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  • From: "Nan Johnson" <nan AT olemiss.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Native fruits and nuts
  • Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:35:29 -0700

You wrote: Starting a nursery and selling the natives in the cities
> might be more profitable than farming. And a lot less
> work.

Sounds like a good risk. Mississippi's own "wild man of horticulture" (my
title, meant as a sincere compliment), Felder Rushing (just google his name
for a fun website), did a seminar for growers on just that topic at our
recent sust. ag conference. Even in rural areas of MS (much less the
cities) there is a demand for "old-timey" plants and of course, no nurseries
carry them, or only carry one cultivar.

Another advantage - these natives tend to be much tougher and require
little/no pesticides, irrigation, coddling, etc. Germination rates are
probably alot lower than with lettuce, tomatoes, etc., but I bet many could
be vegetatively propagated. And it is easy to start small. I am
considering it when I retire from dairy goats! (p.s. don't tell the goats)

nan at dancing goats farm
zone 7b, n. mississippi






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