The Master Fruit Tasters
Selecting a nursery with a DWN Master Fruit Taster on staff will add a sense of confidence when making your fruit tree selections.
These individuals have taken the time to experience fruit at a more expert level.
In becoming a Master Fruit Taster, they have sampled over 90 varieties of fruit at different stages of ripeness through two seasons. Master Fruit Tasters can help select the best suited, best tasting varieties for your Back Yard.
The Master Fruit Tasters
Bernadette Paul
Four Season Farms
Modesto, CA
Lloyd McKern
Four Season Farms
Modesto, CA
Jeff Oase
Alden Lane Nursery
Livermore, CA
Scott McPhee
Harmony Farm Supply
Sebastopol, CA
Christa Jennings
McShane's Nursery & Supply
Salinas, CA
Steve McShane
McShane's Nursery & Supply
Salinas, CA
Janet Simkins
Sierra Nursery
Roseville, CA
Shelby Hall
Shelby's Garden and Landscape Design
Modesto, CA
Mark & Robyn Holland
Western Sierra Nursery
Oakhurst, CA
Matt Lepow
Almaden Valley Nursery
San Jose, CA
Marcia Guelff
Bay Laurel Nursery
Atascadero, CA
Ken Brizzi
Capital Nursery #1
Sacramento, CA
Jose Garcia
Dinuba Garden Center
Dinuba, CA
Jake Mikolajic
Mid City Nursery
American Canyon, CA
Darlene Donlen & Elicia James
Donlen Nursery
Hwy. 49 — Altaville, CA
Colette Hull
Scenic Nursery
Modesto, CA
Marilyn Long & Sandy Hendricks
The Front Yard
Placerville, CA
Carolyn Villa-Scott
Yamagami's Nursery
Cupertino, CA
George Schumacher & Jay DeGraff
The Greenery
Turlock, CA
Earlene Freeman
Eisley Nursery
Auburn, CA
Ken Hodge
Hodge's Nursery
Durham, CA
Peter Van Winden
Van Winden's Pueblo Garden
Napa, CA
Steve Hofvendahl
Tree People
Los Angeles
Travis Woodard
Urban Tree Farm
Fulton, CA
Lydia Constantini
Sonoma Mission Gardens
Sonoma, CA
Chris Greenwood, Leah Greenwood,
Liz Greenwood
Armstrong Gardens Corporate Office
Jon Freeman-Wood
Jon's Nursery of Somis
Somis, CA
Brian Hjelmstad
Summer Winds Garden Centers
California & Arizona
more Qualified Master Fruit Tasters:
Master Gardeners, California Rare Fruit Growers...
Wayne Heyerly
Fruit Grower
Marilyn Waterman
formerly of Roger Reynolds Nursery
Andrew Mariani
Andy's Orchard
Jill Sabol
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Joe Sabol • Professor Emeritus
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Shawn Overstreet
Cal Poly, Pomona
Lark Carter • Professor Emeritus
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Paul Fisher - CRFG
Merritt Mountain Nursery
David Ulmer - CRFG
Joan Maislen - CRFG
John Crowe - CRFG
Chuong Lee - CRFG
Carol Scott - CRFG
Robert Scott - CRFG
Larry Hollis - CRFG
Kit Long - CRFG
John Long - CRFG
Michael Zarky - CRFG
Pet Daniels - CRFG
Marvin Daniels - CRFG
W. Karl Gross - CRFG
Don Johnson - CRFG
Phoebe Liebig - CRFG
Dick Pottratz - CRFG
Larry Shore - CRFG
David Maislen - CRFG
David Payton - CRFG
Debbie Sortomme - CRFG
Eph Konigsberg - CRFG
George Quesada - CRFG
Gretchen Sanders - CRFG
Jerry Sortomme - CRFG
Karen Payton - CRFG
Nino Cupaiuolo - CRFG
Charles Allen - CRFG
Thomas Pope - CRFG
Lyle Overley - CRFG
Doreen Wright-Wendell - CRFG
Jim Neitzel - CRFG
William Hollins - Master Gardener
Tom Savio - Master Gardener
Yvonne Savio - Master Gardener
Winnie Wu - Master Gardener
Shelly Wardrop - Master Gardener
John Ernsberger - Master Gardener
Barbara Lauck - Master Gardener
Tom Shea - Univ Co-op of Riverside
Nancy Garrison - Master Gardener
Chuck Ingels - Master Gardener
Eleanor Dong - Master Gardener
Walter Dong - Master Gardener
Mike Maertzweiler
Master Gardener
Carole Maertzweiler
Master Gardener
Paul Guy
Professor of Statistics at Chico State
Media Tasters
Laramie Trevino
Garden Writer
Fred Hoffman & Jeanne Hoffman
FarmerFred.com — KFBK & KSTE
Bob Tanem & Bev Tanem
The Happy Gardener
Tasters Emeritus...
Steve Campbell
James Patterson
Kristie Wells
Nikki Karmizad
Mary Walcher
Hoy Shih
Robin Yurkovic
Don Gholson
Martin Hildebrandt
Glenn Young
Talk with people who know what it's like
to "eat it fresh from the tree!"
Just click this Master Fruit Taster symbol
when you see it next to the name of a local retail nursery.
