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  • From: "V. Michael Bove Jr." <vmb@teakettlefarm.com>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] suggestions needed for bulletproof fruiting plants
  • Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:25:04 -0500

Moonglow pears. Pears in general are fairly bulletproof but Moonglows are
artillery-proof.

Michael Bove
Teakettle Farm, Z6 (MA/RI border)

On Nov 26, 2012, at 10:11 AM, Michele Stanton wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am preparing a list for new fruit students, a list of 'bullet proof'
> fruiting or perennial edible plants. I would like to hear of your favorite
> low-care fruits if you live in humid zones 5-7 east of the Rockies. But more
> specifically, which species and cultivars, including rootstocks, perform
> well for you without too much care on your part? Perennial vegetables are
> fair game, too.
>
>
>
> The ideal plant for my list would still give a decent yield of usable fruit
> with little pest management (except fencing for deer), minimal pruning, be
> happy with neutral pH soil, and perhaps no care except for irrigation during
> drought, etc.
>
>
>
> I am assuming that with BMP these same plants might produce wonderful,
> marketable fruit-but the question is, what would they do when treated with
> benign neglect?
>
>
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Michele in SW Ohio
>
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