[Sca-cooks] Re: Period Produce (Was Food Myths)

[Shannon Malone]

I am the person in California and I am new to the list.  In answer to someone's remark that they could not find quinces anywhere, I offered some that I happen to have access to this year.

I really am doing market research now for things to be planted, but as people ask for things I'm realizing how much I can get all the time that many of you only see canned, dried, for a very short season, or not at all.  I am excited for the opportunity to fill a need immediately and the mail order potential is a surprise to me.

As people tell me what they want there will be some items I can supply now from local sources as well as plan for growing those things myself in future seasons.
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On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 19:56:52
 Diamond Randall wrote:
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>Sorry, I missed the original post of this thread and obviously had you
>confused with the person in California who was on the list asking what
>period vegetables could be grown for market which were not yet planted,
>I thought.  I did not recognize that "Ms. Malone" was on the list as a
>regular.  Obviously you are offering fruit usually hard to find at a
>reasonable
>price.   I would like to see what is available.   Can someone repost the
>original
>offering?
>Thanks,
>Akim
>
>>The tree I will be getting fruit from this season is a friend's tree which is
>very old and has been producing good fruit for >years, however, I do not know
>the variety nor does she.
>>I would never offer substandard or non-existent produce for sale, Akim.
>
>
>On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 7:38:17
>Diamond Randall wrote:
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>>>There may be a taste difference, but I wasn't being
>>>scientific enough to discover it.  I would be interested in purchasing
>>>quinces from Ms. Malone, so please contact me with price info.  Thanks!
>>
>>No matter which variety you plant, it takes 8-10 years for a quince to
>>reliably
>>produce a marketable quantity of fruit, so (unless Ms Malone planted them
>some
>>years ago) you are going to have a long wait and pricing now will not be very
>>useful.  The Japanese shrub also will not produce fruit for many years and
>>then
>>very unreliably.  Unless you want a lot of decorative hedging, don't bother
>>planting
>>them for fruit.
>>
>>Akim
>
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