Gardeners trying to exchange their useless timber or develop their very own fruit could have the proper alternative on the Fort Bend County Grasp Gardeners fruit tree sale on Feb. 11.
The sale will function greater than 1,000 fruit timber with greater than 75 varietals, stated Karen Zurawski, a consultant from the Fort Bend County Grasp Gardeners.
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“From citrus—grapefruit and lemon—to pome fruits—pears and apples—Fort Bend County Grasp Gardeners could have a fruit tree for you at their sale,” she stated.
The twenty third annual sale will open at 9 a.m. in Barn H of the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds, situated at 4310 Texas 36 S. in Rosenberg, and shut at 12 p.m. or till bought out. Final yr’s sale bought out in lower than an hour, Zurawski stated.
Citrus timber on the sale embrace grapefruit, lemon, lime, mandarin, orange, pummelo, satsuma and tangerine. All citrus timber obtainable on the sale are licensed to be illness free.
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Blueberry and blackberry bushes are a part of the sale as are avocado, espresso, dragon fruit, fig, olive, peach, pear and plum timber. The timber additionally embrace apricots, bananas and loquats.
Fort Bend Grasp Gardeners shall be obtainable to reply questions on plant care and optimum rising circumstances for the timber.
Proceeds from the sale are earmarked for the nonprofit Fort Bend County Grasp Gardeners Inc. The group’s aim is to supply research-backed horticulture recommendation to residents of Fort Bend County in assist of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Zurawski added.
Grasp Gardeners could have a restricted variety of wagons to help customers in transporting their purchases. Buyers may additionally deliver their very own hand-drawn wagon.
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