How do we bring our journal side of NAFEX into the 21st century?
Author: Jackie Kuehn
NAFEX is us. You and me. Pomona is a member-written publication. Without you, we have nothing to say.
You are writing a letter to your fruit-growing friends when you submit to Pomona; you need not write a scholarly article, though we welcome those, too.
Tell us what fruits and nuts you are growing, how they are doing in your USDA or Canadian hardiness zone, what special techniques you may have used to enhance your fruit’s success. Here are some suggested categories, but feel free to submit something that would fall under a different heading:
- Garden Mistakes
- Lessons Learned
- Eureka Moments
- Recent Successes
- Outstanding Varieties
- Pruning Tips
- Training Tips
- Grafting Tips
- Getting to know your fellow fruit explorers—including yourself! Send us a sketch of you and your growing interests.
Ideally, each NAFEX member would submit something for publication at least once every year. Subject matter can be anything that deals with fruits and nuts, occasionally venturing a ways from the basics. Good subjects include description and evaluation of an unusual variety; new variations of a propagating technique; a progress report on an experimental breeding or testing program; new methods of fruit culture, training, or pest control. Articles frequently respond to something printed in a previous issue.
In addition to hearing your experiences, we need to know your ideas for updating our organization to make NAFEX as useful as possible. Please let us know what you think. This feedback process is in keeping with NAFEX’s Round Robin heritage. Please check your facts, as much as possible.
Gathering Editor:
Summer 2018: please mail your materials to Jackie Kuehn, PO Box 29, Lucernemines, PA 15754 or email Jackie by May 15.
Future Issues: Because NAFEX is shifting editorial personnel, please contact the new editor-in-chief for information on what the new protocols will be for submitting articles. Watch for the new editor’s name and contact information on nafex.org.
“Why do we need so many kinds of apples? Because there are so many folks. A person has a right to gratify his legitimate tastes. If he wants twenty or forty kinds of apples for his personal use, running from Early Harvest to Roxbury Russet, he should be accorded the
privilege. Some place should be provided where he may obtain trees or scions. There is merit in variety itself. It provides more points
of contact with life, and leads away from uniformity and monotony.” – Liberty Hyde Bailey, “The Apple Tree,” 1922.
