Re: The "why" of Big, but Ugly fruit on display?
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- Subject: Re: The "why" of Big, but Ugly fruit on display?
- From: S*@LNOTES3.bankofny.com
- Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 12:53:04 -0400
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Rick,
i guess that could be true. but i'm sure some growers strike up a
deal saying that they can retrieve there seeds after a certain amount of
time. of course a strong relationship with that person would be of the
utmost importance. but i suppose it could be done. perhaps there
aren't enough people out there willing to take that risk, and
understandibly so. so i guess you have a very good point.
scott
Until I went to the Clarence weighoff this year as a spectator (the
first I'd gone to), I'd assumed that all AGs were big weak-orange blobs,
because that's all I'd ever seen on public display.
At the weighoff, I was slack-jawed at the quantity of huge nicely
rounded symmetric/proportioned pumpkins there.
All the supermarkets/farm markets/gas stations around
here are now starting to display AGs that they've bought, and they're
all ugly/blobular. In hindsight, I think I've figured out why... all
the nice round/strong ones are kept for their seeds, and the undesirable
(asthetically-genetically) uglyfruit are sold off. Sound reasonable?
---
Rick Inzero, Rochester, NY, rdi@cci.com
"Did I see bees? I did."
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