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<RJ> wrote:
> Imagine a GREAT mustard being made in Boondock South Dakota.
> It'd be bought up by General Foods, production moved to
> an automated plant in Ohio... Chemists would work tirelessly
> on making it cheaper...brighter...sweeter....
> In a few years, if they didn't hit a million sales,
> they'd drop the product, and we'd never see it again.


There is a big business in heriloom fruits and veggies for just this
reason. Modern breeding has ruined most of them.

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