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"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message ... In reply to BAC ) who wrote this in , I, Marvo, say : I have no idea who or what you are referring to, there, so cannot comment, except to say anyone advocating unmerited physical violence to anyone, regardless of gender, is barking up the wrong tree, in my view. Unless doing so humourously, as in quoting the old "Women, dogs and walnut trees, the more you beats them, the better they be's" rhyme, perhaps :-) I don't think it works with dogs I suspect it's equally ineffective with all three ... |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 30/8/07 15:04, in article , "BAC" wrote: "Uncle Marvo" wrote in message ... In reply to BAC ) who wrote this in , I, Marvo, say : I have no idea who or what you are referring to, there, so cannot comment, except to say anyone advocating unmerited physical violence to anyone, regardless of gender, is barking up the wrong tree, in my view. Unless doing so humourously, as in quoting the old "Women, dogs and walnut trees, the more you beats them, the better they be's" rhyme, perhaps :-) I don't think it works with dogs I suspect it's equally ineffective with all three ... Actually,, I've always wondered why it's supposed to work with walnut trees. So have I, and, personally, believe it belongs in the 'myths and fables' category. However, I once heard old Bob Whatsit on Gardener's Question Time claim that beating walnut trees was reserved for the timber producing phenotype, not the nut producing one, and it was thought that bruising and scarring the bark introduced distortions to the timber, which increased the value of the grain pattern for gun-stocks and the like. Whether that's true or not, I don't know. I've just googled it and found a report from someone in France claiming that beating their walnut trees increased the harvest. http://radio.weblogs.com/0136203/2004/09/12.html They could be right, of course, but OTOH the idea the conditions were simply better for walnuts the following year seems much more likely to me. I used to think that they beat walnut trees to make walnut whips, but that was a very long time ago ... |
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On 30/8/07 16:32, in article , "BAC"
wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 30/8/07 15:04, in article , "BAC" wrote: "Uncle Marvo" wrote in message ... In reply to BAC ) who wrote this in , I, Marvo, say : I have no idea who or what you are referring to, there, so cannot comment, except to say anyone advocating unmerited physical violence to anyone, regardless of gender, is barking up the wrong tree, in my view. Unless doing so humourously, as in quoting the old "Women, dogs and walnut trees, the more you beats them, the better they be's" rhyme, perhaps :-) I don't think it works with dogs I suspect it's equally ineffective with all three ... Actually,, I've always wondered why it's supposed to work with walnut trees. So have I, and, personally, believe it belongs in the 'myths and fables' category. However, I once heard old Bob Whatsit on Gardener's Question Time claim that beating walnut trees was reserved for the timber producing phenotype, not the nut producing one, and it was thought that bruising and scarring the bark introduced distortions to the timber, which increased the value of the grain pattern for gun-stocks and the like. Whether that's true or not, I don't know. The nut tree is Juglans regia but I don't know what the other would be. AIUI, the one we grow in UK is not considered as good for the timber because we chose stock more for its fruiting. I've just googled it and found a report from someone in France claiming that beating their walnut trees increased the harvest. http://radio.weblogs.com/0136203/2004/09/12.html I'll go and give one of ours a quick bashing tonight and see if it helps. It's finally produced at least 3! They could be right, of course, but OTOH the idea the conditions were simply better for walnuts the following year seems much more likely to me. I used to think that they beat walnut trees to make walnut whips, but that was a very long time ago ... Aaaaaah! ;-) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On 30 Aug, 16:32, "BAC" wrote:
I used to think that they beat walnut trees to make walnut whips, but that was a very long time ago ... My oldest son used to think that choc bars grew on trees. What a coincidence ) I had to burst his bubble and ask his childminder to tell him that every time I used to pick him up she used to throw a choc bar at the bottom of the tree saying it was my doing because he had been a good boy, and I talked to trees ... Took him ages to beleive us. |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 30/8/07 15:04, in article , "BAC" wrote: "Uncle Marvo" wrote in message ... In reply to BAC ) who wrote this in , I, Marvo, say : I have no idea who or what you are referring to, there, so cannot comment, except to say anyone advocating unmerited physical violence to anyone, regardless of gender, is barking up the wrong tree, in my view. Unless doing so humourously, as in quoting the old "Women, dogs and walnut trees, the more you beats them, the better they be's" rhyme, perhaps :-) I don't think it works with dogs I suspect it's equally ineffective with all three ... Actually,, I've always wondered why it's supposed to work with walnut trees. I think it has something to do with trying to polinate the flowers. |
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