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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