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Published 1986
Is there no end to the mixed breeds of the West? The answer is no. As with strawberries and spinach, the distinction between plants labeled fruits and plants labeled vegetables loses meaning in a culture continuously hybridized botanically and ethnically. Nectarines are another of those crops of which California is the sole commercial producer and chayotes are another of those south-of-the-border crops that have become so acclimated to the North that they will marry whatever pretty companio