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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

--- On Sat, 11/14/09, Robert Walton <waltonrp AT gmail.com> wrote:
 
> Also, I am not afraid to buy modern fruit trees. Way I see
> it is old
> varieties were new once.

It might make a difference what the modern trees were bred for.  Probably the 
reason the Bartletts all mature at once is because it is more economical to 
harvest a whole tree at once and get it to market.  A lot of people think 
that modern varieties of produce, in general, look better in the store but 
the trade off is a loss of flavor.  
I'm sort of bringing this up as something to consider and also posing a 
question to those might have experience.
Van Dell