The peach and the damson should be self-fruitful, so no need to worry about them in terms of pollination. I looked around for information regarding the Yates apple and only found the statement that this variety makes a good pollinator for other apples. So to my thinking, other apples would pollinate IT! Right? I would at least look for other late maturing apples. Winesaps come to mind, but there are plenty of others. Your local extension office might be a good place to go for information pertinent to your location. I took a couple of pome fruit courses in college but that was waaay to long ago for me to remember the ins and outs of apple pollination, lol. By the way, tree fruit varieties as old as these will no longer be patented.

Lou - The taste and size of the vines are completely different, also kabocha type of oriental winter squash is almost always hybrids. I really like them both for different purpose. I grew several kabocha type this season and my favorites were the delica and sweet dumpling. On the native american heirlooms my favorite is the seminole, but the vines use a lot of space it is also very productive and if that is the only squash that you grow, you can save seeds. I also grew this season the lakota squash, while it has very good flavor, it is not productive in our weather conditions, it probably does great in other places. Seminole pumpkin is almost twice the size of the delica, the delica also has some warts. Seminole Lakota Christine - I bought the delica from the Kitazawa company, they mostly sell hybrids, so I don't think I will be saving seed from the unknown, it is very productive! Ebackman - Thank you, you have to update the zone on your profile, this way we can advice you better. While it is too late for my zone 9b near Orlando, in your zone it might be right on time. Did you said you are near Tampa? If so, maybe Tom can say when he plant his. If you are going to do containers or ground it does matter. My favorite for flavor is the costata romanesco, this one will do well in a raised bed or amended soil, it gets too big for a pot. The butterstick is also good flavor with the advantage that you can grow in a pot. Everybody should also grow at least one winter squash, they are very versatile and keep well, because I don't have too much space I prefer the compact vines. This way I have space available to grow other veggies for the table. I like to see all the colors in my plate.:) Silvia

I bought "Namee"(how it was rendered at the store) from an Asian place. It looked exactly like the tuber widely cultivated in West Africa which we simply call "Yam". The West African yam belongs to the Discorea family with a variety of species (Discorea Alata-Water yam, Discorea Cayensis-Yellow yam, Discorea Esculentum- White yam). On cooking it I found 'namee' tasted just the same. In Nigeria, we cook yam in many ways. We boil it & eat it with scrambled eggs prepared with sardines. It could be fried. It's cut into thinner strips though. With the result being crisp outside & soft inside. It also could be roasted on an open fire. In this case the back becomes blackened, but you scrape it off with a knife to reveal an edible brown crust around the white inside. Eat with butter or Palm oil& a little salt to taste. It could be cooked in a fish soup we refer to as "Pepper Soup". It's made with spices mixed with water. Shrimps& bits of preferred vegetables like spinach or celery. The preferred fish is the Catfish. Salmon could be substituted. Season according to taste & cook together, making sure there's a soupy residue (don't allow the water to dry up). The 'Namee' seems to be some 'baby form' of the West African Yam, as I've not seen one of a considerably large size.

Looks like a curry tree - grown for curry leaves used in indian and asian dishes. Leaves should have a lovely aroma when crushed.