"W. Baker" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove > wrote:
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> : "W. Baker" > wrote in message
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> : > Julie Bove > wrote:
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> : > : "Todd" > wrote in message
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> : > : > 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.
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> 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.

I do know that but I just never thought of it in terms like that.
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> HS biology from back in the 1950's Do you remember the smooth and
> wrinkled peas and the dihybred crosses?

No.