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[John McCuan <wawo@yahoo.com>]

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this conversation.  I had never 
considered some of the points brought up before.  Certainly, if seedling 
trees could be stabilized and were healthier and produced healthier fruit, it 
would be a great thing. 

I grafted tomatoes for the first time this year.  I live in Georgia, which is 
plagued with humidity and diseases that usually cause tomatoes to "play out" 
rather rapidly.  I set out plants in April and get my first fruit in late 
June or early July.  The heirlooms usually produce for about 6 weeks, the 
hybrids for about 10 weeks, but by the end of August most of the plants have 
stopped producing.  A couple of times I tried to put some more plants out 
later, but they haven't produced as well (though part of the problem may have 
been a lack of pampering by me).

This year I grafted a couple of Big Beef and Sungold (both hybrids) on 
Maxifort rootstock, and they are both still producing - not very many fruits, 
but they're still producing - and this in November, and there have already 
been a couple of frosts. The Sungolds are good off the bush, but I've been 
bringing in the Big Beefs while they're only half red because the cardinals 
are eating them.  One of my grafts must not have worked because the rootstock 
took over, and that is one huge, healthy plant - it overflowed out of its 6 
foot cage and took over both cages next to it as well as the paths on either 
side of the bed.

I would not be surprised if heirlooms are healthier than hybrids, and perhaps 
regular hybrids are healthier than grafted hybrids - but the question is, 
what should I be eating in November?  Canned or dried tomatoes from the 
summer?  Store bought tomatoes?  No tomatoes, only kale and lettuce and such? 
 Or my grafted hybrids?  

I don't see any obvious answers at this point - but I like considering 
different possibilities and trying to figure out what works out best.  Again, 
thanks for sharing your different perspectives on our common goal of 
producing and eating healthy food.

Melinda
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The Fruit Hunters: Yung Chang's palate-cleansing 
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Toronto Star
"I'm going to let you pass this around so you can, uh, fondle it," he tells 
the tittering audience after the world premiere of his succulent new film The 
Fruit Hunters at the Montreal International Documentary Festival last 
Saturday. The sensory ...