Aloha Kakou,
We will have our next meeting in Kalaheo at the Waxman's. We will
have a tour including mature clove, nutmeg, mangosteen, durian and
other exotics-many of which were planted by fruit specialist, Dr
Townsend 25+ years ago. Our member David Whatmore will be on hand to
talk about that, since he helped plant some of the trees and was a good
friend of Dr Townsend (deceased). We will also be hearing from Todd
Oldham who is starting a fruit juice company based here on Kauai and
would like to get a better idea of what fruits can be supplied, and
introduce his ideas for feedback. We also will be discussing the issue
of the postage overage the state level folks incurred and what, if
anything we might be inclined to send to help out-basically, when
receiving some free cuttings/scion wood from UC Davis, our Executive
Director was told they could also be sent potted already, and assumed
the added expense was negligible since our close contacts there didn't
mention otherwise-oops! So, we can briefly discuss that, and bring it to
a vote by our paid members.
It is tricky to get to the meeting place which is on Kikala road in Kalaheo. Because it's a little
tricky getting there we will be caravanning from Kauai Nursery and
Landscaping departing at 4:30.
As usual, feel free to bring trees to share,fruit related pupus or
other, and we will have cold water provided. Look forward to seeing
everyone there!
mahalo,
John
635-2880
ps call if you get lost-though I will have to hand the phone over to someone who knows that area!
