, works at soil development co	Univ Lecture Hall at USF
Sep	13	Growing Edible mushrooms	Jody Venn	Univ Lecture Hall at USF
Oct	10	USF Plant Sale	NA	USF
Nov	8	Paw Paw	Har Mahdeem, Zill’s Nursery, Boynton Beach	Univ Lecture Hall at USF
Dec	13	Holiday Social	NA	Janet Conrad Home, Tampa

1997

Jan		Pineapple Guava	Dr Ralph Sharp, UF, Gainesville	Clubhouse, Seffner
Feb	9	Bananas	Don Chafin, Homestead	Clubhouse, Seffner
Mar	9	Q&A	Members	Clubhouse, Seffner
Apr	12	USF Plant Sale	NA	USF
May	11	Mangos & avocados	Gene Joyner	Clubhouse, Seffner
Jun	8	Thailand trip	Vivian Murray, The Treehouse Nursery, Bokeelia	Clubhouse, Seffner
Jul	20	Variety of topics	Winston Kao, Agriculturist, Member	Clubhouse, Seffner
Aug	10	Edible Ginger	Larry Shatzer	Clubhouse, Seffner
Sep	14	The AmazonBasin in Brazil	Dr Paul Beaver	Clubhouse, Seffner
Oct	12	USF Plant Sale	NA	USF
Nov	9	Rare fruit and tropical fruiting trees- Borneo	Chris Rollins	Clubhouse, Seffner
Dec	14	Holiday Social	NA	Clubhouse, Seffner

1996

Jan	14	Figs	Fred Born, member	Clubhouse, Seffner
Feb	11	Fruit discussions by members	Members	Clubhouse, Seffner
Mar	10	Pineapples	Ian Greig, member	Clubhouse, Seffner
Apr	30	USF Plant sale  (and 9th)	USF plant sale	USF
May	12	Fruiting Plants for Small Yards	Gene Joyner, Unbelieveable Acres, Palm Beach	Clubhouse, Seffner
Jun	9	Pineapples	Ian Greig, member	Clubhouse, Seffner
Jul	14	Herbs	Monica Brandies, member	Clubhouse, Seffner
Aug	11	Persimmons	Ronald Lambert, Buckhorn Nursery	Clubhouse, Seffner
Sep	8	Tropical Fruit Trees at Fruit & Spice Park	Chris Rollins, Fruit & Spice Park, Homestead	Clubhouse, Seffner
Oct	13	Fruit Tree Sale, no program	sale	Ft Homerly Hesterly Armory
Nov	10	Fruitarama sale and Community Garage sale	NA	Clubhouse, Seffner
Dec	8	Holiday Social	NA	Clubhouse, Seffner

1995

Jan	8	Pot Luck Lunch	NA	Clubhouse, Seffner
Feb	12	Composting	Polly Ryan, Hills Co Exten Service	Clubhouse, Seffner
Mar	4	(Saturday) Edible Fruit of Brunei	Dr Bobby Tee, Author and Horticulturist from Brunei	Clubhouse, Seffner
Apr	8	USF Plant sale  (and 9th)	USF plant sale	USF
May	14	Fruits of Peru	Dr Paul Beaver	Clubhouse, Seffner
Jun	11	Growing Dooryard Tropical Fruit	Jene Hendley, Log Cabin Garden Center, St Pete	Clubhouse, Seffner
Jul	9	Passion Fruit	Paul Zmoda, member	Clubhouse, Seffner
Aug	13	Inter-American Society of Tropical Horticulture info	Al Hendry, member	Clubhouse, Seffner
Sep	10	No formal meeting, planning for tree sale	Pot luck lunch	Janet Conrad Home, Tampa
Oct	7	Fruit Tree Sale, no program	sale	Ft Homerly Hesterly Armory
Nov	12	All about bats	Cindy marks, Bat Center in Bay Pines	Clubhouse, Seffner
Dec	10	1st Annual Christmas party	NA	Clubhouse, Seffner

