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  • From: road's end farm <organic101@linkny.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Blackberry/wild plants
  • Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:07:02 -0400


On Jul 23, 2006, at 8:59 AM, Jim Fruth wrote:

Occasionally, I encounter folks who assert that they do not want a plant
that was gleaned from the wild; I don't understand that thinking because
they all came from the wild at one time or another.
--

On Jul 23, 2006, at 9:20 AM, list@ginda.us wrote:

i can't think why
someone would reject a plant for being found rather than
intentionally bred.

Maybe they're worried about irresponsible collection? Some plants shouldn't be wild collected as they're endangered in the wild. This is unlikely to apply in the case of Jim's brambles; but some people may just have heard that you shouldn't take wild plants, and not realize that this doesn't apply to all plants in all circumstances.

If they're just under the impression that wild always equals dangerous, the depth of the ignorance is much greater.

--Rivka
Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly



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