Re: Re Nuptial Trees
Ah Moira..........I refer only to population, or perhaps I could call it
lack of over-population!
Margaret.
Margaret and Peter Moir
Olive Hill Farm
Margaret River, Western Australia.
www.wn.com.au/olivehill
----- Original Message -----
From: Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
To: Mediterannean Plants List <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: Re Nuptial Trees
> Margaret Moir wrote:
> >
> > Speaking for Oz, small and insignificant though we are.........it's
always
> > been a loquat tree to us, the trees are very common, one might almost
say
> > weedy, here [and I do!]
> > Never heard it called a medlar, Japanese or any other.
>
> Well Margaret
> I have met this tree many times both in NZ and in Africa (we had an
> avenue of them on the African farm) and this is the first time I have
> heard any other name than Loquat or Loquat tree.
>
> By the way not so much of the "small and insignificant" please, If Oz
> can be called that it almost seems as though we would not exist at all
> !!!
>
> Moira
> -
> Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
> Wainuiomata (near Wellington, capital city of New Zealand)
>