Market Farming

[Mike Rock <mikerock AT mhtc.net>]

I was getting at the fact that a hybrid is from two different parent 
plants.  They cross, someone likes the result, it's tastier, and they 
then 'select' that hybrid to grow out.

Mike

Don Lareau wrote:
> Selection and hybridizing are two very different things that would take too
> long to go into here.  But that is a wrong use of terms, and is part of the
> misunderstanding that prevails in the minds of consumer when it comes to
> words like heirlooms, and open pollinated...
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Mike Rock
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 3:10 PM
> To: Market Farming
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Monsanto owned seeds
>
> Good point.... the human race has been hybridizing since it first 
> started cultivating foods.  Rather than 'natural selection', we, the 
> human did the selection.  'This one is better than that one'...  well, 
> they were cross pollinating back then and 'this one' happened to be a 
> hybrid.  It bred true for them and then the bees threw an outcross at 
> them and we had another hybrid...
>
> and on and on....  just because 'man' rather than the honey bee or wind 
> or frog spit made the cross is not material.
>
> my 2 cents.
>
> Aaron Brower wrote:
> > I always maintain a selection of heirlooms but there are many
> considerations 
> > besides taste: disease resistance, storability, heat, cold, wet, and 
> > dry resistance, to name only a few. 
> > I grow multiple varieties of as many vegetables as possible, realizing the
> that 
> > each has its place and may thrive or suffer depending on various
> conditions. 
> > Maintaining heirloom varieties is of great importance but improving 
> > vegetable varieties is also important. Around this farm we call heirlooms 
> > "unimproved," meant as a humorous moniker to lessen the hysteria sometimes
>
> > associated with them.
> >
> > Also, I cant say I know much about the specific nutrition content of
> heirloom 
> > vs. hybrid but I imagine it is much more complicated than simply stating
> that 
> > heirlooms are more nutritious, just as it is not true that heirlooms are
> always 
> > more tasty. It has more to do with soil health and the timing of waterings
> and 
> > harvesting.
> >
> > Aaron
> >  
> > From: Joe Tittiger <joe AT tittiger.com>
> > To: Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Sent: Sat, February 5, 2011 1:26:03 PM
> > Subject: [Market-farming] Monsanto owned seeds
> >
> > Heirlooms for the most part is the most nutritious so why would anyone buy
>
> > hybrids owned by Monsanto or anyone else?
> > Don't you grow  food mostly for the nutrition and taste?   Anyhow I am
> surprised 
> > to see that it is even an issue with anyone.
> >
> >
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> >
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