Candied nuts (was Re: SC - SC honey strawberry spread)
Robin Carroll-Mann
harper at idt.net
Mon Jun 19 17:57:26 PDT 2000
In a message dated 6/19/00 8:11:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
CorwynWdwd at aol.com writes:
<< I don't know if it was from European varieties exported to America, I
think perhaps it was actually American grape rootstocks, but don't quote me
on this.>>
Why not? This is correct. Phylloxera, a mite that feeds on the roots of
grapevines, is native to the Eastern United States. Labrusco grapes are
immune to it. The rootstock was imported into Europe where European Vinifera
was grafted onto it. thereby eliminating the problem of the disease.
<<Of course, since both types of grape had to have had a
common point of origin at some time.....>>
So don't pigs and humans. But they are very different creatures even though
genetically altered pigs using human genes are producing all kinds of things
like grafting skin for burn victims and organs for transplant. ;-) The point
being that the relationship is not that close and the departure occurred
well before the continental land masses separated.
<<Corwyn >>
Ras
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