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New frankenfruit.........GMO apples

10 years ago

A new variety of apple called the Arctic apple has been approved. It's GMO to prevent bruising and turning brown when cut.

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morz8 - Washington Coast

10 years ago

Not exactly 'a' new variety, but Granny Smith and Golden Delicious varieties of apples, known collectively by the trade name “Arctic Apples,” enhanced with non-browning traits. They report next in line are Fuji, and Gala. If trying to avoid them at the market, watch for the trade name Arctic in front of the variety designation.

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rgreen48
10 years ago
I just love that in the U.S., the same people who scream market forces the loudest, are those who are also wanting to not require labeling.

"The market will decide if a product has value. Just make sure to keep the consumer ignorant and it will sell."

Then, to further expose their hypocrisy... they claim it's the consumer's own ignorance which motivates the lack of a label requirement.

"We can't label or the consumers will not buy the product, they are ignorant to the safety of GMO's."

Too ridiculous for consideration... yet, too serious for passivity.
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10 years ago
If GMO is so wonderful, put it on the label!
lucillle
10 years ago
I agree. While there are differing opinions about GMO, I think there should be truth in advertising and that everyone should have a choice of whether to buy GMO or not.
jemdandy
10 years ago
Most of the apples we eat today have been 'engineered'. Down through the ages, man have been tinkering with apples by selective breeding and propagating sports. Some are hybrids. Hybrids will not reproduce true by seed, but will show traits of its ancestors. These have to be propagated to make plant copies.

Occasionally, a sport may appear that has desirable characteristics. A sport is a twig or small branch on an apple tree that produces a fruit that is different to the remaining tree. A desirable sport can be copied by propagation.

So, are these apples GMOs? I don;t know.
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
10 years ago
NO, jemdandy. Hybrids, mutations, and sports are not GMOs. Without that kind of 'tinkering', we wouldn't have much of the fruit, vegetable, and ornamental cultivars that are an essential part of agriculture, home gardens, and the home landscape.

Hybridization and plant selection has been practiced since the earliest days of plant culture, many thousands of years ago.

Genetic modification occurs in the laboratory and involves microscopic gene splicing and subsequent tissue culture.
Alisande
10 years ago
Good to know, Jasdip, thanks. Whenever we interfere with nature, trouble is the usual result. Maybe this should be embroidered in a sampler and hung in every office at the FDA.

Well said, Rhizo.

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