[NAFEX] Antique vs. Heirloom

David Doud doudone at netusa1.net
Tue Sep 10 11:44:29 EDT 2002


antique suggests age to me - furniture has the somewhat arbitrary 100 yr
qualifying time,  which seems about right - cars are 'antique'  when 25
years old - Heirloom suggests something passed down generations,  so I
believe any 100 year old variety would qualify as an heirloom,  but not
necessarily the converse - we have a seedling apple that's pretty good that
came up from a rootstock where a block of trees were removed on my fathers
orchard - dad is retired and I have it planted in my orchard - I believe it
to be an 'heirloom'  but not an 'antique' - DOUD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom at hevanet.com>
To: "NAFEX" <nafex at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 9:43 AM
Subject: [NAFEX] Antique vs. Heirloom


>    I see two terms used in NAFEX fairly often that I'd like to get
> clarification, or at least some sort of consensus on, "antique" and
> "heirloom" varieties.  To me "antique" refers to a variety that is 100 or
> more years old and is propagated by asexual means - grafting, budding,
> taking cuttings, etc. so it is identical to the original variety.
>     However, with "heirloom" I have always thought of that as a variety
> propagated from seed.  It usually refers to vegetables, but can refer to
> perennials where the seedlings have a very strong resemblance to the
parent,
> such as the Door County apricot, which is commonly grown from seed.  On
the
> other hand, it would be unlikely to find an heirloom apple, since very few
> come true from seed.
>    What do others say about this?
> -Lon Rombough
>
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