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
>
>