[SustainableTompkins] TCLocal on fruit in Tompkins County

[Simon St.Laurent]

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
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