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Kavin Senapathy
Kavin Senapathy – ‏@ksenapathy
@kjhvm or @kevinfolta These are diploid right? Would they be small wild-type fruit, or large and tasty?
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8:33 AM - 6 Apr 2015
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Karl Haro von Mogel
Apr 6
Karl Haro von Mogel ‏@kjhvm
@ksenapathy @kevinfolta Sounds right. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragaria_vesca … Might be mis-named as well.
Kavin Senapathy
Apr 6
Kavin Senapathy ‏@ksenapathy
@kjhvm @kevinfolta So either they're the small diploid or aren't really Fragaria Vesca, and mislabeled? Don't know who'd want to grow those?
Karl Haro von Mogel
Apr 6
Karl Haro von Mogel ‏@kjhvm
@ksenapathy @kevinfolta Maybe for flavor
Kevin Folta
Apr 6
Kevin Folta ‏@kevinfolta
@ksenapathy @kjhvm Yes, diploid. Fruits the size of your thumbnail, very aromatic.
Kevin Folta
Apr 6
Kevin Folta ‏@kevinfolta
@ksenapathy @kjhvm I grow them... they are F. vesca, diploid, and nothing imprecise about the package.
Kavin Senapathy
Apr 6
Kavin Senapathy ‏@ksenapathy
@kevinfolta @kjhvm The picture of the strawberry looks misleading then pic.twitter.com/vNgRGzDpM9
Kevin Folta
Apr 6
Kevin Folta ‏@kevinfolta
@ksenapathy @kjhvm yes, 100%. That's F x ananassa on the picture. Those are octoploids!
Kavin Senapathy
Apr 6
Kavin Senapathy ‏@ksenapathy
@kevinfolta @kjhvm I thought so!!! Thank you. I am going to write a quick post. Also the "non-GMO" thing is silly.
Kevin Folta
Apr 6
Kevin Folta ‏@kevinfolta
@ksenapathy @kjhvm Exactly. Shows why labeling is misleading. Also, commercial strawberry does not occur in nature- anywhere. Hybrid by man
Jay Thompson
Apr 6
Jay Thompson ‏@JayCThompson
@kevinfolta @ksenapathy @kjhvm why not do what Ndt suggests Lab/Ag grown?

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