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["Dr.Chiranjit Parmar" <parmarch_mnd@dataone.in>]

Dear Megan,

What is the botanical name of the following fruits:
  a.. Couple of other plums - 
  b.. Wild strawberry - There are several.  A few are described in 
Fruitipedia too.
  c.. Riverbank Grape
  d.. American black currant
Dr. Chiranjit Parmar
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Demmon" <mdemmon@gmail.com>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Native Fruits


> This is fun! in southeast michigan:
> 
> Crab apple
> American plum (and a couple other plums)
> Chokecherry
> Wild strawberry
> Black and Red Raspberries
> Blackberry
> Riverbank Grape
> Blueberry
> Paw paw
> Gooseberry
> American black currant
> Serviceberry
> Hawthorn
> Hazelnut
> Black Walnut
> Butternut
> Beechnut
> Hickories
> Acorns
> and surprisingly enough, prickly pear!
> 
> I'm growing most of these already, just because they're easy. I'm sure I'm
> forgetting something, but it's a pretty decent list anyways.
> 
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Spidra Webster <spidra@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> The other day I was thinking about all the agricultural problems that come
>> about from imports. When I lived in Berkeley I was in a light brown apple
>> moth quarantine zone and now in South Pasadena I'm in an asian citrus
>> psyllid quarantine zone. It's the moving of plant materials that brings
>> this
>> about. So my mind got to thinking about what fruits I'd have in my area if
>> I
>> were left to purely native plants, not any of the European stone fruit,
>> etc.
>> that I so love. It's an interesting exercise. I guess you could extend the
>> range to 25 - 50 mi of you.  What fruits/nuts would you have if you were
>> limited to this?
>>
>> I can think of CA native fruits but Southern CA seems poorer in them than
>> Northern CA was.
>>
>> Various oak acorns, of course.
>> Possibly beach strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis).
>> Prickly Pear (Opuntia)
>> Hollyleaf Cherry (Prunus ilicifolia)
>>
>>
>> What fruit would you be limited to if you could only grow what was native
>> to
>> your area? (This is an exercise for fun, not for advocating that people do
>> that.)
>>
>>
>> Megan Lynch
>> http://www.meganlynch.net
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