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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

I just posted it for the interest of the members.  Take it as you will.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Feb 27, 2006, at 12:29 PM, rob hamilton wrote:

Are apples that rich in calories? I mean whats the point? 

rob

"Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com> wrote:
> 20 February 2006
> Translated by Mark Hutcko, CheckBiotech
>
> US researchers have developed a transgenic apple tree which bears
> fruits sweetened with sorbitol.
>
> US researchers have developed a technique which reduces the calories
> in an apple by about one half. With the help of genetic engineering,
> they changed the metabolism of apple trees, so they would store
> sorbitol instead of fructose in the fruit.
>
> http://www.checkbiotech.org/root/index.cfm?
> fuseaction=search&search=checkbiotech&doc_id=12287&start=1&fullsearch=1
>
> Submitted by Robert.Derham@unibas.ch
> Editor, Checkbiotech