Julie Bove > wrote:

: "W. Baker" > wrote in message
: ...
: > Julie Bove > wrote:
: >
: > : "Todd" > wrote in message
: > : >
: > : > Most commercial produce is bread for two purposes:
: > : > 1) to lay flat in a shipping container and 2) not
: > : > to rot in the container. This is one of the reasons
: > : > why it tastes like crap. Another reason is that
: > : > commercial produce is very seldom grown full circle,
: > : > not even organic produce. Plus commercial organic
: > : > produce is picked so green is bad for you.
: >
: > : Huh? How could produce be bread?
: >
: > Try bred.

: Okay. I guess that makes sense. But I think "grown" would be a better
: word. You don't really breed produce.

The seed produces do breed the plants for special charactaristics by cross
breeding two tyes of carrots to get a better one from the crossing, just
like flower breeding or making new kinds of dogs or cats. As the
gardener, if allyou are doing is planting the seeds you buy you are
growing them, but, if you plant 2 kinds you may well create a new type
(good or bad) from the seeds of the carrots plants you grow.

HS biology from back in the 1950's Do you remember the smooth and
wrinkled peas and the dihybred crosses?

Wendy