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The Philippine Star, Sunday,
October 9, 2005 |
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Int'l
jurist urges gov't to honor pomologist
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by Manny
Galvez |
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| BIG, SWEET MANGO
FRUITS:
Justice Romeo Capulong (second from right) sit
underneath an ordinary carabao mango tree in his
farm in Barangay San Miguel, Quezon, Nueva
Ecija. The tree was 'top-worked' by noted
pomologist Bernie Dizon (second from left) by
grafting it with Chokanan, Guimaras, Queen Anne
and Talaban species last December. Last month,
the tree produced big, sweet fruits. Flanking
Dizon and Capulong are mango orchard owner
Fredie Noriel (extreme left) and Jun-jun Sy,
GMA-7 correspondent (extreme right) |
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QUEZON, Nueva Ecija- An internationally renowed justice and
human rights advocate has bewailed the lack of government
recognition for farmed pomologist
Bernie Dizon, saying the
latter would have long been recognized in other countries
for his achievements.
Justice Romeo Capulong, president of the Public
Interest Law Center (PILC) and United Nations-designated
interim judge to the former Yugoslavian Republic, said Dizon
has distinguished himself in his field yet the government
appears to have failed to recognize his feat.
"If Dizon lives either in Thailand or China, he would
have long been proclaimed a national treasure," Capulong
observed, adding that the two countries bestow their
outstanding citizens and agricultural performers with the
title "National Treasure," the local equivalent of our
"National Artist."
Capulong, a known human rights lawyer before his
appointment as UN interim judge, hailed Dizon's virtual
"singular attempt" to promote multi-rooted propagation of
high-value fruit trees as a prospective dollar-earner and
top income-earner for the country's farmers.
He said he has been spreading the gospel of Dizon's
technological breakthrough among his circle of friends. He
said he has already convinced a friend in Candelaria, Quezon
to use Dizon's certified seedlings of durian, mango, pummelo
and rambutan in his farm.
Dizon has modified top-working since 1995 and
revolutionized it in big trees by cutting the crown of an
old undesirable tree and grafting it with a scion of the
desired variety at a distance of two feed in between shoots
at the top of the crown.
He also "top-worked" several old mango trees in
Capulong's farm in Barangay San Miguel here. He grafted
Capulong's Batangas-strain carabao mango varieties with
budstick taken from the Thailand Chokonan, Guimaras, Queen
Anne and Talaban species last December. Last month, the
modified trees bore big fruits.
Last week, Capulong and Dizon led in the ceremonial
harvest of the Dizon-acquired technology.
In spite of Dizon's strings of successes in
revolutionizing multi-rooted propagation, his feats were
largely ignored by the National Government and even
so-called agriculture experts back home.
Capulong said he would ask Gov. Tomas Joson III to
apply the Dizon formula in establishing tree nurseries in
the 27 municipalities and five cities of the province.
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