[NAFEX] nafex Digest, Vol 54, Issue 11 Mulberry Cutting

Anthony Curcio apc at vassolinc.com
Tue Jul 3 11:55:43 EDT 2007


Starting a new Mulberry tree ..

Each summer we make the rounds to pick Mulberries
to make syrup. We always pick a few to taste.
There is one tree that is consistently the best tasting and
has the largest berries. Does anyone have a couple of pointers
as to the best time and method to take a cutting to start a new tree?
Thank you, Anthony NW Illinois Z 4-5

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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 10:43:03 -0400
> From: road's end farm <organic101 at linkny.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Getting the word out WAS Re: NNGA membership
> declines
> To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex at lists.ibiblio.org>
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> On Jul 3, 2007, at 6:56 AM, loneroc wrote:
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>> If we at NAFEX want to arrest a declining membership and combat a lack
>> of
>> general societal interest in fruit growing, we must seek out people
>> who have
>> nothing to contribute (other than their ears/eyes) initially.  We must
>> hook
>> people who have marginal initial interest in fruit and help to create
>> the
>> new experts who will take up the torch of the dead and dying
>> old-timers!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> A very good point.
>
> And how is anyone to know that they're interested in something that
> they've never been exposed to? None of us were born knowing any of
> this. I'm sure I'm not the only one who wound up a fruit (and, actually
> primarily right now, vegetable) grower due to almost accidental
> exposure.
>
> As others have posted, there's a huge amount of information available
> in the heads of older people; as well as in the genes of their
> plantings. Also as others have posted, there's a difficulty in getting
> this information transmitted, and the future care of the plants
> ensured. The difficulty is compounded by the fact that (with many
> exceptions) some of the people who have the information, and some of
> the people who could benefit from it and who are essential to prevent
> it from being lost, are currently using different means of
> communication.
>
> What is needed here is translators; and I note that several volunteers
> for this have posted on this also. What is not useful is for people, in
> either group. to put down and/or try to ignore the existence of those
> who prefer different communication methods than they themselves like to
> use. Why shouldn't we try to make it easy for everybody to join, and as
> easy as possible for everybody to communicate?
>
> Claude, thanks for apology. I'm sure we've all hit "send" without
> thinking of the possible impact of a particular line (and I was pretty
> groggy when I answered you, and hope I didn't come off as snarly.) And
> I do think subscription, as well as other communications, should be
> possible through as many means as is practical.
>
> --Rivka
> Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly
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> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 07:58:15 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Deb Schneider <debs at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] membership decline
> To: nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
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> I have three organizations I used to belong to that I no longer join. 
> Biggest reason is that I have to hassle with printing out a membership 
> form and sending a check!  The one organization I am still a member of 
> allows me to renew online using a credit card/debit card or Paypal.
>
>  I'd guess that 75% or more of any organizations members ONLY PAY DUES and 
> do not do anything much else.  So discounting those folks as meaningless, 
> is rather silly as that is a big chunk of money to keep the organization 
> running.  Those of us "lurking" members, are happy to support the group if 
> it's made simple to do so.
>
>  I also think that many organizations do not do a good job with websites. 
> I am much more likely to be involved with an organization that has a high 
> quality/high content well-functioning website.  I would even prefer it to 
> a paper newsletter.  One of my former organizations decided to make their 
> quarterly publication a glossy, full color deal.  I skim it and toss it. 
> I'd rather get it online and have it available on their (bare bones NOT 
> glossy) website where I could access it when I want it without having to 
> find a place to store it.
>
>  Now the NAFEX Pomona is a lot of fun to get, but it would be tons more 
> useful if it was accessible online to members with a searchable index. 
> You give me all the back issues of Pomona online in this manner and let me 
> renew online and I would pay a good sized membership fee to get this!
>
>  deb
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> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 08:10:25 -0700 (PDT)
> From: rob hamilton <lostman_amiga at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Getting the word out WAS Re: NNGA membership
> declines
> To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex at lists.ibiblio.org>
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> I do agree with you that we should accommodate people with all levels of 
> interest.
> Also we have to consider people that come to nafex for different reasons. 
> We have research people like Dr. Clark from Arkansas. Joseph Postman and 
> Tom Beckman from USARS. I am sure we have a few extension agent as well (I 
> want to really increase in the group). We have people who own small 
