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drusus@golden.net (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sat, 24 Jan 1998 19:40:16 -0500
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>>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.
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>Bambi, Lucinda's right. Watch for volunteers and guard them with your
>might. If none appear, you might try Redwood City Seed Co.
>(http://www.batnet.com/rwc-seed) that has Couve Tronchuda, that has been
>described elsewhere as a gourmet collard, and here as the "finest form of
>cabbage"...and that is also known as the "cabbage of seven weeks." It
>might be at least close to the right collard. Margaret
couve tronchuda (sp) is better described at :
http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu/txt/fairs/12319
There seem to be a several pages in Portuguese which feature it as well.
no pix, though.
Lucinda