1994

Jan	9	Variety of Tropical Fruit	Tom Economou, Miami RFCI	Clubhouse, Seffner
Feb	13	Movement of Plants & Seeds Interstate and Internationally	Paul Hornby, Div of Plant Industry, Gainesville	Clubhouse, Seffner
Mar	13	Organic Gardening	Sam Phillmore, Organic Gardening Society	Clubhouse, Seffner
Apr	10	Video on Water Conservation	SWFFMD	Clubhouse, Seffner
May	8	Q&A Plant problems,  Plant Identification	AL Hendry, Paul Zmoda	Clubhouse, Seffner
Jun	12	The Lychee	Bob Murray, Treehouse Nursery, Bokeelia	Clubhouse, Seffner
Jul	10	Cypress Gardens Topiary work, Propagations, Landscaping	Joe Freeman, Horticulturist at Cypress Gardens	Clubhouse, Seffner
Aug	14	Gardening chores at clubhouse	Members	Clubhouse, Seffner
Sep	11	No formal meeting, planning for tree sale	Pot luck lunch	Janet Conrad Home, Tampa
Oct	1	Fruit Tree Sale, no program	sale	Ft Homerly Hesterly Armory
Nov	13	Annonas	Har Mahdeem, Zill’s Nursery, Boynton Beach	Clubhouse, Seffner
Dec	11	Variety of Tropical Fruit	Tom Economou, Miami RFCI	Clubhouse, Seffner

1993

Jan	10	Bananas	Bill Lessard, Homestead	Clubhouse, Seffner
Feb	14	Growing and Using Herbs	Kay Cude, author	Clubhouse, Seffner
Mar	14	Growing Grapes in Florida	DD Smith	Clubhouse, Seffner
Apr	18	Propagation Workshop	Members	Clubhouse, Seffner
May	16	Blueberry propagation and cultivation	Fred Strickland, Grower, Dover	Clubhouse, Seffner
Jun	13	Video of Citrus varieties	Gil Whitton, member	Clubhouse, Seffner
Jul	11	Cherimoya and its relaatives	Har Mahdeem, Zill’s Nursery, Boynton Beach	Clubhouse, Seffner
Aug	8	Video: Introduction to Tropical fruit	Dr Carl Campbell, IFAS Homestead	Clubhouse, Seffner
Sep	12	No formal meeting, planning for tree sale	Pot luck lunch	Janet Conrad Home, Tampa
Oct	16	Fruit Tree Sale, no program	sale	Ft Homerly Hesterly Armory
Nov	14	Fruiting Plants for Small Yards	Gene Joyner, Unbelieveable Acres, Palm Beach	Clubhouse, Seffner
Dec	12	Winemaking	Panel of members	Clubhouse, Seffner

1992

Jan	12	Growing fruit in Sri Lanka	Dr Frank Martin, retired scientist, US Div of Ag	Clubhouse, Seffner
Feb	9	Growing and Using Exotic Fruits	Marian Van Atta, author	Clubhouse, Seffner
Mar	8	Plant Propagation Workshop	Members	Clubhouse, Seffner
Apr	12	The Delicious Pineapple	Andrew Rose, Director IFAS Ext serv, Citrus Co	Clubhouse, Seffner
May	10	Philipine Fruit	Al Hendry, member	Clubhouse, Seffner
Jun	14	Tropical Fruit Trees	Gene Joyner, Unbelieveable Acres, Palm Beach	Clubhouse, Seffner
Jul	12	FL  Extension Service System	Mike McKinney, Director Hills Co, IFAS System	Clubhouse, Seffner
Aug	9	Wild Edibles	Dick Duerling, Horticulturist from Orlando	Clubhouse, Seffner
Sep	13	No formal meeting, planning for tree sale	Pot luck lunch	Janet Conrad Home, Tampa
Oct	10	Fruit Tree Sale, no program	sale	Ft Homerly Hesterly Armory
Nov	8	Exotic Fruit Variety	Tom Economou, Miami RFCI	Clubhouse, Seffner
Dec	13	Macadamia Nut	George Anderson	Clubhouse, Seffner