> pick-your-own establishment, fruit tree nurseries (large and small).
> these people may not have the time to be active on the mailing list, but 
> we do not want to forget about them.
>
> A paypal account doesnt seem like big issue and would add convenience.
> Having multiple ways of accessing information and doing the billing, I 
> think is a good thing. This will be brought up at the meeting. We just 
> need to consider all aspects. We have a new tax status now and we need to 
> look over this issue as well as many others, so I am hardly in the 
> position to say this will be done.
>
>
> "William C. Garthright" <billg at inebraska.com> wrote:
>> I don't think you lose anyone important if they can't be bothered to 
>> write a check and stamp an envelope. If they aren't interested enough in 
>> fruit trees to write out a check, I'm also quite sure they would have 
>> nothing to contribute to NAFEX.
>>
>
>
> I suppose it depends on who you consider important. I have a lot of
> interests competing for my attention. I'm not young, but I'm a beginner
> at fruit growing. I'm enjoying it, but I'm not obsessed with it, to the
> exclusion of everything else. If you make it easy for me to join NAFEX,
> I'm sure I will. If not, I might get around to it and I might not. As I
> say, I have a LOT of interests, and NAFEX isn't the only group competing
> for my attention. Those that make it especially easy to join - and to
> renew - have a big advantage.
>
> Now, I'm sure I'm not "important" to the group, except that the whole
> point of this discussion was to increase membership. That means bringing
> in newbies like me - and younger newbies, in particular. They might
> indeed have "nothing to contribute to NAFEX" right now, except their
> questions. But if this is what you want, then you might as well accept a
> declining membership.
>
> Bill
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> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 10:13:20 -0500
> From: "Donna &/or Kieran" <holycow at cookeville.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pig nut Hickory
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> Jerry,
>     Thank you for this information, but the notion of pecans as rootstock 
> is not much use to me as pecans don't like our dense clay soil.  From what 
> your bro-in-law says, I can assume that pecan is compatible with 
> mockernut, but I can't assume anything else is.  I have found that hicans 
> graft well to mockernut.  Next I need to just try shagbarks and pecans on 
> it.  I've stupidly been trying shagbarks on the pignuts the last two 
> years, just checked some more grafts, every one of that combination 
> failed, same as last year.  I notice he doesn't even mention pignuts.
>    I'm sure the terrible drought is a big part of my problem this year, as 
> of the grafts and chipbuds done this year,  2 out of 2 pecans on pecan 
> failed, 2 out of 3 Greenriver on bitternut failed, and 7 out of 8 BK on BK 
> failed.  I'm not sure I have any successes, the others are just not 
> obviously dead.  Oh, I did have a shellbark chipbud take on mockernut, but 
> the bud died, so I have what looks like a very nice skin graft on that 
> tree.   I was careful to have white showing all around on the chipbuds, 
> and wrapped them with damp newspaper and white plastic to keep the blazing 
> sun from drying them out.  By contrast, my pear grafts and buds have been 
> mostly successful.  One difference is that the pear rootstocks are in pots 
> in the shade where I can water them, whereas the nut trees are scattered 
> here and there taking their chances with the drought.
>    We had right at 12" rain for the first 6 months, half our normal 
> rainfall, on top of deficient rainfall the last 2 years.  We actually got 
> nearly 3" in June, and got to see the garden grow for a week or two as it 
> should have been growing all along.  Our pole bean plants had stayed 6 
> inches tall for 6 weeks.   I was trying to dig a hole in what had been a 
> manure pile last year and hit something hard, not a rock, more like a tree 
> root.  I switched from a shovel to a mattock and found that the hard thing 
> was the soil underneath the light fluffy compost.   After digging out 
> chunks of petrified clay soil, I decided to water a bit before digging the 
> rest of the holes.  These were for eggplants and peppers that I've kept in 
> pots, covered with a nylon curtain and in a spot that gets afternoon sun. 
> I was afraid to plant them till we got that rain in June.  (My eggplants 
> have never looked so good, no flea beetles to turn their leaves to lace.)
>    Anyway, with such a terrible failure rate,  I have been getting anxious 
> to try to figure out what is wrong before I waste next spring as well.  I 
> am taking the last of the scions Lucky sent me and trying them any way I 
> can think of.  With water is probably not an option though.       Donna
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 08:26:20 -0700 (PDT)
> From: rob hamilton <lostman_amiga at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] 2007 CRFG Festival Of Fruit
> To: benrpierce at cox.net, North American Fruit Explorers
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> Thanx for the post Ben.
> I plan to be there. I am looking for some people to hangout with for that 
> first day nursery tour....
>
> Ben Pierce <benrpierce at cox.net> wrote: The 2007 California Rare Fruit 
> Growers Festival Of Fruit will be held in San Diego this year on August 
> 10-11. This is the year of the mango but we will have plenty of speakers 
> representing temperate zone fruits. There will also be tours, vendors, and 
> a fantastic Mexican dinner on Saturday night. For more information check 
> out our website at http://festivaloffruit.org Thanks.
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