On 23/08/2011 7:24 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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>>> you better start buying jars and canning supplies now, pear
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>>> you better start buying canning supplies now, pears and apples trees
>>> are famous for over producing the year after a good shearing,
>>> Lee"Julie Bove"
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>> Really? Interesting. I have plenty of jars and rings. I think I got
>> rid of the tops because those can go bad when they are old. The only
>> problem is, nobody much wants to eat what I've canned. My parents are
>> afraid to eat home canned foods. They think they will get botulism. I
>> don't think my brother and his family eat apples or pears. Angela
>> loves them but only wants to eat the stuff from the store with the
>> pretty pictures on them. I just tossed out the last of the pears and a
>> couple of jars of papplesauce. That year we didn't get many apples but
>> tons of pears.
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> I had a funny experience today. I live in a major city, in the 'burbs. I
> had a knock on the door this arvo and opened it to find a man leaning up
> the stairs holding onto the rail and head down. In what I call a getting
> rid of a fur ball position, lol. He was dressed in khaki shorts,
> flannelette, chequered shirt, work boots and a hat you would call a
> stetson. He looked at me and didn't speak at first so I said "yes?". To
> that he started to "drawl" like some country people here tend to do.
>
> He had a whole apple in his hand and a half eaten one and eventually
> said, very slowly, that he was from Stanthorpe and up here for the day
> in his truck trying to sell his wonderful apples.
>
> I don't keep cash and I have plenty of apples anyway and had to decline
> but it was a weird experience. I know the floods and cyclone have done a
> big number on crops up here in QLD and I admired his initiative.
> Wondering if he got to sell anyway. When I declined he just said "ok,
> well I'll see ya next year then". lol
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You'll sometimes see them with a truckload of oranges parked on the side
of the road during orange season bought them years ago great fruit just
not up to the supermarkets strict standard slight blemish or slightly
under size good price too as I remember.

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