1991

Jan	13	Tropical Fruit Fiesta	Tom Economou, Miami RFCI	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Feb	10	Tropical Fruit Growing	Larry Schatzer, Our Kids Nursery	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Mar	10	Deciduous Fruiting trees, Q&A Citrus & Tropical Fruit	Al Hendry, member Dr William Grierson, CREC, Lake Alfred	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Apr	14	Cell genetics	Dr Jude Gessner	Clubhouse, Seffner
May	12	Tropical Fruiting Trees	Gene Joyner, Unbelieveable Acres, Palm Beach	Clubhouse, Seffner
Jun	9	Passion fruit	Paul Zmoda, member	Clubhouse, Seffner
Jul	14	Unusual Citrus Varieites	Pamela Gilmore, Dade City Nursery	Clubhouse, Seffner
Aug	11	Fruiting Palms	Dr Frederick Essig, Director of USF Botanical Gardens	Clubhouse, Seffner
Sep	8	No formal meeting, planning for tree sale	Pot luck lunch	Janet Conrad Home, Tampa
Oct	13	Fruit Tree Sale, no program	sale	Ft Homerly Hesterly Armory
Nov	10	Annonacaea family	Paul Zmoda, member	Clubhouse, Seffner
Dec	8	Strawberries	Karl Butts, IFAS Ext Service	Clubhouse, Seffner

1990

Jan	14	Amazon Rain Forest	Dr Paul Beaver,  ?	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Feb	11	Pesticides	Brian Cardin, Works at Chemical co- Ceiba Geigy- Pesticides	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Mar	11	Tissue Culture	Martha Burke, Ceres 2000,Inc	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Apr	8	Variety of Tropical Fruit	Tom Economou, Miami RFCI	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
May	13	Fruit of Guatamala	Gene Joyner, Unbelieveable Acres, Palm Beach	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Jun	10	Tropical Fruit of Guiana and Jamaica	Al Hendry, Club member
Jul	8	Blueberries	John Stang, Bluejillion Corp, Nursery, Winter Haven	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Aug	12	Variety of plants on 20+ acres, pears, apples, etc	Bemis and Faye Gordon’s house/nursery	Brooksville
Sep	9	No formal meeting, planning for tree sale	Pot luck lunch	Janet Conrad Home, Tampa
Oct		Fruit Tree Sale, no program	sale	Ft Homerly Hesterly Armory
Nov	11	Oriental Persimmons	Ronald Lambert, Nurseryman, Wauchula	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Dec	9	Natural Pest Control	Tom Goldsworthy, member	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center

1989

Jan	8	Bonsai w various fruit trees	Skip Coe, Bonsai Society	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Feb	12	Bonsai w various fruit trees	Skip Coe, Bonsai Society	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Mar	12	Strawberry breeding	Dr Craig Chandler, UF	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Apr	9	Propagation workshop	club members	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
May	14	Growing bunch grapes for fun & profit	Larry Fisher, Grower in Apopka	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Jun	11	Nutrition and Nutr Deficiencies of Tropical Fruit	Gene Joyner, Unbelieveable Acres, Palm Beach	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Jul	9	Collection Trip to Malaysia	Chris Rollins, Fruit & Spice Park, Homestead	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Aug	13	Citrus Canker	Leon Hebb, Citrus Budwood Center	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Sep	10	No formal meeting, planning for tree sale	Pot luck lunch	Janet Conrad Home, Tampa
Oct	8	Congrats to RFCI- new clubhouse	All RFCI members	Clubhouse, Seffner
Nov	12	Wine Making	Silas Wood, VP Miami Chapter	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Dec		Missing newsletter

