North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

[Joe and Ellen Hecksel <jhecksel@voyager.net>]

Hi Ginda:

Gee, I hope nobody took you to task for discussing tomatoes, etc.  I 
think the list is pretty flexible.  Most of us tend to write about 
topics that generate response.  Responses are feedback that there are 
others in the group who are interested in the topic and that there are 
people who want to contribute to the pool of knowledge.

No response just means that people with similar interests were not 
attending the list.  Even if you got no response you could always try 
again in six months.

Some topics are so remote from the nuts-and-bolts of fruit growing 
(politics, for instance) that they should not be sent to the list.

For the record, my first tomato seedlings are up.  May 15 is the target 
date for planting outside.  I intend to grow Peron, Carnival, First Lady 
and a seedling originally from Honduras.  Muskmelons for this year are 
Passport and Primo selected for high sugar content.

Transplanted 13 Quince A and intend to dormant chip bud to Duchesse 
Bronzee and/or Potomac.  Will bud about 1" (25mm) above ground level and 
mound chipped limestone around stem of quince to protect from low winter 
temperatures.  Mounded stone may lower soil temperature but, reading 
Bernie N, I am lead to believe that most morality is due to trunk damage.

Best regards, Joe

Ginda Fisher wrote:

> p.s.  What is the limits of "fruit" for this forum?  Is it okay to talk
> about botanical fruits that are treated as vegetables, such as tomatoes
> and cukes?  How about botanical vegetables that are treated as fruits,
> such as rhubarb?
> 
> Ginda
> 



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-Joe Hecksel
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