The Perfect Fruit: Good Breeding, Bad Seeds, and the Hunt for the Elusive Pluot
by Chip Brantley
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Author: Chip BrantleyEdition: Kindle Edition
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Kindle eBook
Published: 2009-07-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 238
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Summary of The Perfect Fruit: Good Breeding, Bad Seeds, and the Hunt for the Elusive Pluot
The "go to" book about the pluot, this is the creation story of the "perfect fruit." Brantley delves into the world of the demanding farmers, brilliant obsessives, and food fanatics who create the fruits we love. Is it possible to create the perfect piece of fruit--a fruit that cannot be improved upon? Since the dawn of agriculture, people have been obsessively tinkering to develop fruits that are hardier, prettier, and better tasting. Today, consumers have sophisticated palates and unparalleled access to the best fruits from around the world, and many of them believe that in California's San Joaquin Valley, a fruit breeder may have developed the perfect fruit: a sweet, juicy, luscious plum-apricot hybrid known as a pluot.
In The Perfect Fruit, Chip Brantley goes in search of what it takes to trick nature into producing gustatory greatness--and to bring it to a market near you. Fruits Books
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