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.


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