Comments on: Was There Really a Granny Smith? 9 Fruit & Veggie Origins

By: bc

bc — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:55:30 +0000

What….no Golden Delicious apple? It even has a children’s book.

By: Kit

Kit — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:23:35 +0000

There’s also the Paula Red: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Red_(apple)

(I know about this one because my boyfriend’s great uncle is the guy who bred it!)

By: Dole Foods

Dole Foods — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:38:19 +0000

I love this article! Just posted on the Dole Foods webpage– our veggie fans will be very excited! :)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dole/129945096760?ref=ts

Thanks!

By: bzzyb

bzzyb — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:14:31 +0000

Sorry Steven, I read your comment incorrectly. My bad!

By: bzzyb

bzzyb — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:10:28 +0000

Uh Steven, was that meant to be racist? Your statement is just all kinds of wrong.

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:33:23 +0000

You left out the marionberry, an Oregonian black berry named for the county in which it was first tested in the 1940s rather than the former Washington, DC mayor.

By: Nerak

Nerak — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:44:13 +0000

I enjoyed this. Never knew all those origins. Very interesting.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:15:15 +0000

Take a look at Michael Pollan’s “The Botany of Desire; either the book or the PBS documentary.

Each apple seed is genetically distinct from it’s parent. Each tree grown from seed will be a completely different type of apple.

Grafting is the only way to propagate the same type of apple from tree to tree.

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:04:58 +0000

Very interesting article! I’m a bit of a plant nerd, and I didn’t know a few of these.