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
Jeff Oase
Alden Lane
Livermore, CA
Loyd McKern & Bernadette Paul
Four Seasons Farms
Modesto, CA
Scott McPhee
Harmony Farm Supply
Sebastopol, CA
Chris Sullivan
West Side Nursery
Gilroy, CA
Nancy Garrison
San Jose, CA
Steve McShane & Christa Jennings
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
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 Garden Center
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
Brian Hjelmstad
Summer Winds Garden Centers
Master Gardener Master Tasters, California Rare Fruit Growers Master Tasters and Others:
Marilyn Long
formerly of The Front Yard
Marilyn Waterman
formerly of Roger Reynolds
Andrew Mariani
Andy's Orchard
Chuck Engles
University of CA Extension Service
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
Joan Maislen - CRFG
David Ulmer - 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
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
Eleanor Dong - Master Gardener
Walter Dong - Master Gardener
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
Mike Maertzweiler
Master Gardener
Carole Maertzweiler
Master Gardener
Wayne Heyerly
Grower
Tom Shea
Univ Co-op of Riverside
Paul Guy
Professor of Statistics at Chico State
Media Tasters
Laramie Trevino - garden writer
University of CA Extension Service, Riverside
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
Gretchen Sanders
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.
