Re: Farm to table

On 4/29/2025 6:00 PM, Ed P wrote:

On 4/29/2025 6:12 PM, BryanGSimmons wrote:
 

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I gave a blackberry plant (either APF-8 or APF-12) to a family down the street, and they returned the planter with a nice card.       It wasn't really a favor because I distribute those plants to anyone who will plant them.  Maybe eventually I will sell them, because they are off patent, but probably I'll just keep giving them away.
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It seems that maybe I sprayed the Pixie Crunch apple trees early enough to stop the cedar rust.  So far, so good.  The peach and apple trees at the park are full of tiny fruits.  Last year, both of the peach trees took the year off--not a single peach.  I've planted a bunch of the APF8-or-12 at the park, and those plants will be free to browse this year by everyone, just as are the apples and peaches.
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 Fruit trees in a public park?  Great idea.

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There have been a few parks I've seen with fruit trees.  It took me years to get the city to agree to it.
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 > Years ago we had a peach tree.  In season, it was fun giving away the fruit to passerby.
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Peaches are especially good because even though if you let them fully ripen on the tree, they are just as vulnerable to being eaten by wildlife as many other things, but if you pick them under-ripe, and put them in a paper bag, they ripen beautifully.  That gives a huge advantage to humans over squirrels, as the squirrels don't have paper bags.
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