(Just a gentle nudge to put people back on target.)
Short message: Discussions about potted fruit trees ARE topical and within
the scope of this list. Remember that there is a wide climatic variation
for this list's coverage.
So keep on discussing it all you like. If you find a new topic somehow
distasteful, consult the user's guide of your email program for the best
means on how to delete those messages.
Please, please, please . . . spare the group (and yourselves) the time and
energy invested in "meta-dissertations" about what is--and isn't--topical.
(Hint: arguing about "what's topical" aint' topical.)
This list has been run with a hands-off approach that allows a fairly wide
range of topics. That same hands-off approach has also permitted the
continued participation of individual group members who might have been
banned on other lists.
At some point in the future I may decide on narrower criteria for discussion
topics--and list participation. I'd prefer to avoid that if possible.