1988

Jan	10	Passion Fruit	Joan Bradshaw, Palm Beach chapt RFCI, Pinellas Co Ext Service	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Feb	14	Q&A  Fruits	Local Members	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Mar	13	Neglected Fruit of Brazil	Chris Howell, present president RFCI Miami	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Apr	10	How to grow herbs & spices and how to use them	Kaye Cude, Mstr gardener, Member Caloosa RFCI	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
May	8	Misc Fruits	Gene Joyner, Unbelieveable Acres, Palm Beach	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Jun	12	Water- The Cup of Life	David Bracciano, W Coast Reg Water Supply Authority	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Jul	10	Growing Lychees	L G Allen, Grower in Bradenton	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Aug	14	No program, visit vineyard	Tom & Margaret Hughes, Nursery and Vineyard, Dover	Tom Hughes’ Veinyard, Dover
Sep	11	No formal meeting, planning for tree sale	Pot luck lunch	Janet Conrad Home, Tampa
Oct	16	Fruit Tree Sale, no program	sale	Ft Homer Hesterly Armory
Nov	13	Growing  Pineapples, Papaya and Bananas	John Burns, Grower in Sarasota	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Dec	11	Tropical Hort in Santa Monica, Columbia	Al Hendry, club member	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center

1987

Jan	10	Passion Fruit	Joan Bradshaw, Palm Beach chapt RFCI, Pinellas Co Ext Service	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Feb	14	Q&A  Fruits	Local Members	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Mar	13	Neglected Fruit of Brazil	Chris Howell, present president RFCI Miami	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Apr	10	How to grow herbs & spices and how to use them	Kaye Cude, Mstr gardener, Member Caloosa RFCI	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
May	8	Misc Fruits	Gene Joyner, Unbelieveable Acres, Palm Beach	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Jun	12	Water- The Cup of Life	David Bracciano, W Coast Reg Water Supply Authority	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Jul	10	Growing Lychees	L G Allen, Grower in Bradenton	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Aug	14	No program, visit vineyard	Tom & Margaret Hughes, Nursery and Vineyard, Dover	Tom Hughes’ Veinyard, Dover
Sep	11	No formal meeting, planning for tree sale	Pot luck lunch	Janet Conrad Home, Tampa
Oct	16	Fruit Tree Sale, no program	sale	Ft Homer Hesterly Armory
Nov	13	Growing  Pineapples, Papaya and Bananas	John Burns, Grower in Sarasota	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Dec	11	Tropical Hort in Santa Monica, Columbia	Al Hendry, club member	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center

1986

Jan	12	Tissue Culture	Dr Richard Litz, UF IFASEduc Research Homestead	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Feb	9	Tropical Vegetables	Chirs Rollins, Fruit & Spice Park -Homestead	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Mar	9	Pruning of fruit trees	Joan Bradshaw, Palm Beach chapt RFCI, Pinellas Co Ext Service	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Apr	13	Grafting and Air layering	Joe Constantine, Herb Hill, Walter Vines	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
May	11	Growing Specialty Vegetables in Florida	Dr Don Maynard, UF Research Ext Bradenton	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Jun	8	Fruit Trees the Weather Won’t Kill	Gene Joyner, Unbelieveable Acres, Palm Beach	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Jul	13	Growing Apples in our area	Earl Martin, Grower from Lake City,FL	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Aug	10	No program, visit vineyard	Tom & Margaret Hughes, Nursery and Vineyard, Dover	Tom Hughes’ Veinyard, Dover
Sep	14	No formal meeting, planning for tree sale	Pot luck lunch	Janet Conrad Home, Tampa
Oct	19	Fruit Tree Sale, no program	sale	Ft Homer Hesterly Armory
Nov	9	General discussion on Tropical fruits	Tom Economou, Miami RFCI	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Dec	14	Costa Rican Holiday Tour	Al Hendry, member

