[nafex] Lon's passing

John Bunker john.p.bunker at gmail.com
Sat Feb 11 08:58:12 EST 2012


Although I never knew Lon well, he and corresponded for many years  
back before the days before email.  In those times he was also very  
interested in plums and much of our conversation was about his various  
plum discoveries.   I'm fairly sure that I have one or more of his  
early (paper) grape catalogs as well as all - or most of - his  
letters.  We only met once.  That was at the NAFEX meeting in New  
Hampshire about 10 years ago.  It was the highlight of the meeting for  
me.   Maybe we could all contribute to a joint article, or even an  
entire issue of Pomona, commemorating his life.  I'm sure that many of  
us would join in.

Sincerely,

John Bunker
Fedco
john at fedcoseeds.com
www.fedcoseeds.com
PO Box 520
Waterville ME 04903
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On Feb 10, 2012, at 10:44 PM, fuwa fuwa usagi wrote:

> My suggestion would be to get someone who has been in NAFEX a long  
> time.  Back in the day the interest groups were test groups and Lon  
> helped organize them and set up evaluations and the like.   Someone  
> should have fond memories  of those days and can do a stand up job  
> of listing his many contributions.
>
> Kindest regards at this solemn time...
>
> tfb
>
> --- debs913 at gmail.com wrote:
>
> From: Deb Schneider <debs913 at gmail.com>
> To: fuwafuwausagi at muchomail.com, 	nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex at lists.ibiblio.org 
> >
> Subject: Re: [nafex] Lon's passing
> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:00:10 -0500
>
> If someone who knew Lon well would like to write a eulogy, I will be
> happy to post it on the NAFEX website.  I do believe there are plans
> in the works for more.
>
> deb
>
>
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