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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Well, I was really disappointed, I can tell ya!  Sow Organics is going out
of business, so that will be one less place to get seeds.

Seeds of Change still has a bunch of different eggplant seeds and they've
added some new and different things like tomatillos, radicchio, quinoa and
amaranth.

I just went to check some of my favorites and they still have a pretty good
variety but then I checked some of the more widely known and they don't seem
to have the variety they had years ago.  I wonder if a lot of it isn't
because lots of folks are just going with the generic seeds and there isn't
enough market to keep a wide variety.  I did check one of my favorites
(Redwood City Seed Company) for fear that they might have reduced the
varieties they have.  I mean, one has gotta have peppers <g> and they do
still have more pepper seeds than one would image possible.  ~~sigh~~
Wouldn't want to have my chili compromised <g>

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>


> I dunno, but speaking of genetic diversity, and diversity in general,
> I've been looking at seed catalogs this year, and is it my imagination
> or are catalogs cutting back on what they are offering, both in hybrids
> and in heirloom stuff.  In so many magazines, I see only one or two
> selctions for a crop.  Take strawberries...it seems like in the old
> days, you could find 6-10 varieties of everbearing types,,,,now, maybe
> there are 3.  Anyone noticed this?  Two kinds of asparagus, 3 kinds of
> eggplants, etc. etc.
>
> Bev
>
> VAN DELL JORDAN wrote:
> > Question,
> > Do you think that cloning is a bigger threat to
> > genetic diversity than the current system of selective
> > breeding and planting of hybrids?
> > It seems to me that genetic diversity has been in
> > jeopardy for a long time.
> > Van Dell
> >
> >
> > --- Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > The more
> > > > cloned animals that are raised, if this becomes
> > > truly economically
> > > > viable, the less genetic diversity there will be.
> > > Genetic diversity,
> > > > in my opinion anyway, is part of our food
> > > security.
> > >
> > > Absolutely. This is one reason I support
> > > open-pollinated seed
> > > sources. There is, I believe, a government seed bank
> > > in Colorado. But
> > > who wants to rely on the government to take care of
> > > serious issues
> > > like food?
> > >
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