In a message dated 10/29/2004 8:22:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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Potatoes were also
once very small, almost the size of peas but they were more poisonous and
more unedible than moderna ones. Indians improved them (and tomatoes) by
breeding and they became more edible to us but also to parasites. We're a
bit cornered there, either we have natural plants that are poisonous or we
have improved (strange word!) ones that we have to protect with poison.
Maybe "nature" was trying to tell us something. JerrySteg