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["Volkening, Tom" <volkenin@mail.lib.msu.edu>]

There must be something about the Maine blackberries from John Bunker.  The 
ones I got from him were eaten back to the ground by some critters in the 
winter of 02/03 but shoots came back from the roots in most cases.  They did 
not bloom though.  This last winter some of them were eaten back to the 
ground again while some others were eaten back to about 10 inches tall.  I 
have the same question as Del about what actually grew back.

Tom Volkening -zone 5 near Lansing,MI


-----Original Message-----
From: del stubbs [mailto:pinewoodel@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 11:01 AM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] Maine Blackberries


John Bunker, sounds like a worthwhile movie
The blackberries I got from you to trial all got killed  to ground by mice - 
but one, so it will provide a good test - as we had minus 40F - and it is 
now showing signs of blooming.
My question for you , or anyone.....
The shoots coming up from the roots, are they true to the parent? I remember 
something called 'chimeras' in blackberries and had the impression 
root-grown offsping of some rubus are not true.
thanks, Del

Del Stubbs  http://www.pinewoodforge.com  ag zone2/3


>From: John Bunker <jbunker@gwi.net>
>Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: [NAFEX] Broken Limbs video
>Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 08:39:13 -0400
>
>Has anyone seen this?  This message was forwarded to me.
>
>Regards,
>
>John Bunker
>Palermo Maine
>
>
>------ Forwarded Message
>From: Gretchen Gilbert <gcg4@cornell.edu>
>Reply-To: CFAP-L@cornell.edu
>Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 11:20:28 -0400
>To: cfap-l@cornell.edu
>Subject: CFAP-L: Broken Limbs video
>
>FYI:
>
>Visit http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/broke.html for film details 
and
>reviews.
>
>- Gretchen
>
>Broken Limbs
>Apples, Agriculture, and the New American Farmer
>
>Looks at the plight of apple growers in the age of globalization, and 
points
>the way to sustainable US agriculture.
>
>57 minutes
>Color / Stereo
>Grade Level: 7 - 12, College, Adult
>US Release Date: 2004
>Copyright Date: 2004
>ISBN: 1-59458-029-4
>
>Produced by Jamie Howell and Guy Evans
>
>
>"Broken Limbs is a very accurate and moving description of what is 
happening
>to agriculture in America." - Fred Kirschenmann, Director, Center 
for
>Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University, organic farmer
>
>Wenatchee, Washington, the "Apple Capital of the World"; this 
pastoral
>valley in the heart of the Northwest prospered for nearly a century as 
home
>to the famed Washington apple. But the good times have vanished. Apple
>orchardists by the thousands are going out of business and thousands 
more
>await the dreaded letter from the bank, announcing the end of their
>livelihoods and a uniquely American way of life.
>
>After his own father receives just such a letter, filmmaker Guy Evans 
sets
>out on a journey to find out what went wrong here in this natural Garden 
of
>Eden. Over the course of filming, Evans witnesses small farmers 
struggling
>to compete against the Goliaths that populate today's global economy, 
only
>to be ultimately forced off their land. The future looks grim for the 
Apple
>Capital until Evans happens upon an entirely new breed of farmer,
>practitioners of a new model called "sustainable agriculture".
>
>Broken Limbs explores these hopeful stirrings within agriculture, 
outlining
>ways in which any individual can play a role in saving America's 
farmers.
>
>Awards:
>Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival
>
>
>
>Gretchen Gilbert
>Community, Food, and Agriculture Program
>Dept. Development Sociology
>216 Warren Hall
>Cornell University
>Ithaca, NY 14853
>
>Phone: 607/255-9832
>Fax: 607/254-2896
>Web Site: www.CFAP.org <http://www.cfap.org/>
>
>
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