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Jul 24, 2011 | 12:43 pm

#16

thegreathabibi

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I enjoyed the pluot so much I actually put 2 trees on my property, had them over a year and both have already produced edible fruits.

Alot of interesting fruits in northern california, if your ever driving up from southern california make sure to roll through gilroy and stop at the farm stands, they sell farm fresh fruits and vegetables. Alot of stuff you dont see in the markets often

Jul 24, 2011 | 1:52 pm

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Originally Posted by cordelli

I like the tangello, and while I don't have a clue what it is a hybrid of, just that it is, picked up our first Golden Honeydew last week and loved it.

Hybrid anything with cauliflower just looks weird, and never liked any of them.

Honeybells are a hybrid of a Darcy tangerine and Duncan grapefruit. iirc, they are some sort of tangelo.

While I detest grapefruit, I love me some honeybells and look forward to them every January.

Jul 24, 2011 | 8:49 pm

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Originally Posted by YVR Cockroach

Cauliflower, cabbages, brussell sprouts and brocolli are all really the same vegetable (as in same species) bred for various features.

Incorrect. Definitely not all the same species. All the same family, however... Cruciferae

Jul 24, 2011 | 8:55 pm

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Originally Posted by Eastbay1K

Hybrid fruits are fine if they are created in the plant equivalent (even in a lab) of a dog screwing a sheep and you get a shog. If they are genetically-modified lab monsters, I don't want to eat them.

+1..

who wants to eat lab monsters?..

Jul 25, 2011 | 1:19 am

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Originally Posted by LapLap

I wouldn't call 30 years or so "a long time"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibberellin

I take it you don't have a problem eating seedless grapes then

I was figuring that this might be a case of Wikicrap, but in fact
you misread the article. Thompson seedless grapes existed for
a century before someone sprayed them with gibberellin, which
makes things big, not seedless.