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Rare Fruit Council-Palm Beach

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The Rare Fruit Council is dedicated to promoting and furthering the cultivation and use of tropical and rare fruit both in south Florida and around the world.

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Joined February 2022
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In case you didn't know... the Palm Beach Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council has been having Fruit Tree Sales for almost 40 years! 😀🍊🍋🍌🥑🥭🥥🍒🍍🍈🍑🥝🍇🌴 Join us this year at the South Florida Fairgrounds Concourse Buildings 6-10 on Saturday April 18 from 9am - 4pm.
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Next meeting will be Friday July 10th, 2026 at Mounts Botanical Gardens Auditorium at 7:00 pm, guest speaker will beKaren Lipee, a Master Gardener  Help Desk Volunteer as she explore common plant pest problems, with walk through methods for troubleshooting horticultural issues
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Hello Rare Fruit Council Members, The next meeting of the RFC will resume on June 12th , 2026 @ 7:00 PM. Our speaker for the evening is Joseph and Tawna Chammas their topic will be growing mushrooms at home and an overview of their Wellness Retreat Sanctuary in
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Loxahatchee Groves, Florida. Speaking Topics • Regenerative Agriculture • Mushroom Cultivation & Commercial Production • Agritourism & Farm-Based Hospitality • Entrepreneurship & Business Development • Organic Farming & Sustainable Food Systems
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Wellness, Healing & Personal Transformation • Building Purpose-Driven Businesses Mounts Auditorium 531 N Military Trail, West Palm Beach FL 33415
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Our next meeting will be Friday May 8th, 2026 at Mounts Botanical Gardens Auditorium at 7:00 pm and our guest speaker will be Alex Salazar and his  topic will be   Alex will talk about the current mango season . The impacts of the freeze and the issues that occurred
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Alex spent a lot of time researching old and new documents that were available online. Eventually he became so fascinated that he started to author Wikipedia articles about different Mango cultivars in his spare time.
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Alex owns and operates Tropical Acres Farms in West Palm Beach FL which is the largest known collection of Mango Cultivars in The United States of America. Alex grows the biggest collection of Edward Mango Trees known in existence globally some of which are over 50 years old.
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NEXT MEETING: Friday, November 14th, 2025 Speaker: Larry Grosser Topic: Larry Grosser will speak about the progress made to his tropical fruit collection since purchasing his property in the Acreage in 2014 Mounts Auditorium 531 N Military Trail, West Palm Beach FL 33415
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He will give an update on his 40 varieties of mangos, and how they fared in the 2025 season. He will also intersperse his talk with historical references and growing tips. Larry Grosser is also a Palm Beach County native, Docent at Historical Society of Palm Beach County,
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longtime Master Gardener, and tour guide for Gene Joyner’s Unbelievable Acres and Mounts Botanical Gardens. He has a wealth of knowledge and will share that knowledge with us. #fruittree #mountsbotanicalgarden #rarefruittrees #rarefruit
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Join us this Saturday October 18th at the South Florida Fairgrounds in concourse 6-10 from 9am-4pm for our fall plant sale. There will be thousands of great plants available. we hope to see you there!
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NEXT MEETING: Friday, October 10th, 2025 Speaker: Chris Wenzel Topic: Preparing Mango Trees For The Winter Mounts Auditorium 531 N Military Trail, West Palm Beach FL 33415
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NEXT MEETING: Friday, August 8th, 2025  Speaker is Dr. Kimberley Moore:  Dr. Kimberly Moore is a professor of Environmental Horticulture at the University of Florida, IFAS, Fort Lauderdale Research and Education center. ater management in the landscape and greenhouse.
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NEXT MEETING: Friday, July 11th, 2025 Speaker: Noel Ramos Topic: Fruit Hunting in Hawaii December 2024 Mounts Auditorium 531 N Military Trail, West Palm Beach FL 33415 See less
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Noel is a long time fruit grower and supporter of the different South Florida fruit clubs. He has written many articles about tropical fruit and has traveled to botanical gardens and farms in the US, Europe, the Caribbean, Central America and most recently Peru.
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We will have many of the TOP NURSERIES in South Florida selling hundreds of plants. SATURDAY, APRIL 12 9 am - 4 pm South Florida Fairgrounds Concourse Buildings 6 - 10
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