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st w cil j cv rweekendefl june 10 1995 p x historical notes fruits veggies focus of monthly society meeting vegetables fruit and flowers were the focus of the whitchurchstouffville historical society meeting held at parkview village last wednesday sheila hulford brought a display of her unusual seeds and showed slides of some crop varieties that our ancestors would have been familiar with sheila is an enthusiastic member of the heritage seed program as well as having interests in genealogy calligraphy his tory and art the heritage seed program was started several years ago in an attempt to search out and preserve heirloom plant varieties in danger of disappearing members practice proper techniques to keep varieties pure gather and store the seed and make it available to other members at no cost the program has become a living gene bank dedicated to preserving horticultur al heritage the fruit and vegetables of our ancestors farms and gardens were more flavorful than the ones we eat today said sheila many thousands of vari eties are no longer commercially grown modern agriculture has developed crops to with stand pests disease challenging conditions such as drought the altering climate pollution acid rain and the rigors of long distance shipping consequently the number of different varieties produced has dimin ished at the turn of the century 8000 varieties of apples were being grown in the us said hulford by the 1980s that total had dropped to 1000 a loss of 7000 varieties that will never be regained the heritage seed program has over 350 varieties of fruit growing in its nursery orchard on salt spring island bc a network of heritage orchards exists in north america growing apples with names such as maidens bush and coxs orange pippin diversity in horticulture enriches our lives she said smaller scale gardeners can make a contribution by growing traditional crops and sharing seed and cuttings with friends and neighbors historic sites such as upper canada village at morrisburg have vegetable and flower gardens growing the traditional plants in their original settings heritage flowers grown there include 4 oclocks heliotrope catchfly hollyhocks and the dainty loveliesbleeding a relative of amaranth spread the word about seed saving and our diverse horticultural heritage will survive for future genera tions to enjoy smiles sheila hulford if you would like to learn more about the techniques for preserving seeds or would like to grow some heritage varieties write to the heritage seed program rr3 uxbridge ontario l9p 1r3 or contact a member of the wshs fenella smith markville physiotherapy rehabilitation clinic sports work walkin extended injury back neck pain caraccident i mtrinuu sl t i wilgmi hry17 ill hours drug plan wcb auto insurance covered 4712892 gf8525mccowanrd ne corner ol hwy 7 v nipmmk toil ii cnrtfcirifitti0 per iff cerctrtsptdtlisls 185 bullock drive 15 markham ont l3p 7r4 tel 905 4724707 fax 905 4724348 0 neece electrolysis esthetics 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