Re: [gardeners] Fw: Propogating Tree Collards
drusus@golden.net (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sat, 24 Jan 1998 19:26:37 -0500
snip>>The one thing I wish I knew what variety she grew is collards. She
called
>>them
>>cabbage collards, as they were lighter green than most and were sweeter and
>>more tender than most collards. The seeds were not available around here,
>>so
>>she saved her own seed every year. I don't know where she got the first
>>seeds
>>from---I think she said someone gave them to her. Anyway, they are gone
>>now,
>>and I don't know what it was. They were the best collards that I've ever
>>eaten, though.
How about Stokes 'Top Bunch' collards, p. 11 of their 1998 catalogue. They
*look* like cabbage greens a tiny bit bolted--i.e., leafy not headed up.
Lucinda