Special Nursery Event Posted

June 17, 2006
Fruit Tasting
Pt. Loma & Poway Nurseries

No need to wait for those exotic and popular fruit trees to produce to know what’s in store for you as Walter Andersen Nursery will hold a fruit tasting June 17, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at both its locations.

Join our guests from Dave Wilson Nursery whose staff has selected samples of fruit based on their proximity to peak maturity at the date of the tasting. The primary objective for the fruit tasting is to provide retail nursery personnel with knowledge and experience with tree-ripe home orchard fruit, and encourage the sale and planting of the consistently best-tasting fruit varieties. Dave Wilson Nursery also uses the results of the tasting as a systematic means of evaluating new varieties and re-evaluating current selections for the home garden inventory. That means, your opinion counts!!

This year’s event will held earlier this year than last year’s event so there will be a lot of low chill varieties to try.

Just Announced: Book Signing

July 16, 2006
Book Signing
Poway Nursery

Make tracks to Walter Andersen Nursery in Poway on July 16 from noon -2 p.m. to meet author Charles M. O’Herin a garden railroad hobbyist and railroad enthusiast who recently published "Prototypes for Modelers: Volume-1, San Diego & Arizona Railway". O’Herin’s book presents photographs and descriptions of the railroad’s history, rolling stock-locomotives, structures, and operating terrain.

Called “the Impossible Railroad” for its seemingly endless natural and manmade interruptions during construction and operations, the San Diego-based Shortline was the last link constructed in the United States’ trans-continental railroad routes, even though much of its mainline was in Mexico. The amazing cut-and-fill and bridges to accommodate the route, the innovative Redondo Loop to gain elevation into the Laguna Mountains, and many tunnels and trestles needed to traverse the 11-mile stretch through the treacherous Carriso Gorge, makes this railroad both interesting and amazing.

This was truly an amazing endeavor by its owners and resulted in an intriguing story. Railroad modelers, model railroad hobbyists, and railroad enthusiasts alike will find something that interests them inside this book.