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I know one thing..........you ought to take the seeds from them, plant them,
wait to see which ones have nice fruit, and propagate the best ones. You
may have a new variety in the making that is disease resistant.
P
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Harkness" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: Fruits
> I am not one of the technical or educated members of this list, but I do
> learn from it and do like to participate from time to time. Regarding
wild
> fruits, we have a mining claim near a ghost settlement that was settled in
> the 1800's. Along the river are some old apricot trees. The apricots are
> about the size of nickels or penneys and are not very sweet. These trees
> had to come up from seeds, not planted by the former residents, because
they
> are not in that sort of location. The town was torn up and "moved" in
1908.
> So, how close to paleo could these be? They have obviously survived
> infestations of bugs or fungus or whatever, so are hearty. I know they
> aren't indigenous, so aren't truly paleo. I can see how early man could
> have enjoyed these for a few weeks during the summer. I do!
> Enough rambling, Jan
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