Comments on: Purple Haze and Autumn Days http://straightfromthefarm.net/2007/09/12/purple-haze-and-autumn-days/ In the kitchen with truly fresh produce Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:28:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jennie http://straightfromthefarm.net/2007/09/12/purple-haze-and-autumn-days/#comment-339 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:16:10 +0000 http://straightfromthefarm.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/purple-haze-and-autumn-days/#comment-339 Huh. Stupid colonists! ;)

]]> By: taylor http://straightfromthefarm.net/2007/09/12/purple-haze-and-autumn-days/#comment-338 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:43:45 +0000 http://straightfromthefarm.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/purple-haze-and-autumn-days/#comment-338 In 2 A.D. there were mentions of yellow and purple strains being cultivated in a garden. In the 1600′s, when they came to the New World, they started discarding the purple in favor for the yellow strains.

]]> By: Jennie http://straightfromthefarm.net/2007/09/12/purple-haze-and-autumn-days/#comment-331 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:06:00 +0000 http://straightfromthefarm.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/purple-haze-and-autumn-days/#comment-331 Really?? How interesting (and not at all dorky…on this blog at least)! So once again, the food/farm circle comes full circle…what once was purple and got bred to be something more appealing to the mass market is now once again more desirable if it’s purple. Dork, do you know how long ago it was that they mutated/were bred to be orange? Just curious how long this cycle takes.

Thanks for the awesome factoid, mi amiga!

]]> By: taylor http://straightfromthefarm.net/2007/09/12/purple-haze-and-autumn-days/#comment-330 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:11:42 +0000 http://straightfromthefarm.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/purple-haze-and-autumn-days/#comment-330 Dorky factoid: Did you know that carrots were not originally orange? They were purple/black. The yellow/orange was a mutant, and these were selected and bred.

Dork signing off. T.

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