Robert The Bruce

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I'm not sure that anyone could survive with only a supply of crop seeds.  It sure would be nice to start with some "livestock" with my top three being:
Bees
Chickens
Rabbits

My top 12 garden crops would be:
Beets
Carrots
Sweet potatoes
Asparagus
Winter squash
Corn
Beans
Zucchini
Buckwheat
Tomatoes
Lettuce
Onions

Having gotten those in the ground, I would make every effort to look to the future and would try to establish the following 12:
Hazelnuts
Black currants
Mulberries
Apples
Plums
Wild rice
Mushroom logs
Cornelian cherries
Persimmon
Asian pears
Pawpaw
(Saskatchewan) Bush cherries

A fairly expensive proposition, but after 5 successful years of tending the land, the land could feed a family.  Ironically, I'd more likely never get there/starve to death due to the venison eating/destroying most of my crops...
4 years ago
Pollination requirements of eight cultivars of black currant (Ribes nigrum L.)
Z. Koltowski,S. Pluta,B. Jablonski &K. Szklanowska
Pages 472-474

Summary
Fruit set and yield of the following cultivars of black currant (Ribes nigrum L.): `Ben Alder', `Ben Lomond', `Ben Nevis', `Ben Tirran', `Ceres', `Ojebyn', `Titania' and `Triton' were investigated in 1994±1996. Percentage fruit set, size of berries and yield of all investigated cultivars were higher when much foraging activity of pollinating insects was observed. The bushes on open-pollinated plots set more fruit (50-200%), had bigger fruits (10±20%) and gave higher yields (60±300%) than plants isolated from insects. All eight cultivars, including `Titania', had lower fruit set when pollinated with their own pollen under nets than when subjected to free pollination in open plots.
4 years ago