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Paul Getty wrote on Friday, December 21, 2001 1:31 PM
> The trouble with one point you made, not pruning fruit trees, is that these
> are not natural trees anyway, but genetically changed trees that evolved to
> meet our needs. Most fruit trees are not that healthy without some work
> from man.
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This varies much with the type of fruit, and the particular sort.
Some apples are almost impossible to grow without herbicides - others are easy.
Even organically grown apples , are very often sprayed with copper-sulphate ,
as this is allowed en many countries (for organic fruit) - not in Denmark though.
A few sorts of apples can be grown totally without herbicides.
> They have evolved ridiculously large and sweet and soft fruits
I dont like very sweet fruit as much any longer, after eating paleo for some time.
In fact I sometimes likes quite sour fruits - they kind of "balances" fatty dishes.
I have recently been eating the fruits from a wild apple tree -
after some frost they taste good (a little sweeter then before the frost)
- somewhat sour, and less watery than "normal apples".
> Fruit should, in real Paleo diets, be a very small, occasional thing.
I dont agree !
For almost half of the year there are (naturally occurring) fruits in Denmark -
and this is a cool , temperate climate. In warmer climates there would naturally be fruits
much of the year (for example in California). Then there is dried fruit - this much be
an ancient invention (raisins dry naturally). Paleo-preservation methods fruit exist:
The inuit stored berries in seal-blubber , lingon-berries (cranberries?) can be stored
in a cool place as they are , because they naturally contain a preserving chemical.
And the indians mixed (dried?) fruit in the pemmican.
Esben
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