[Sca-cooks] heritage veggie varieties

[Dunbar, Debra]

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Thanks Magdalena!
I suspected as much.  I know my "wild" berries are much hardier than the
hybrid, thornless type.  The fruit is smaller, and I think the yield is
smaller, but of course the rabbits get more of the hybrid bush since they
are big juicy berries with no thorns on the bush!

I couldn't garden this year and missed it so!  We've got a 70'x70' garden at
my parents house that Mom and I have vowed to fill again next spring!
Wrynne- at the mercy of Safeway for most of her produce this year.


	  Magdalena wrote:
> But, most hybridization has been done to improve things like size of
> fruit, length of growing season, yield per square foot, etc.  In these
> cases, it is usually done ignoring disease/pest resistance, and in fact
> often makes the hybrids more susceptible than their ancestors (i.e.,
> higher sugar contents, more yield per area is a stronger biological
> beacon, longer growing season means more potential pests.)  This is part
> of why modern agriculture is so reliant on chemical interventions.  So,
> you'll find that, like your roses, many heritage varieties are much
> easier to grow.
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