In a message dated 8/16/2011 11:22:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
qazingulaza@gmail.com writes:
> All of my pawpaws are from the same seedling stock that I got from
> John Gordon called PA Golden. So you are suggesting that since I get
> fruit that my seedlings are not all from the same parent?
>
Yes, they could all be from the same seed and pollen parent and be pollen
compatible. Siblings will pollinate each other.
As a rank amateur who planted his first apples and blueberries in spring of=
'07=2C I concur with Deb's opinion. I have since found two of the apple cv=
.s unworkable here=2C but with the aid of members of NAFEX=2C I am learning=
to graft and have decided on much more promising cultivars for this part o=
f the nation. Dave Liezen=2C amateur of no rank=3B E. WA zone 5/6
> Date: Tue=2C 16 Aug 2011 21:31:37 -0400
> From: debs913@gmail.com
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Question
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> Caren wrote:
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> " I have not subscribed to
> NAFEX=2C believing that most members=2C and POMONA contributers for examp=
le=2C
> are professional cultivators who make their living or part of it through
> agriculture."
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> Not true. Most Pomona contributors are amateurs as are most members.
> I've found Pomona to be very accessible as an amateur who needs a LOT
> of help :)
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> deb
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