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Manila Bulletin, Luzon Bulletin,
Sun, Aug. 28, 2005 |
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Int'l
Justice Capulong cites pomologist Dizon for his work on
fruit-tree culture |
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by Magtanggol
C. Vilar |
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QUEZON, Nueva Ecija - "If
Bernie Dizon resides in
either Thailand or China, he would have long been
proclaimed a 'National Treasure.' "
The statement was made by Justice Romeo T. Capulong,
president of the Public Interest Law Center, who has
distinguished himself as an international law
practitioner with his appointment as interim judge
in the trial of former Yugoslavia President
Milosevic. He is also a parttime farmer-orchadist. |
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Happy over the fruits of Dizon's "top-working" of
several of his old mango trees in his Barangay San Miguel
farm, Capulong said that Thailand and China honor their
outstanding citizens and agricultural performers with the
little "National Treasure," which is the equivalent of the
Philippines' "National Artists."
Capulong,
who has been absent from his farm for quite some time owing
to several legal commitments here and abroad, came home and
saw the transformation of his otherwise senile plants into
fruit-laden mango trees.
The human rights advocate said he simply must proclaim
the excellent work of Dizon as singular attempt of "one of
the nation's, if not the top-most pomologist, who is
promoting multi-rooted propagation of high-value fruit trees
as a prospective dollar-earner and a top income earner for
the country's farmers."
As token of appreciation for Dizon's breakthroughs in
fruit-tree propagation and culture and his efforts to impart
his technical expertise to all who cares to listen, Capulong
said he has been spreading around among his friends and
clientele Dizon's technology and its bright prospects.
Dizon said he has modified top-working since 1995 and
revolutionized top-working scheme in big trees "by cutting
the crown of an old or undesirable tree, then grafting it
with a scion of the desired variety at a distance of two
feet in between shoots at the top of the crown."
On Capulong's not-so-desirable Batangas-strain carabao
mango varieties, Dizon grafted it with budsticks taken from
the Thailand chokonan, Guimaras, Talaban and Queen Anne
species.
Top-worked in December last year, the modified trees
bore big fruits last july.
Freddie Noriel, palay farmer and himself a mango
orchard owner from Baloc, Sto. Domingo, was on hand last
Wednesday to witness the "ceremonial harvest," the term used
by Capulong to describe the first harvest of his
Dizon-acquired technology.
Capulong, who also has planted multiple-rooted mango
large-plant seedlings from Dizon to his seven-hectare mango
farm in Barangay Malate, Palayan City has promised to
promote in Nueva Ecija Dizon's high-value fruit tree
culture.
He said that he has already convinced an acquaintance
from Candelaria, Quezon to utilize Dizon's certified mango,
pummelo, durian and rambutan seedlings in his farm.
Here in Nueva Ecija, Capulong said he would propose to
Gov. Tomas N. Joson III the use of the Dizon formula in the
concept of establishing tree nurseries in the 27 towns and
five cities of Nueva Ecija. |
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