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[Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net>]

Nectarines are not a cross between two species.  They are peaches, with a 
simple recessive trait that eliminates the fuzz on the fruit.  Plant a dozen 
seed from a self-pollinated 'Peregrine' peach (which is heterozygous for this 
allele) and you will see for yourself.


-----Original Message-----
>From: Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>
>Sent: Nov 15, 2012 6:08 PM
>To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: Re: [nafex] the evils of grafting
>
>
>On Nov 15, 2012, at 4:18 PM, Sarah Kehler Ewing wrote:
>
>> 
>> And as an aside:  would someone please inbox me (no need to tie up the 
>> list for my giggles) the Bible reference(s) about grafting?  I'm a 
>> Christian and an avid grafter and I've never come across this before!
>> 
>>  
>> Sarah 
>
>I think it is relevant enough to the broader conversation that I am writing 
>this to the list. I hope folks don't mind.
>
>I was surprised to find that there is no explicit Biblical prohibition of 
>grafting, since I was taught in Hebrew school that it was forbidden. In 
>fact, there are several Biblical references that suggest farmers were 
>growing grafted grapes and other fruits. There is, however, a biblical 
>injunction against mixing two kinds of plants:
>
>Lev 19:19 "Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender 
>with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither 
>shall a garment mingled of linen and woolen come upon thee."
>
>Deut 22:9 "Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit 
>of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled."
>
>However, the Talmud (the Jewish compilation of "oral law", explaining and 
>expanding on the written law in the Torah) does contain an explicit ban on 
>grafting different species together. I wasn't able to find a good primary 
>translation of that on-line (probably because of the complexity of the 
>Talmud) but this is a good, readable reference that discusses the various 
>prohibitions on "mixing" in plain English.
>
>http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0014_0_14019.html
>
>I had thought all grafting was forbidden, but this suggests that grafting an 
>apple to another apple would be biblically acceptable. It also suggests that 
>nectarines are forbidden, being a cross between two different species. Sort 
>of "bestiality for plants".
>
>I've written all this from an Old-Testament/Jewish perspective. In 
>researching this on line (google is my friend) I also found some New 
>Testament that seem to assume grafting of olives was commonplace (and okay), 
>for instance Romans 11:17.
>
>I also came across an interesting article about grafting that includes quite 
>a lot of history and references to grafting in the ancient world.
>
>http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/janick-papers/c09.pdf
>
>Hope you find that interesting.
>
>Ginda Fisher
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