--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > From a New York Times magazine article this week about kumquats: > > > > ...Kumquats, which are not citrus fruits but belong to another > genus, > > originated in China and have been cultivated across Asia for > centuries. > > > > > > > > > Many suburban homes here in the Valley of the Sun have citrus > trees. On my property is an Arizona Sweet orange tree and two > Brazilian Blood orange bushes (although they are bushes I get about > 100 oranges a year from each). > > The campus of Arizona State University in Tempe (aka ASU) is > officially an arboretum...it's got all sorts of wonderful trees from > all over the world. > > The ASU campus has one or two Kumquat trees. What's interesting > about kumquats is that they are sort of the OPPOSITE of an orange > tree: oranges are bitter on the outside (the rind) and sweet on the > inside; kumquats are sweet on the outside and bitter on the inside.
Do tall, blonde ASU coeds participate in the traditional grafting rituals? (I think I may have seen that on a "Girls Gone Wild" DVD.) > > They inspired some unorthodox grafting techniques: in "The Oxford > > Companion to Food," Alan Davidson cites this bit of instruction > from > > the "Book of Nabatean Agriculture," a 10th-century Iraqi > text: "The > > branch which is to be grafted must be in the hand of a beautiful > > damsel, whilst a male person has disgraceful and unnatural sexual > > intercourse with her; during intercourse the woman grafts the > branch > > into the tree." > > > > Modern growers have streamlined the cultivation process > somewhat.... > > > > http://tinyurl.com/kyjtr > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
