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| About the Author Diana Brisbane 23rd July 2014 12:26am #UserID: 3004 Posts: 284 View All Diana's Edible Fruit Trees |
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jakfruit etiquette says... That diagram refers to commercial seed companies, there were many more individual companies years ago, and hence many more varieties offered. Many vars still exist in the offerings of heirloom seed companies which continue to offer them, and many more exist in the holdings of seed saver organisations, and individual seed savers. The diagram probably doesnt include true local and family heirloom seed varieties(ie that were never offered commercially ) which are also preserved by various seed savers and growers. Recently heirloom veges are seeing a bit of a revival in the supermarkets, but often these are re-bred versions from the original strains. The varieties are not all extinct, some are preserved in Govt+NGO seedbanks. I would say that of the heirloom seed companies in Australia, less variety is being offered, and some like Diggers tend to offer more "modern" heirlooms. Its not hard to track down at least some older varieties to try for yourself. | About the Author jakfruit etiquette vic 23rd July 2014 7:51am #UserID: 5133 Posts: 915 View All jakfruit etiquette's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Diana says... Jakfruit- if you look at the caption at the bottom it says the source of data for the bottom panel is seedbanks. Presumably there are more varieties in seedbanks than for sale. I haven't counted up the numbers in Green Harvest, Eden seeds, the lost seed etc but it seems far fewer than this graph. | About the Author Diana Brisbane 23rd July 2014 8:31am #UserID: 3004 Posts: 284 View All Diana's Edible Fruit Trees |
