The Brevard Tropical Fruit Club will hold it's 31th annual tree sale in 2013 starting at 8:00 am. Date: 27 April Over 3,500 trees and bushes will be offered – many rare and unusual collectables. Location is the Melbourne, Florida auditorium SE field off Hibiscus Blvd. It is best to arrive early so you get the plants you want. and, like all such sales just by attending you can learn a great deal.
Thanks to the many who attended the last sale and made it a success.
Annual
Fall Plant Sale: October, 2013, details soon. For information
telephone:
(954) 252-9216 or Email:
2013 Spring Plant Sale -
Usually held in May (9:30 AM to
4:00 PM) and May (11:00 AM to 3:00 PM) at their 208 research
garden. COntact them for details:
5105 SW 208th Lane
Southwest Ranches, FL 33332
Besides all those rare fruit trees
& vegetables that you've been looking for Jams, Jellies
& Breads featuring tropical fruits will also be available. I
ask you, who could want more?
Click
here for a list of plants available at the sale
Caloosa Rare Fruit Exchange will have their plant sale in November 2013, at Terry Park in Ft. Myers. Fruit for tasting will be available. Contact Rachel Singletary (941) 574-7759. This is an easy sale to find and you can expect many plants. Terry park is on Palm Beach Blvd. (SR 80), EAST of US 41. Take I-75 exit # 25 (SR 80) and the park is to the WEST.
Palm Beach currently hosts two sales per year. The sales are very popular and take place in West Palm Beach. Hours are 9 am to 2 pm. Palm Beach sales feature a wide variety of great fruit plants. These are the best sales for the south end of the State, don't miss out on them.
Palm Beach Rare Fruit Council
Palm Beach, Florida
U. S. A. 33416
1 (855) RFC-RARE
1 (855) 732-7273)
President@pbrarefruitcouncil.org
As with all their sales expect many rare plants for your gardens.
The Manatee Rare Fruit Council had a strong tree sale in, 2012 and will have another in 2012 at the:
Manatee County Civic Center
Haben Blvd. and US 41/301
Palmetto , FL 34221
Manatee sales feature a
wide variety of rare fruit plants and can be a useful resource
for adding to your collection. Hours for the sale are:10 am to 4
pm and we suggest you get there early so you can choose the best
plants. Contact:
Manatee RFCI
P. O. Box 1656
Bradenton, Florida
USA 34206-1656
for directions and more information about this sale as well as
information about their meetings and programs.
http://www.mrfc.org
Thanks to all who attended last year's sale and those who visited the booth at the Manatee County Fair.
Tampa Bay RFCI lists two sales:
The
Florida State Fair runs about 2 weeks in February. The address
is: 4800 US Hwy. 301 North, Tampa, Florida 33610. There are 3
entrances into the Fairgrounds property: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Blvd., US Hwy. 301 and Orient Road. MLK, Jr. Blvd. and US
Hwy. 301 are only open when there are events ongoing at the
Fairgrounds. The Orient Road entrance is accessible seven
days a week with 24-hour security present.
Directions are at:
http://dev2.floridastatefair.com/directions
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