He handed me a yellow curved thing about the size of a large carrot. “What is it?” I asked, smelling it cautiously. “It’s the fruit of a new plant designed completely from scratch seventy years from now. Look—” He peeled the skin off and let me taste it. “Good, eh? You can pick it well before ripe, transport it thousands of miles if necessary and it will keep fresh in its own hermetically sealed biodegradable packaging. Nutritious and tasty, too. It was sequenced by a brilliant engineer named Anna Bannon. We’re a bit lost as to what to call it. Any ideas?” “I’m sure you’ll think of something.
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