04-21-2014, 04:47 PM
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Originally posted by Wao nahele kane
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Originally posted by David M
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Originally posted by Wao nahele kane
"Natural??? Sounds like a form of human engineering to me. Natural would be you plant a lemon tree, a lime tree and then on it's own some combined product develops."
Natural simply means occurring in nature. Trees do naturally graft to one another under rare circumstances, it occurs more frequently amongst the branches of a single specimen but also occurs between dissimilar specimens. It sometimes occurs through abrasions (but not limited to) induced by winds amongst branches that fuse to one another at the abrasion points remaining in contact after the winds cease.
Grafting is a natural process of the combined specimens, the cuts/abrasions/compression maybe induced naturally or by human intervention.
If you've never observed natural grafts in nature, there are many photos available on-line. http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Oceani...142562.htm
Thanks for making my point - nature, not human caused or assisted, even if a grandfather.
David
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Evidently you missed the point if you think that made your point. If it occurs in nature, it's natural. Grafting is natural, period.
Nope, you are trying to redefine natural to include assist by man as opposed to natural occurring without intervention/assist by man. There's a whole culture on these islands that rally against things that happened or grown on these islands that hinge on involvement of humans. Sorry, but you can't have it both ways.
Human assisted grafting is simply genetic modification in a different, more acceptable, form.
David
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