>Kirt,
><< But here you are proving Tom's point, aren't you? The "crabapples" are
> harder to eat than a red delicious apple, no? Conversely, it would be
> easier to overeat on the red delicious, no? Or am I missing something here?

Liza:
>Kirt, I think his point was that MN directs us as to precisely when to eat a
>fruit, and thus spread its seed.  And I may be wrong here, but I thought that
>crabapples were a different thing entirely than "regular" apples.  I
>understood Rex to be talking about "regular" apples that were not yet ripe
>(this is what we used to call "green apples.")  Rex - correct me if I'm wrong.

Yes, yes--upon rereading it I can see you are probably right on. I thought
green apple was the same as crab apple. Thanks for your clarification!

Cheers,
Kirt