Actually, I always thought Alar allowed us to present a better product to
the consumer for a longer period. I can't figure out how it could have
resulted in "cardboard". I don't think it led us to harvest immature fruit.
My experience is not as a direct marketer, so perhaps my point of reference
makes a difference.
Philip Smith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur Harvey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Apple-Crop" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 8:18 AM
Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: Referral needed - orchards and sheep
A lot depends on whether you think as a consumer or producer. Of course
the producers
loved Alar because it gave apples that looked ripe but stored longer. The
consumers
expected a ripe apple but got cardboard. This led to increased demand for
Grannies from
elsewhere.
--- Philip Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
That doesn't sound like the Alar that I knew and loved.
Philip Smith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur Harvey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Apple-Crop" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: Referral needed - orchards and sheep
> You are certainly correct about what happens in Washington, as a rule.
> But my opinion is
> that banning Alar was a benefit to the industry, for it stopped the
> sale
> of immature,
> inferior apples to the public. Maybe that was not the intent, but it
> was
> the result.
>
>
>
> --- "George M. Greene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> >
>> >Hi All:
>> >
>> >>Dr. David Acheson, FDA's new Assistant
>> >>Commissioner for Food Protection may well be
>> >>"both a very intelligent medical professional
>> >>and a practical
>> >realist" BUT practical realists and good
>> >scientists don't always carry the day in DC. If
>> >there is 1 or more outbreaks of E.coli 0157:H7
>> >tragedies Dr. Acheson probably not be able to
>> >convince others that onerous rules are not
>> >needed.
>> >
>> >The impact of a couple testifying about the
>> >death of a beautiful 3 or 4 year-old young girl
>> >will be impossible for agriculture to counter.
>> >
>> >Don't forget the big A--- deal a few years ago.
>> >Reason does not always prevail!
>> >
>> >Best regards, George
>>
>> --
>> George M. Greene II
>> 68 Willow Lane
>> Wiscasset, ME 04578
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 207-882-8074
>>
>>
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