Thanks for the comments! If possible, it would make it a lot easier for us to develop the article further if comments got added at the article itself as well as here. (This'll be getting posted on a lot of mailing lists.)
Thanks, Simon Margaret McCasland wrote: > Great article on fruits. > > A question and a suggestion (to help people learn from my mistakes). > > What are the implications for fruit growing of the more extreme > weather we are already having due to climate change? > alternating droughts and floods; > longer warm periods in winter, with less snow cover during > subsequent hard freezes > ice storms > more extreme weather events in general > > Suggestion: could you add info re: weather-hardy species (in regards > to above) and also re: good species for home gardeners.? A link to > the appropriate CCE pages would be fine. > > Learned the hard way: I let my kids each pick out a favorite apple > variety and we planted one tree of each kind (I think they were > Macintosh and Ida Red). It turned out they were appropriate for > orchards with regular professional care, but not good backyard > varieties for fruit (we did get a great shade tree for a small yard > from the Mac). > > Our next-door neighbor did her research and planted trees designed > for backyard planting and she had much better success (and shared > apples with us). BTW, this was in the city of Ithaca. > > The three old farms I've lived on in Tompkins County (before and > after my time in the city) had remnants of 19th c orchards with GREAT > apples, pears, peaches, plums, etc on them. > > Oh, yes, and elderberries were left off the list. Not a big seller, > but popular as a traditional fruit and I believe native to the area . > . . It may be especially hardy. > > And mulberries! Some taste better than others, but easy to grow. > > Margaret > _______________________________________________ > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > > !DSPAM:47a3293b322371447510948! > _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
