Strange irony

My mother would tell me about her childhood on the prairies. How rough they had it in the 30s and how the only fruit they got was dried fruit shipped in from warmer climes. How dried apples were a real treat for her. Today we harvested the apple tree in the back yard. One puny little tree yielded over 150 pounds of apples. Careful breeding and selective grafting has made it possible to grow apples even farther north than where my mother grew up. Oh and the grapes from our grapevine almost exceeded the 100 pounds of saskatoon's we harvested back in July.

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awildsheepschase

Its only from careful breeding. 🤔

hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M

@awildsheepschase And grafting. I am not sure what the root is that they use but it is not an apple tree. Apple tree roots would not stand the -40 temperatures we get during the winter.

awildsheepschase

@hippyjoe1955 Not going anywhere near climate change is not real to you. But don't worry over all of Canada many are able to plant many trees and other elements never been able to be grown here before. It won't just be grafting.

hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M

@awildsheepschase Never mentioned the great fiction either. I was talking to a horticulturalist about how we are able to grow things that preivious generations couldn't . He said it was in part breading and in part grafting. Both are rwquired. We have a choke cherry tree in our back yard and you can still see the graft 20 years after we planted it. It make great wine.