Attached to a canvas sea-anchor was another small punctured canvas bag that was filled with rapeseed oil. When the sea-anchor was streamed, especially in high seas, the wind and wave action would blow the boat downwind leaving the sea-anchor up to windward where the leaking oil would effectively smooth the approaching waves. oilnews
When did rapeseed oil come out?
Rapeseed oil extracts were first put on the market in 1956?1957 as food products, but these suffered from several unacceptable characteristics. That form of rapeseed oil had a distinctive taste and a greenish colour due to the presence of chlorophyll and still contained a higher concentration of erucic acid.
Where does rapeseed come from?
In France and Denmark especially, the extraction of the oil is an important industry. The name for rapeseed comes from the Latin word rapum meaning turnip. Turnip, rutabaga (swede), cabbage, Brussels sprouts, and mustard are related to rapeseed. Rapeseed belongs to the genus Brassica.
Where did Lea rapeseed come from?
Since then almost all of the LEA rapeseed cultivars have been developed in China and other countries by traditional crossing method with the LEA gene source from the ORO (Harvey and Downey 1963). ^ DeClercq, D.R.; Daun, J.K.; Tipples, K.H. (1997). "Quality of Western Canadian Canola 1997" (PDF) (Press release).