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Central Luzon State
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CLSU - Dizon Fruit Research
and Techno-Demo Center |
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In 1992, when Dr. Fortunato Battad became President
of Central Luzon State University, he approached
Bernie Dizon to help him develop the pomology (fruit
tree) project of the University.
Having been his life-long obsession to return to his
beloved alma mater for the purpose of sharing his
breakthroughs in the field of pomology to the
student, faculty and his countrymen, Dizon agreed. |
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1993, Dr. Battad, made a memorandum of agreement for Dizon
to establish a demo-project. The former president even
promised a doctorate degree (honoris causa) and all
amenities in order to convince Dizon to transfer his stocks
from Tarlac, Wildlife and UP BLISS to CLSU. Dizon finally
convinced by Dr. Battad in 1995 and resigned from a high
paying job as a consultant of a big fruit plantation. |
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of the University's Ph.D. professors and even the dean of
College of Agriculture did not believe that exotic fruit
trees would grow in the campus. When the trees started
growing, they commented that those would not bear fruits
because right in front of the former Administration Office,
there is an existing century-old lychee planted by an
American school official who founded CLSU in 1907 as Central
Luzon Agricultural School and a dozen of longan trees
scattered at the campus that never bore fruits. When the
trees at the farm did bear fruits, the professors commented
that the fruits would not taste good.
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after two years, the large planting materials planted by
Dizon like lychee, longan, Davao pummelo, rambutan and apple
macopa bore very sweet fruits. Thus, after tasting the
fruits during their visit, the CLSU Board of Regents decided
to make a new MOA giving Dizon 25 years with an area bigger
by a hectare. |
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Bangkok fruit expert to
exchange technology and planting materials |
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Manila Bulletin, Agriculture, Thursday, May 24,
2001 |
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Selected fruit trees at
CLSU Agri-Kapihan |
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Manila Bulletin, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1999
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Agri-Kapihan Cum OpenHouse |
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Manila Bulletin, Agri Plain Talk, Saturday,
January 29, 2000 |
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Millennium Mango for CLSU President |
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Manila Bulletin, Agri Plain Talk, Thursday,
February 10, 2000 |
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Agri-Kapihan at CLSU |
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Manila Bulletin, Agri Plain Talk, Thursday, June
22, 2000 |
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| Dr. Vinai Klajring, a Ph.D. alumnus of CLSU who owns a
10-hectare orchard farm in Chantaburi province in Thailand
supplie Thai varieties of mango and other exotic fruit trees
in exchange for technology and planting materials of Dizon.
He said that although the techno-demo farm is limited space
(1.4 hectares), it is very rich in technology and plant
varieties. He added that more students should visit the
place so they could learn the latest developments in fruit
propagation and orchard management. Dr. Vinai said that CLSU
is so lucky to have such a demo farm within its campus. He
suggested however that a bigger area should be allotted for
the project.
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exotic fruit trees planted at the farm was proven to be
commercially viable. They are producing high quality fruits
compared or even better to the imported ones because of the
technology modified by Dizon to suit local condition. |
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