1985

Jan	6	Revolutionary Herbs	John Victor	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Feb	10	Plant Problems, Q&A	Lewis Maxwell, author	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Mar	10	Hands on Grafting	Several RFCI members	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Apr	14	Selected Fruit Trees for Dooryard Planting in Central Fl	Gene Joyner, Unbelieveable Acres, Palm Beach	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
May	12	Growing Figs in FL (& Pineapples)	Dr Dale Jenkins, Sarasota Fruit & Nut Society	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Jun	9	Growing Kiwi Fruit	La Rue Robinson, Pinellas Co Ext Service	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Jul	14	Tissue Culture	Dr Richard Litz, UF IFASEduc Research Homestead	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Aug	11	No program, visit vineyard	Tom & Margaret Hughes, Nursery and Vineyard, Dover	Tom Hughes’ Veinyard, Dover
Sep	8	No formal meeting, planning for tree sale	Pot luck lunch	Janet Conrad Home, Tampa
Oct	20	Fruit Tree Sale, no program	sale	Florida State Fairgrounds
Nov	10	Tropical Fruit Fiesta- show approx 50 fruits	Tom Economou, Miami RFCI	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Dec	8	Winter Protection For Florida Plants	Stan DeFreitas, author	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm

1984

Jan	6	Revolutionary Herbs	John Victor	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Feb	10	Plant Problems, Q&A	Lewis Maxwell, author	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Mar	10	Hands on Grafting	Several RFCI members	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Apr	14	Selected Fruit Trees for Dooryard Planting in Central Fl	Gene Joyner, Unbelieveable Acres, Palm Beach	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
May	12	Growing Figs in FL (& Pineapples)	Dr Dale Jenkins, Sarasota Fruit & Nut Society	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Jun	9	Growing Kiwi Fruit	La Rue Robinson, Pinellas Co Ext Service	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Jul	14	Tissue Culture	Dr Richard Litz, UF IFASEduc Research Homestead	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Aug	11	No program, visit vineyard	Tom & Margaret Hughes, Nursery and Vineyard, Dover	Tom Hughes’ Veinyard, Dover
Sep	8	No formal meeting, planning for tree sale	Pot luck lunch	Janet Conrad Home, Tampa
Oct	20	Fruit Tree Sale, no program	sale	Florida State Fairgrounds
Nov	10	Tropical Fruit Fiesta- show approx 50 fruits	Tom Economou, Miami RFCI	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Dec	8	Winter Protection For Florida Plants	Stan DeFreitas, author	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm

1983

Jan	9	Tropical Fruit Culture in Florida	Mary Ogden, UF Fruit Crops Dept	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Feb	13	Tissue Culture	Martha Burke, Ceres 2000, Inc	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Mar	13	Avocado & Dwarfing Citrus Rootstock	Nick Acrivos, Member Melbourne RFCI	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Apr	10	The Myrtacae Family	Gene Joyner, W Palm Beach	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
May	8	Cold Hardy Avocados	Dr. Krezdorn, Private Consultant	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Jun	12	Chestnuts, persimmons, jujubees, grapes- recorded	Dr Robert Dunstan, recorded  at his home	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Jul		MISSING	?	?
Aug	14	No program- visit vineyard	NA	Hughes Vineyard
Sep	11	No formal program- discussed annual plant sale	Pot luck lunch	Janet Conrad Home, Tampa
Oct		No Meeting due to plant sale	NA	NA
Nov	13	Tropical Fruit Fiesta- show approx 50 fruits	Tom Economou, Miami RFCI	Tampa Bay Center Mall Comm Rm
Dec	11	Q&A, No formal meeting	Pot luck lunch	Janet Conrad Home, Tampa

