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To: 21twelve

That would be cool. Truth is, most modern fruits don’t resemble their precursors very much. I think someone mentioned that Figs and Dates were still similar to the originals.


32 posted on 04/02/2015 3:17:23 PM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: Little Ray

These old grapes (iirc) were for very arid regions. With modern irrigation, the grapes grown now are from europe.

In the Bible it talks about when Mose’s spies were in Israel that one bundle of grapes took two men to carry - hanging from a pole! Not sure if that was the truth, or a bit of hyperbole to convince the people that this really was the “promised land flowing with milk and honey”.


40 posted on 04/02/2015 3:23:16 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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