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Celebration of Citrons With Grower John Kirkpatrick

Available after purchase
Berkeley, CA

Our 2008 Aqua Terra Citron event was lots of fun -- and 2010 will be even better! This time, life-long grower John Kirkpatrick will visit us from his family farm in Exeter to talk about the varieties and history of this rare and coveted fruit, as well as his Buddha's Hand (used by St. George Spirits). Also sold at the Berkeley Bowl and Monterey Market, John will ship up some citrons ahead of time so you can experiment with making drinks, baked goods, candy, and whatever else intrigues you, to share at the event.

(If they're super good feel free to bring extras to sell!)

Get a taste of our last event and join us to kick off the holidays in the spirit of Slow Food and heritage fruit.

Here's what St. George spirits has to say about John:
"John Kirkpatrick is a marvellous human being. He's spent most of his 75 years in citrus orchards. His main crop is the esoteric esrog (etrog) citrus, which is used almost exclusively for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. After John and Jorg Rupf met at the Monterey Market, John has been an untiring resource for us. He makes sure his Mandarin blossoms are picked (by hand) at the height of their bloom and delivered post-haste. He hooked us up with the UC citrus experiment station, and has planted more Buddha's Hand and Kaffir lime so we have fruit to grow with."

When: 2-4pm, Sunday November 7

Where: South Berkeley home

Limit: 30 people
Cost: $10

Kid Friendly: No

Dog Friendly: No

Non-Smoking: No

Wheelchair Accessible: No

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