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From: Jacquelyn Kuehn <jakuehn@verizon.net>
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Subject: [NAFEX] Alabama
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:36:53 -0400

Okay, so you got two notices of the same thing in the same message: kind of amazing we both hit the "send" button almost concurrently!
<x-tad-bigger>Jacquelyn A. Kuehn</x-tad-bigger>
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1. Re: Useful mutants (Michael Dossett)
2. Alabama A&M orchard open house (rob hamilton)
3. Alabama: upcoming open house (Jacquelyn Kuehn)

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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:22:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Dossett <phainopepla@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Useful mutants
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Many pre-emergent herbicides will also have this same
effect and mechanism. Surflan (oryzalin) is the most
common but Benefin and Trifluralin will as well.

Michael

--- Paul Cabe <CabeP@wlu.edu> wrote:

I've read that other flowers are bred from seeds
exposed to
colchicine, which damages (changes) the genome.
Maybe that's used to

create polyploidy, I forget the details.

Ginda

You remember correctly. Colchicine disrupts the
mitotic spindle
apparatus, and has long been used to increase ploidy
levels. Can be
done to double the chromosome number in a cultivar,
or sometimes to
double the chromosomes in a sterile hybrid to make
it fertile.
In general, cell size is correlated with
DNA/chromosome content in the
nucleus, so more chromosomes often mean bigger
cells, and by extension,
bigger fruits, flowers etc. Fruits, having larger
cells and thus less
abundant cell walls, may be juicier or more tender.

best,
Paul Cabe

On Aug 28, 2007, at 11:04 PM, S & E Hills wrote:

I don?t recall the source, but I recall reading

that new varieties

of African Violets were bred using seeds that had

been taken into

space and exposed to solar radiation.

Scott Hills

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[mailto:nafex-

bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Brungardt,

Sam

Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 11:08 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: [NAFEX] Useful Mutants, Bred With

Radiation (New York
Times)

Some of you may find this story disturbing, but I

found it

interesting and informative even though the writer

described

Japanese pears as a cross between apples and

pears. -- Sam

Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn.

Useful Mutants, Bred With Radiation
Public fears aside, scientists mimic nature's

genetic scrambling

to bolster fruits and vegetables, as well as beer

and whiskey.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/28/science/28crop.html?th&emc=th

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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:51:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: rob hamilton <lostman_amiga@yahoo.com>
Subject: [NAFEX] Alabama A&M orchard open house
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Alabama A&M Agricultural Research Station
Open House and Tour

September 22nd 11-4pm
(Central Standard Time)

Come tour and taste fruit from one the largest collections of Jujube in the southeast. Also tour the large plantings of Asian Pear, Peaches, Hardy Kiwi, Pawpaws and other fruits and vegetables.

Lastly, a tour the on-site Shitake mushroom growth chamber.

Admission is free!

Location: Winfred Thomas Agricultural Research Station
372 Walker Lane
Hazel Green, Alabama 35750
256/828-2113
(right between Huntsville and the Alabama state line)

* Make a day of it and visit the Huntsville Botanical Gardens for their
Daylily sale!!
* Hour 9-5pm, 4747 Bob Wallace Avenue, Phone: (256) 830-4447
* Admission $10

From Birmingham, Alabama

Take I-65 north. Exit I-565 east towards Huntsville, Alabama. Exit Hwy 231/431 north (North Memorial Parkway). Turn right at the eighth red light onto Walker Lane. Go @ _ mile and turn right into Winfred Thomas Agricultural Research Station.

From Nashville, Tennessee

Take I-65 south. Exit I-565 east towards Huntsville, Alabama. Exit Hwy 231/431 north (North Memorial Parkway). Turn right at the eighth red light onto Walker Lane. Go @ _ mile and turn right into Winfred Thomas Agricultural Research Station.

From Atlanta, Georgia/Chattanooga. Tennessee

Take I-75 North to I-24 west. Exit Kimball/South Pittsburg (this road will turn into Hwy 72 after you cross the Alabama state line). Go to Huntsville. Turn right (north) onto Hwy 231/431 (North Memorial Parkway). Turn right at the sixth red light onto Walker Lane. Go @ _ mile and turn right into Winfred Thomas Agricultural Research Station.

Hotel Accommodations in Huntsville

Best Western Rocket City Inn & Suites
Directions: Located on University Dr between Logan's Steakhouse and Cowboy's gas across from Target
Contact: (256) 837-7412 (800) 937-8376 6200 Torok Circle Huntsville, AL 35806

Bevill Conference Center & Hotel
www.uah.edu/BevillCenter
Directions: I-565 to Sparkman Dr. exit 15. North on Sparkman Drive to Ben Graves Drive. Turn right, the Bevill Center is directly in front of you. Hwy 72 East to Sparkman Drive. Take Sparkman Drive exit and turn right. Take 1st left turning onto Ben Graves Dr. Bevill Center is directly in front of you.
Rates: $49-$75
Contact: (256) 721-9428 (888) 721-9428 bevillc@email.uah.edu 550 Sparkman Drive Huntsville, AL 35816

Comfort Suites
Directions: Highway 72 west (University Drive) across the street from Super Target shoppping center, behind Logans restaurant & next door to Guthries.
Contact: (256) 562-2400 (800) 424-6423 6224 Torok Circle Huntsville, AL 35806

Country Inn & Suites
Directions: From I-65 South take exit 340 TO I-565 east -Take exit 14-Rideout Road- -Take Rideout Rd. to Highway 72 east-University Dr.-Hotel is located 2 blocks on the left -From Highway 431 -Take Highway 72 west-University Dr. -Hotel is located on the right
Contact: (256) 562-2400 (800) 424-6423 4880 University Drive Huntsville, AL 35816

