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- From: "Bruce Hansen" <brucehansen@ACD.NET>
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- Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Antique vs. Heirloom
- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:41:03 -0400
Phil:
So do I.
Bruce
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:nafex-admin@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Phil Norris
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:53 AM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Antique vs. Heirloom
Lon,
I use antique and heirloom interchangeably when talking about old apple
varieties.
Phil
On Tuesday, September 10, 2002, at 10:43 AM, Lon J. Rombough wrote:
> I see two terms used in NAFEX fairly often that I'd like to get
> clarification, or at least some sort of consensus on, "antique" and
> "heirloom" varieties. To me "antique" refers to a variety that is 100
> or
> more years old and is propagated by asexual means - grafting, budding,
> taking cuttings, etc. so it is identical to the original variety.
> However, with "heirloom" I have always thought of that as a variety
> propagated from seed. It usually refers to vegetables, but can refer to
> perennials where the seedlings have a very strong resemblance to the
> parent,
> such as the Door County apricot, which is commonly grown from seed. On
> the
> other hand, it would be unlikely to find an heirloom apple, since very
> few
> come true from seed.
> What do others say about this?
> -Lon Rombough
>
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[NAFEX] Antique vs. Heirloom,
Lon J. Rombough, 09/10/2002
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Re: [NAFEX] Antique vs. Heirloom,
Phil Norris, 09/10/2002
- RE: [NAFEX] Antique vs. Heirloom, Bruce Hansen, 09/10/2002
- Re: [NAFEX] Antique vs. Heirloom, Mike Levine, 09/10/2002
- Re: [NAFEX] Antique vs. Heirloom, Thomas Olenio, 09/10/2002
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Re: [NAFEX] Antique vs. Heirloom,
David Doud, 09/10/2002
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Re: [NAFEX] Antique vs. Heirloom,
road's end farm, 09/11/2002
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Re: [NAFEX] Antique vs. Heirloom,
Doreen Howard, 09/11/2002
- Re: [NAFEX] Antique vs. Heirloom, Lon J. Rombough, 09/11/2002
- Re: [NAFEX] Antique vs. Heirloom, Thomas Olenio, 09/11/2002
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Re: [NAFEX] Antique vs. Heirloom,
hector black, 09/11/2002
- Re: [NAFEX] Antique vs. Heirloom, Thomas Olenio, 09/11/2002
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Re: [NAFEX] Antique vs. Heirloom,
Doreen Howard, 09/11/2002
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Re: [NAFEX] Antique vs. Heirloom,
road's end farm, 09/11/2002
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Re: [NAFEX] Antique vs. Heirloom,
Phil Norris, 09/10/2002
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