1982

Jan	10	Fruits for Central Florida	Dr. Timothy Crocker, Fruit Crops Dept, UF	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Feb	14	The New Philipines- Culture and Agriculture	Major Harold “Nick” Acrivos, Melbourne Rare Fruit and Vegetable Council	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Mar	14	Fruits of the Far East	Al Hendry	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Apr	16	Fruits of the Sapindaceae Family-The Lychee, Longan, etc	Jene Joyner, Palm Beach Co Ext Agent	Field Trip to Ft Desoto Park- Picnic
May	16	Fertilizers and Nutritional Deficiencies…in Largo	Gil Whitton, Pinellas Co Ext Services Dir	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Jun	13	Figs	Dr. A.H. Krezdorn, UF	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Jul	11	No speaker, picnic	Picnic at Eureka Springs County Park	Eureka Springs County Park
Aug	8	Open air meeting at Tom Hughes Vineyard, Dover	Tom & Margaret Hughes, Nursery and Vineyard, Dover	Tom Hughes’ Veinyard, Dover
Sep	12	To St Pete- Palmer’s Nursery	Ken & Mildred Palmer, Nursery	Palmer’s Nursery, St Pete
Oct	10	Discuss plant sale	NA
Nov	14	Tropical Fruits of Tropical America		Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Dec	12	FL Citrus Arboretum	Leon Hebb, Bureau of Citrus Budwood Registration	Citrus Arboretum, Winter Haven

1981

Jan	4	Research on Tropical and Subtropical Fruits at Miami USDA Station	Dr. Robert Knight, Jr. Research Horticulturist	Constantine house
Feb	1	Business Mtg re State Fair booth w videos, Q&A		Constantine house
Mar	1	Grafting and budding	Major Nick Acrivos of Melbourne RFCI	Constantine house
Apr	5	Flowering & Fruiting Characteristics of Fruit Trees	Dr. A.H.Krezdorn, formerly head of Fruit Crops Dept at UF	Constantine house
May	3	Blueberries	Mrs. A.J.Snapp, Alachua (U pick apples, grapes, strawberries)	Constantine house
Jun	7	Field trip to Leesburg- Watermelons	Dr. Gary Elmstrom, Ctr Director; Dr. james Crall, Plant Pathologist	Leesburg
Jul	12	Grapes, Culture and Home wine-making	Daniel Mills; Ed Grosz, Orange Lake	Constantine house
Aug	9	Hughes Vineyard Field trip to Dover	Tom & Margaret Hughes	Tom Hughes’ Veinyard, Dover
Sep	13	Insect Pests and Diseases of Fruit Trees	Gene Joyner, West Palm Beach RFCI, Ext Agent	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Oct	4	Meeting for:  Annual Plant Sale- Oct 18th		Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Nov	1	Tropical Fruits of Tropical America	Tom Economou, Miami RFCI	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center
Dec	6	Seedling production	Dr. George Marlowe, Bradenton Experimental Station	Hills.Co.Ag Business  Center

1980

Jan	6	Deciduous fruits of FL	Dr. Timothy Crocker, Fruit Crops Dept, UF	Constantine house
Feb	3	Budding and Grafting	Ken Townsend, Citrus Consultant	Constantine house
Mar		?
Apr		?
May		?
Jun		?
Jul		?
Aug		?
Sep		?	Gene Joyner, West Palm Beach RFCI, Ext Agent
Oct		?
Nov		?		Constantine house
Dec	2	The Citrus Family	Dr Tom Mack, FL Southern College Citrus Institute	Constantine house

1979

Jan
Feb	4	Grafting	Jim Mercer, club member	Constantine house
Mar	4	Techniques to develop new strawberry varieties	Dr. Charles Howard,UF Exeriment Station in Dover, Fl	Constantine house
Apr	1	Slide show of trip to Columbia	Tom Economou & Crafton Cliff, Miami RFCI	Constantine house
May	6	Watermelons and grapes	Dr Gary Elmstrom, UF Research Ctr, Leesburg	Constantine house
Jun	3	no speaker		Constantine house
Jul		no speaker	Dr Gary Elmstrom, UF Research Ctr, Leesburg	Leesburg
Aug		no speaker		Constantine house
Sep	2	Deciduous Fruits of Fl	Nick Acrinos, club member	Constantine house
Oct	7	Tropical and Subtropical Fruits	Dr Laymond Hardy, UF Ag Consultant, Miami	Constantine house
Nov	4	Motion picture film of Costa Rica	Paul Rubenstein, club member	Constantine house
Dec		Workshop		Constantine house