I never had one, but apperently they tasted much better then the current variety (which IIRC, is in danger of suffering the same fate) IIRC, there was actually

I never had one, but apperently they tasted much better then the current variety (which IIRC, is in danger of suffering the same fate) IIRC, there was actually a huge marketing push because people wouldn't each the current variety ? PS - the old one didn't go 100% extinct, and you can get small numbers of them from specialty growers. Youtube has videos of people trying them (1) 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ZtvpBoXzI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ZtvpBoXzI