He stole another glance at Aboli, figuring that she wouldn't talk to him for the rest of the day... Fickle calico cat... he thought, deciding that her new nickname would be Calico.

Before he could ask Ewan what he thought about the Slytherin giving them - well him looks, the Professor had swung by and offered a question to the two lads. "Good question... Let me think on that, Professor," he said as he began to brainstorm further. Hmm.... Ewan's question prompted Noah to think more. What plants had the most vitamins? He continued to think as Ewan began scribbling and was about to open his mouth when Ewan offered two suggestions that were on his mind. "That's what I was going to say! Maybe there's something we can do when we crossbreed to put a particular flavour as a stronger 'gene' so that it eliminates the other flavour?" he offered.

Noah nodded, agreeing with Ewan's comment about the toadstools not looking the most appetizing. Perhaps they could breed that out of them? He imagined that it would take several iterations to accomplish it but surely it was possible, right? "I think we may be able to... It may just take many attempts at crossbreeding to ensure we have the desirable genes for our crossbred plant."

"I think so... I also think we need to determine which traits or parts are more dominant versus recessive.. So for instance... the kiwi flavour could be more dominant than the asparagus flavour... "