[NicknamedBob]

"Well we have a 1,000 trees campaign or some-such but there’s been a marked decline in interest after Sandy caused so many of the trees to cause property damage."

I would wager that none of the trees causing damage were fruit trees. Someone should give that campaign another look, with an emphasis to the benefits the whole community would have to replanting with fruit trees.

Then at the appropriate seasons, community efforts could produce cherry pies, apple whatevers and all kinds of other things.

Well worth doing, in my opinion.

[NoCmpromiz]

..community efforts could produce cherry pies, apple whatevers and all kinds of other things.

Which would promptly be seized by the health department or EPA or some other government gestapo because the neighborhood kitchens that produce the whatevers didn't have the proper license, were not inspected, registered, comply with wage requirements, the area was not zoned for bakery use...

And don't allow your kids to set up a lemonade stand either..

[ArGee]

This is NYC, not Bug Tussle.

Rotting fruit would be all over the sidewalks next to the dog poop that nobody picks up. Most people under 60 in this city can’t cook to save their lives. Unless DCA approved for restaurants to pull the fruit to make their food it would just fall off and rot.