SC - grapes

[LrdRas at aol.com]

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