{"id":111947,"date":"2019-10-27T15:15:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T08:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/heritage-crops-arent-always-better\/"},"modified":"2019-10-27T16:07:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T09:07:02","slug":"heritage-crops-arent-always-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/heritage-crops-arent-always-better\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Heritage\u2019 crops aren\u2019t always better"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPeople think that older varieties have more flavour, but it\u2019s often simply not trueAs the leaves begin to turn, right now is the perfect time to start ordering fruit trees and bushes to plant out. However, I implore you not to fall victim to the buzzword \u201cheritage\u201d in the catalogues, at least if you are looking for good flavour. It sounds counterintuitive, I know, but speaking as a botanist who has tried and tested hundreds of varieties for flavour, I can give you some good reasons why to avoid these plants.There is the popular belief that the older the variety, the better the flavour. Harking back to a time before intensive plant breeders bred all the \u201cgoodness\u201d out of crops, according to this narrative modern crops are watery, bland, loaded with sugar and low in nutrition. Diet gurus on Twitter warn that modern fruit is now so sugary that zoo monkeys can no longer be fed bananas. Celebrity chefs will claim modern apples have seen their sugar content double, pandering to our \u201cinsatiable sweet tooth\u201d. Food writers will even report on the \u201ctoxic truth\u201d of grapes such as Thompson Seedless. One thing you will rarely see, however, is evidence. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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