[apple-crop] Rotten to the Core: What pick-your-own apple orchards tell us about the American economy.

2012-09-13 Thread Jon Clements
OK, it's been pretty quiet, so I might as well stir the pot. (Or at least entertain you.) But don't blame the messenger… :-) http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/recycled/2007/10/rotten_to_the_core.single.html -- JMCEXTMAN Jon Clements cleme...@umext.umass.edu aka 'Mr Liberty' aka 'Mr

Re: [apple-crop] Rotten to the Core: What pick-your-own apple orchards tell us about the American economy.

2012-09-13 Thread Rick and Joan Bartlett
Geee I'm so glad he visited us to pick from the veal calves of the fruit world. Sounds like he has the same mindset as several have said who have visited us, which goes something like "You have the gall to charge that for bounty to good lord gives you?" Unfortunately it is that 1% that ten

Re: [apple-crop] Rotten to the Core: What pick-your-own apple orchards tell us about the American economy.

2012-09-13 Thread kuffelcreek
Fruit cruelty! How can you purpously stunt your tree's growth like that? And making the fruit so easy to reach only encourages excess consumption. If you had any goodness in you at all you would plant the trees on seedling rootstock so that the big trees would keep the fruit out of reach of the