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[Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi All,

This also has a commercial aspect to that will continue to confuse and muddy 
the waters.  Many
commercial suppliers have learned the value of attaching the tag "heirloom" 
to plants and seeds
as it means more sales.

I believe Doreen has the most widely accepted definition of heirloom.

You will get lots of opinions (some self serving commercial ones too), but I 
think Doreen's is
authorative.

Later,
Tom


>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
> > To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 9:43 AM
> > Subject: [NAFEX] Antique vs. Heirloom
> >
> >>    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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