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Fruits & Nuts for the Chicago Area - recommended varieties by B. Kurle
 
Pawpaw page - a terrific native Midwestern fruit
 
MidFEx's Grafting Workshops - information describing past and future Grafting Workshops
 
MidFEx's Harvest Festival - information describing past and future Harvest Festivals
 
Gene's Backyard Orchard - Learn the secrets of growing apple trees in very limited space. Both a "How To" guide and a virtual tour.
 
Internet Links - Descriptive and detailed links for backyard fruit growers and Chicagoland gardeners.
 
Q & A - Answers to some of the most frequently asked questions.
 
Why Fruit Trees are Grafted - a handout from the grafting workshop
 
Care of Newly Grafted Fruit Tree - a handout from the grafting workshop
 
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Midwest Fruit Explorers

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Learn to grow fruit in your backyard like an expert

Only $10 per year!

Our Application Form is on the next page.  Please print it out and mail it in.


A few of the Many Benefits of Membership

Learn about growing in your own back yard:

  • Big beautiful apples, nectarines, peaches, apricots, Asian pears, plums, cherries, blueberries, raspberries, kiwis, persimmons, paw paw, and much more
  • 30 apple trees as a fence on your 40 foot lot
  • Fruit trees that bear full size fruit and take up less space than a tomato plant

Share with our hundreds of members, information on subjects including:

  • Choosing varieties that do well in the midwest
  • Grafting, planting, and growing techniques
  • Insect and disease control
  • Attracting and promoting  pollinator insects
  • Recipes

Join our valuable internet forum, open to members only. Avail yourself of hundreds of man-years of fruit growing expertise. Here we help each other with our problems, teach each other, and post hints and suggestions.

Socialize with others interested in growing fruit at:

  • Spring grafting workshops- make up a fruit tree and take it home
  • The Summer picnic- bring your family
  • Field trips and seminars
  • Fall harvest festival- bring your own fruit to be displayed, and taste other members' fruit

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