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Old 13-Jun-2005   #9
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Originally Posted by Bart Thomas
Charles:

Looks like an '89 to me.

(For those who think we are speaking in code: In 1989, there was a tremendous freeze in Florida, hard freezing even the nurseries south of Miami in Homestead. At Jim Smith's Dura-Stone Nursery in Vero Beach, some Ficus Salicifolia (Jim prefers that to Nerifolia) were, in his opinion, permanantly genetically* altered. These have, most notably, larger leaves than "normal" willow-leaf ficus, but with a brighter green color as well. Some of us know these as "Ficus Nerifolia 'Jim Smith '89".)

They make very nice larger scale bonsai.

* This is hard to prove, since they are propagated via cuttings. The wasp needed to pollinate the flower (which is inside what we think of as the fruits) does not exist in North America.


Are there any botanists or molecular biologists in the house? Can anyone tell me how a freeze can genetically alter the DNA of a tree? Has my science education missed something here? I mean I know I am from Kansas, but really!
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