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Some algorithm dragged up this old article - on taste and such

9 years ago

Some algorithm dragged out this old article on taste and hybridization and marketing. I am just linking to it here as an FYI should you need something to read during a thunderstorm that is keeping you briefly away from your tomato patch.


The Quest to Return Tomatoes to Their Full-Flavored Glory | Science | Smithsonian - We’ve bred the original tomato taste out of existence. Now geneticists are asking: Can we put it back?

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