Fruit trees and rare variants

[Mienja]

- Vineyard
- container for smashing grapes with foot (new animation )
- wine cellars
- wine aging barrels to build inside mines
- drunkness general

OHOHO that's what i need xD

oOh a Vintner skill!! Superb!

[Mienja]

Salem needs Potatoes! You could have "Russets" and "Sweet Taters" They look like a small leafy bush above ground. With many leaf options, as there are tonnes of both types of plants with many variants. And this would allow the use of Starch once you extract it with the press from the potatoes and water you would dump in and leave for a while. Starch could be used for making paper or adding nice stiffness to some collars for defensive slotting somehow a starched insert of some kind and a way to add starched cloth for clothing patterns and other projects.

While I realize this idea isn't about trees it is about foragable plants and I didn't know where to put it in the forum, I apologize if it is in the wrong place. I also still think the large maples should give a sweet sap we could use for syrup and possibly to have player made maple sugar!

[Cik]

Fruit Trees, orchards, vineyards...yes..very fluid addition to agriculture.

[iamah]

Yes to potatoes! Support, believe, potatoes.

[Mienja]

The first Americans also learned how to grow avocados early on apparently. Another type of oil could be refined from the seed OR planted, the seed could also yield higher tier plants but the beloved gelatinous lard could also be a rare find from slicing into the fruit! You could start it in a small pot - tier it like a sunflower up to a small bush: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eHsjiNvV8jI/S ... vocado.jpg

then have a RARE chance for a CUTTING to show up in the rt click menu to possibly get an avacado tree to sprout. The chance for the cutting to sprout would be closely related to the agricultural/forestry/botany proficiencies.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pQY-MyFcY5A/T ... o+Tree.jpg

[Yes]

First: why do people in real life NEED avocado oil? Can you explain?
Second: why do people in the game need avocado oil?

[Mienja]

some info:
Nutritional value:

Avocados have diverse fats. For a typical avocado:
About 75% of an avocado's calories come from fat, most of which is monounsaturated fat.
On a 100 g basis, avocados have 35% more potassium (485 mg) than bananas (358 mg). They are rich in B vitamins, as well as vitamin E and vitamin K.[31]
Avocados have a high fiber content of 75% insoluble and 25% soluble fiber.[32]
High avocado intake was shown in one preliminary study to lower blood cholesterol levels. Specifically, after a seven-day diet rich in avocados, mild hypercholesterolemia patients showed a 17% decrease in total serum cholesterol levels. These subjects also showed a 22% decrease in both LDL (harmful cholesterol) and triglyceride levels and 11% increase in HDL (helpful cholesterol) levels.[33] Additionally a Japanese team synthesised the four chiral components, and identified (2R, 4R)-16-heptadecene-1, 2, 4-triol as a natural antibacterial component.[34]
Due to a combination of specific aliphatic acetogenins, avocado is under preliminary research for potential anti-cancer activity.[35]
Extracts of P. americana have been used in laboratory research to study potential use for treating hypertension or diabetes mellitus.[36]

From:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocado

...from another site:
compared to other fruits, avocados have the highest Vitamin E content. Avocado oil's powerful antioxidant property protects circulating white blood cells, helping to keep the skin from oxidizing while it permeates through the cell wall.

from: http://www.livestrong.com/article/25679 ... z2OMrTVUmp

The indigenous population grew them because they knew these benefits, they taught us to grow them once the new settlers found out how rich they were in helpful fats and nutrients to keep one healthy. Using the oil, which is NOT pressed from the seed as I erroneously suggested in the OP, it is pressed from the pulp of the fruit, also has some of the benefits and can be used in different manner than using the fruit pulp. Or would you possibly try to fry meat in avocado pulp? I'd rather use the oil

These would probably be found in the dryer areas of the map like badlands.

[kavic86]

I approve the fruit trees addition. Also more farming options in both pots and farms.