North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

["Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>]

First, thank you for the compliments about an article I wrote in 2002 for 
Mother Earth News.

I write for a living.  Before I began writing about horticulture, I wrote 
about criminals and politicians (some say that's redundant) for the Houston 
Chronicle, Dallas Times-Herald and the San Antonio Express-News.  I didn't 
know much about raising fruit, but I wanted to learn.  So at the urging of 
Sam Powers, John Panzerella and Ray Smith, I joined NAFEX.  You all have 
taught me so much, and the article I wrote in 2002 was my way of paying 
everyone back.

Since the article ran four years ago, the magazine  broke up my 3,500-word 
article into five or six short pieces for the Internet.  What Sam B. posted 
was only a small section.  Mother Earth has taken down the original article, 
but you can find pieces of it at their site by searching for fruit topics. 
A number of NAFEX giants such as Ed Fackler, Tom & Jill Vorbeck and Lon 
Rombough are featured.

If anyone wants to read the entire article as it was written, I can email 
you the text--no photos, of course.  Keep in mind that this info is more 
than four years old.
Doreen Howard