"Christophe Bachmann" > wrote in message
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> In ,
> Frogleg wrote :
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> > On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:39:47 +0000, Lazarus Cooke
> > > wrote:
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> >> In article >, Frogleg
> >> > wrote:
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> >>> The idea of lying in a hammock and plucking fruit from
> >>> surrounding trees, supplemented by trapping a few fish or shellfish
> >>> sure sounds good. Not many opportunities for same in, say, northern
> >>> Europe.
> >>
> >> Why? Strawberries, mushrooms, apples, blackberries still grow wild
> >> all over the place. Northern seas are far more fruitful for fish than
> >> tropical ones, and the rivers run with salmon and trout.
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> Apples don't grow wild all over the place, they only grow wild where they
> have been abandoned, any modern fruit must be grafted on a parent stalk to
> grow,

Where on earth did you get that tidbit? I know of many own-root apple trees
here in Canada. Grafting is used to increase hardiness in the colder zones
but as far as I know you can still grow a productive apple tree from a
seed....

Janet