Fruit Research Field Day at SFA Gardens

SFA Gardens to host fruit research field day NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host a fruit research field day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 19 featuring kiwifruit, muscadine grapes, blueberries, figs, feijoas and other fruits. Speakers will include Dr. David Creech, director of SFA Gardens with “The SFA Gardens’ Fruit Research Plots”; and Dr. Tim Hartmann of Texas A&M University’s Department of Horticultural Sciences with a talk on “Alternative Fruits for the Home Orchard or Commercial Field.” The day will start at 9 a.m. with presentations at the Brundrett Conservation Education Building in the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, located at 2900 Raguet St. There will be a break for attendees to leave for lunch. After the break, participants will then go to the fruit research plots at SFA Gardens around 1 p.m. The cost of the field day is $15 per person.?Register on-site the day of the event or in advance online at sfasu.edu/sfagardens. For more information, email?sfagardens@sfasu.edu.