Re: Grape experience in winter in CA Beware of Costco Grapples

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I think the part of my story that was scary, was that my mother didn't INTEND to

by a grapple-they just had them in a bin right by traditional apples, not even

marked! She didn't realize until she cut it open!

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[Guest guest]

Oh, my goodness, you brought back a memory, Ann! We used to do that with

oranges in high school-thought we were really hot stuff to smuggle booze in to

school, lol,

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> > Here is another shocker for you. My mother bought some apples when she was

up here visiting recently-just grabbed one randomly out of a bin of normal

looking apples (I have yet to convince my mother to go organic-just NOT going to

happen) When she started slicing up the apple that night, I became aware of a

very chemical, odd, kool aid like grape smell, and even my mother noticed that

the smell wasn't normal (I am chemically sensitive, so usually aware of smells

that others don't pick up on) She tasted the apple, and said it tasted like

grape kool aid-it smelled VILE! We went back to the store, and talked to the

produce manager, who informed us they were a " new " type of apple called a

grapple, that were " cross bred " with grapes, and he insisted that it was

" natrual " grapes. I informed him that GRAPPLES were NOT a cross breed between

real grapes, but artificially, chemically, and genetically modified-he was the

produce manager and didn't even know this! They had put tho

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> > nasty things right out with " normal " apples like they belonged there. It

looked exactly the same as the apples in the other bins, but here it is totally

altered from being anywhere remotely close to " natural " or normal! It is things

such as this that lead me to learn to garden and grow my own stuff!

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