Regarding the naming thing (which surfaced on another thread and I almost replied there, but bit my tongue, metaphorically speaking...), as an amateur language lover, I celebrate the variety and creativity inherent in the variety of names, no matter what the relevance may or may not be to their history or story. The produce that we relish the most is the produce we seem to celebrate with our most creative nomenclature. We kinda like apples, and boy, are there some gazillion or so varieties, many of which have wonderful names. Beets, turnips, tasty as they can be, not so much.
Personally (going from last year's production), if I thought those visiting aliens were worth being kind and encouraging to, I'd go with either Wes or Belyi Naliv. If I wanted to discourage them from revisiting, I'd inflict them with a Purple Calabash. (Wouldn't take more than one, I think.)
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"Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you!"
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