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Post by biorag on Feb 4, 2010 12:09:47 GMT -5
Your orchard is beautiful! I only wish I had some root stock to take advantage of your scion offer.  Probably should start some of my own root stock this year or dig up a wild crabapple because I cannot find a bare root tree price to suit our budget. My ancestry as far back as we can search ends up in an area of France that used to be called Guyenne and the family name then was La Force du Caumont. It would be nice to have an apple that came from that region where my ancestors lived. Chances are not good that any varieties they may have eaten would still exist, but the sentiment is nice.  Thank you Ceara. "La force du Caumont" is a beautiful name and a very old and famous family !!! I particularly like the accent of the people who live in Guyenne (or Aquitaine) : very coloured and singing. . I have to search but I can imagine that a variety like "court pendu gris" known in 1400 was growing in this country. I can contact an association named "conservatoire d' Aquitaine" to know more about the old varieties of this region. I could send you graftings in 2011 if you want. Gérard |
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Post by ceara on Feb 4, 2010 19:14:19 GMT -5
That would be wonderful Gérard.
Merci!
Off topic - One of my ancestors was Dr Renald Rene de la Force, but we cannot figure out if he was a physician/surgeon or apothecary. He ended up settling in Virginia with the Hugenots and was mentioned in William Byrd's "Secret Diary" as being invited to "sup" with Byrd, but Rene refused because he felt Byrd took financial advantage of him by supposedly cheating on land prices, or so the story goes. lol As of yet, no one has been able to go back further in the tree than Rene. *shrugs*
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Post by biorag on Apr 15, 2010 11:57:36 GMT -5
The last pear : Saint Rémy : crunchy, sweet regularly used for cooking.   I don't know where to write this : Dan, thank you very very much for your invoice ! |
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Post by mnjrutherford on Apr 15, 2010 15:02:53 GMT -5
Beautiful pear Biorag! I'm guessing this is your time to rest from the orchard?
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Post by raymondo on Apr 15, 2010 15:11:43 GMT -5
Beautiful orchard and beautiful fruits biorag. What a pleasure it must be.
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Probably should start some of my own root stock this year or dig up a wild crabapple because I cannot find a bare root tree price to suit our budget.
