tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006842863015422785.post2940779940284555347..comments2024-02-10T16:39:56.269+08:00Comments on OUR PHILIPPINE TREES: The Real Pinoy Rambutanmetscaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05648670389826317897noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006842863015422785.post-28985947003186742432017-01-18T13:33:30.084+08:002017-01-18T13:33:30.084+08:00Hi! Would you know where can we get seedlings of t...Hi! Would you know where can we get seedlings of this?RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064606447449518844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006842863015422785.post-22621179975214756612015-12-23T13:41:32.393+08:002015-12-23T13:41:32.393+08:00Hi, this variety is really interesting! where in t...Hi, this variety is really interesting! where in the Philippines can I find such? Looking forward to your response.Hasminahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433032844405970153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006842863015422785.post-83320622659101493002009-07-25T00:12:28.415+08:002009-07-25T00:12:28.415+08:00nice story ponch.nice story ponch.metscaperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648670389826317897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006842863015422785.post-30141777675081292562009-07-18T09:09:42.331+08:002009-07-18T09:09:42.331+08:00The late dean Umali once related to us that when. ...The late dean Umali once related to us that when. he was new teacher in UPLB he would be asigned menial jobs when there were affairs at the social garden (tama ba ako or social hall ba yun were the garden shows are held) and he really did not mind because Dr. Gonzales would be bringing in some fruits of rambutan from his trees that he brought in from Indonesia He was the only one that had it and so Dr. Umali did not mind cleaning up after the affair just to pick the seeds from the dining tables.He also said that most of the varieties introduced came from those seeds (this was in the early eighties when I used to visit him very often><br /><br />When My Dad was still taking up his agri studies in UPLB back in 1955 He stayed at the house of Dr. Gonzales and he also told me that they would steal the fruits from the doctors trees and bring them to parties in Manila. It would be an instant success (for them with the girls) because nobody knew what they were at that time.ponchithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255274516059824398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7006842863015422785.post-62904875200966209342009-06-19T23:18:31.403+08:002009-06-19T23:18:31.403+08:00good post!good post!Doc Brokshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14916289801729815872noreply@blogger.com