Hey George!

Jul 02 01:01 06, George Pope wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 MK>> Did they mutate from the red ones last?

 GP> Depends on the actual species & how much miscegenation occurred with 
 GP> the
 GP> bees' pollination!

All I discovered so far about origins of fruits was that they evolved
during the Cretaceous and have narrowed it down to four groups from that
time.  Rosacaea, the same group where roses evolved from, seems to be where
apples and cherries got their kickstart.  Ficus artocarpoides produced
early figs and may be the earliest form of fruit although around that same
time was Vitus stantonii which debatably was an actual grape and not just
some early form of grape-ish plant.  Palaeoaster inquirenda seems to be
where the large seed pods type plants are derived from and am guessing that
is where modern nuts come from, but possibly squashes, pumpkins, etc. 
Laurales are apparently avocado's ancector.

Couldn't find anything about oranges other then origins of varieties
related to agriculture so nothing about where they evolved from.

Not really all that much but that is as far as I went with it.  I am satisfied.

Life is good,
Maurice

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