From: "William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fwd: Pitless Plums Studied
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:19:32 -0500
STORY LEAD:
ARS Investigate Genes Involved in Forming Plum Pits
There's something really strange about this, don't you think? How big a
problem is the pit in a plum, anyway?
I know people who won't touch my grapes - even as a free gift - because
they've got seeds! I just really struggle to understand that mindset.
But OK, grapes are bite-sized, so maybe seedless is... handy. But a
plum? I can't imagine a person who won't eat a plum because it has a
large seed in the middle!
Well, maybe I'm just getting old and cranky, but I keep wondering if
anyone even cares what these seedless plums will taste like.
Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)
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