Courtyard by Marriott
Directions: I-65 to I-565 East, North on Research Boulevard to 72/Huntsville-University Drive exit. Hotel is 1 1/4 miles on left between Pier 1 & Pizza Hut.
Contact: (256) 837-1400 (800) 321-2211 4804 University Drive Huntsville, AL 35816

Embassy Suites
Directions: When entering from I-65 North or South, merge onto I-565 via exit 340 East toward Huntsville and merge onto US-231 S/US-431/North Memorial Parkway to Clinton Avenue, Exit 19-C, Turn right onto Clinton Avenue W, continue to follow Clinton to Monroe Street SW.
Contact: (256) 539-7373 (800) 362-2779 800 Monroe Street Huntsville, AL 35801

Any further questions contact Robert Hamilton: lostman_amiga@yahoo.com

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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:31:17 -0400
From: Jacquelyn Kuehn <jakuehn@verizon.net>
Subject: [NAFEX] Alabama: upcoming open house
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Dear NAFEXers,

I have this information for the Fall Pomona, but by the time you get
that, this event will be over. So I'll give it out here; you may have
already seen it. Go if you can!
Jacquelyn A. Kuehn
Musician, writer
http://www.pennsacreskitchen.net

Alabama A&M Agricultural Research Station
Open House and Tour

September 22nd 11-4pm
(Central Standard Time)

Come tour and taste fruit from one the largest collections of Jujube in
the southeast. Also tour the large plantings of Asian Pear, Peaches,
Hardy Kiwi, Pawpaws and other fruits and vegetables.

Lastly, a tour the on-site Shitake mushroom growth chamber.

Admission is free!

Location: Winfred Thomas Agricultural Research Station
372 Walker Lane
Hazel Green, Alabama 35750
256/828-2113
(right between Huntsville and the Alabama state line)

* Make a day of it and visit the Huntsville Botanical Gardens for
their Daylily sale!!
* Hour 9-5pm, 4747 Bob Wallace Avenue, Phone: (256) 830-4447
* Admission $10

From Birmingham, Alabama
Take I-65 north. Exit I-565 east towards Huntsville, Alabama. Exit Hwy
231/431 north (North Memorial Parkway). Turn right at the eighth red
light onto Walker Lane. Go @ ? mile and turn right into Winfred Thomas
Agricultural Research Station.

From Nashville, Tennessee
Take I-65 south. Exit I-565 east towards Huntsville, Alabama. Exit Hwy
231/431 north (North Memorial Parkway). Turn right at the eighth red
light onto Walker Lane. Go @ ? mile and turn right into Winfred Thomas
Agricultural Research Station.

From Atlanta, Georgia/Chattanooga. Tennessee
Take I-75 North to I-24 west. Exit Kimball/South Pittsburg (this road
will turn into Hwy 72 after you cross the Alabama state line). Go to
Huntsville. Turn right (north) onto Hwy 231/431 (North Memorial
Parkway). Turn right at the sixth red light onto Walker Lane. Go @ ?
mile and turn right into Winfred Thomas Agricultural Research Station.

Map and hotel information on the back

Hotel Accommodations in Huntsville

Best Western Rocket City Inn & Suites
Directions: Located on University Dr between Logan's Steakhouse and
Cowboy's gas across from Target
Contact: (256) 837-7412 (800) 937-8376 6200 Torok Circle Huntsville, AL
35806

Bevill Conference Center & Hotel
www.uah.edu/BevillCenter
Directions: I-565 to Sparkman Dr. exit 15. North on Sparkman Drive to
Ben Graves Drive. Turn right, the Bevill Center is directly in front of
you. Hwy 72 East to Sparkman Drive. Take Sparkman Drive exit and turn
right. Take 1st left turning onto Ben Graves Dr. Bevill Center is
directly in front of you.
Rates: $49-$75
Contact: (256) 721-9428 (888) 721-9428 bevillc@email.uah.edu 550
Sparkman Drive Huntsville, AL 35816

Comfort Suites
Directions: Highway 72 west (University Drive) across the street from
Super Target shoppping center, behind Logans restaurant & next door to
Guthries.
Contact: (256) 562-2400 (800) 424-6423 6224 Torok Circle Huntsville, AL
35806

Country Inn & Suites
Directions: From I-65 South take exit 340 TO I-565 east -Take exit
14-Rideout Road- -Take Rideout Rd. to Highway 72 east-University
Dr.-Hotel is located 2 blocks on the left -From Highway 431 -Take
Highway 72 west-University Dr. -Hotel is located on the right
Contact: (256) 562-2400 (800) 424-6423 4880 University Drive
Huntsville, AL 35816

Courtyard by Marriott
Directions: I-65 to I-565 East, North on Research Boulevard to
72/Huntsville-University Drive exit. Hotel is 1 1/4 miles on left
between Pier 1 & Pizza Hut.
Contact: (256) 837-1400 (800) 321-2211 4804 University Drive
Huntsville, AL 35816

Embassy Suites
Directions: When entering from I-65 North or South, merge onto I-565
via exit 340 East toward Huntsville and merge onto US-231
S/US-431/North Memorial Parkway to Clinton Avenue, Exit 19-C, Turn
right onto Clinton Avenue W, continue to follow Clinton to Monroe
Street SW.
Contact: (256) 539-7373 (800) 362-2779 800 Monroe Street Huntsville, AL
35801
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