Heirloom plants are "the thread running between the years, tying together the generations"

Heirloom plants are "the thread running between the years, tying together the generations", wrote Richard Campbell in the Fall 2016 edition of Edible South Florida magazine (number 4, volume 7).

Richard J. Campbell, Ph.D., is director of horticulture and senior curator of tropical fruit for Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. More of his columns can be found at the magazine website: http://ediblesouthflorida.ediblefeast.com/richard-campbell