We appear to be surrounded by fields of Oil Seed Rape (though I much prefer the American name, Canola) so popped up the drone to around 120m and played ......
Love this song which I always think of, and sing in my head, at this time of year when I see the fields; written I belive by Gordon Sumner (aka Sting) but Eva Cassidy most certainly sang the best version; feel free to give it a listen, it's gorgeous.
Canola is an ancronym fomr CANadian Oil Low Acid and rape is an old word for turnip ( apparantly rape is a brassica!) A lovely view of all that yellow sneeze and eye itching stuff.
BUT, they are 2 completely different things and are not the same. Oilseed Rape, or Rapeseed Oil and Canola are both part of the Cabbage family, but in the 1970s the Canadians genetically modified the plant, removing two elements, the website says this about it
“In the 1970s canola was created through traditional plant cross-breeding by removing two things found in the rapeseed plant: glucosinolates and erucic acid. Erucic acid was removed because it was believed to be inedible or toxic in high doses. The newly developed plant was renamed “canola,” a combination of “Canadian” and “oil” (or ola) to make this difference apparent.
By definition, if a seed is labeled “canola” it has to have less than 30 micromoles of glucosinolates and less than 2% of erucic acid.”
So what we call it is right, and what the North Americans call it is also right, but it ain’t the same thing.
BUT, they are 2 completely different things and are not the same. Oilseed Rape, or Rapeseed Oil and Canola are both part of the Cabbage family, but in the 1970s the Canadians genetically modified the plant, removing two elements, the website says this about it
“In the 1970s canola was created through traditional plant cross-breeding by removing two things found in the rapeseed plant: glucosinolates and erucic acid. Erucic acid was removed because it was believed to be inedible or toxic in high doses. The newly developed plant was renamed “canola,” a combination of “Canadian” and “oil” (or ola) to make this difference apparent.
By definition, if a seed is labeled “canola” it has to have less than 30 micromoles of glucosinolates and less than 2% of erucic acid.”
So what we call it is right, and what the North Americans call it is also right, but it ain’t the same thing.
https://www.thekitchn.com/whats-the-difference-between-canola-and-rapeseed-206047
And @30pics4jackiesdiamond it doesn’t affect me hayfeverwise until it’s harvested.