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Corn is my favourite example of this, mostly because it went the other direction, ie, the kinds of corn that haven't been cultivated to their current form over
by amarant 1y ago
Corn is my favourite example of this, mostly because it went the other direction, ie, the kinds of corn that haven't been cultivated to their current form over centuries is way cooler than the yellow we are used to!
There is blue, red, and disco ball "all colours" extravaganza corn.
- AlotOfReading 1y agoThe wild teosinte ancestors of corn are nigh-indistinguishable from dozens of other kinds of wild grasses in Mexico and Central America. The red and glass gem field corns are usually new varieties developed in the last century or so, comparable to roses in this analogy. Pretty much the only commonly available product made from heritage varieties is blue cornmeal, which usually comes from puebloan blue varieties still cultivated commercially.