On (26 Apr 98) Paul Rogers wrote to Sandra Peake...
 PR> Most people are unaware that the sweet orange is a modern 
  development. The Arabs brought oranges into Spain to 
  contribute their scent in the walled "persian" style gardens. 
  The fruit was sour, and considered inedible.
Boy! That's for sure. My mother has two beautiful orange trees 
in her back yard. The fruit is perfect. Size, color, skin, but 
you can't even touch it to the tip of your tongue without being 
burned.
Evidently, in the freezes of a few years ago, the grafts died, 
leaving only the sour roots.
BTW: I've cut into tomatoes where the seeds were sprouting, in 
fact when I lived in Boston, I sometimes had the sprouts punch 
thru the skins while the tomato still looked good enough to eat. 
They have a slightly greenish tinge (the shoots). I wonder if 
that counts?
Jimvee 
 
... Chinese:English: Hu Flung Dung: Who fertilized that field?
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