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  • From: "MARIE ASHTON" <bwoodtx@verizon.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] overlooked fruits
  • Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 10:29:22 -0600

It seems that you can get people interested in fruit if you talk about things that they cannot get in the local grocery store. Such as jujubes or types of berries or usual types of apples and there are many other uncommon fruits. Many people want something that is different out of the mystery of it. It is just a starting talking point (uncommon fruits) to get people interested in fruit trees.
Richard Ashton
Oak Creek Orchard
www.oakcreekorchard.com
bwoodtx@verizon.net

----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] overlooked fruits



Hello,

It is my experience that anybody interested in fruit, that I run into, is
more than willing to share their fruit resources. Either free or at a
nominal cost It is not a matter of sharing, but building public interest.

I can list a number of our local nurseries that don't even offer fruit of
any kind. People either do not have time, or interest in the growing
fruit.

I find that local gardening clubs, or horticultural societies do not offer
anything for those interested in fruit. Hence, long distance NAFEX.

Not long ago, at a home and garden show, I asked at the local
horticultural group's booth if they offered grafting classes. They looked
at me as if I had two heads, and told me grafting was as art akin to
magic. I think these clubs like to lug and plug (buy beautiful plants,
plant them, puff out their chest's and say "Look what I did"). All they
did was dig a hole. I know, I know. Very cynical and hard hearted of me
to say, but annual lugging and plugging does not appeal to my practical
gardner side.

If you cannot complete the gardening in an hour today, very few are
interested.

How can we change that?

Later,
Tom

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 10:20:52 -0500, <mauch1@aol.com> wrote:

Lon,
I think you're making a good point.
I think often the problem is that the owner doesn't have any family or
local friends who have enough interest to turn it over to. Maybe we
could set up a system within NAFEX where a member could advertize that
they want to turn it over to a resource or (better) several resources (I
say more than one is better, as a single recipient, even if they believe
they are interested, may cause a failure in the turnover just because of
number of reasons.
I'm not sure of the best way to go about this however.
Take care.
Chris Mauchline
SE PA, zone 6
40° 5' N 75° 51'W
~650 ft elevation



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