Kumquats

[lsanderson]

Alan Davidson cites this bit of instruction from the "Book of Nabatean Agriculture," a 10th-century Iraqi text: "The branch which is to be grafted must be in the hand of a beautiful damsel, whilst a male person has disgraceful and unnatural sexual intercourse with her; during intercourse the woman grafts the branch into the tree." More

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[jbru.livejournal.com]

And people think farming is a boring occupation....

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

So that's what my neighbors were doing!