> "Beginning of the (20th) century there were 2,000 apple varieties, today you can find at the grocery store only max. 20 varieties." Not that I disagree with

> "Beginning of the (20th) century there were 2,000 apple varieties, today you can find at the grocery store only max. 20 varieties." Not that I disagree with the point, but I take issue with statements like this one, which can be true yet completely misleading. How many varieties were available in grocery stores in the beginning of the 20th century? How many apple varieties exist now? I suppose you're comparing apples to apples, but not in the way that that phrase is supposed to mean :)