Wednesday, August 22, 2007

A little history....

This is a breadfruit, but not just any breadfruit....


bread2




See this one has pedigree. Quite the history eh? Mutiny on the Bounty and all that jazz ultimately led to a few little trees arriving in St. Vincent.


bread3


Where they and there offspring grew up big and strong....


blighfruit

When a tree has a documentable history like this one its a great reminder of the importance the natural world and the first plant hunters had on a global economic level not too long ago.

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