Re: [gardeners] Pomegranates
Spydergrl (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 24 Jun 2002 12:23:40 -0400
Wow such hostility, please forgive me, clearly humor isn't appreciated on
this list.
Thanks for your warm response.
----- Original Message -----
From: <lneuru@watarts.uwaterloo.ca>
To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [gardeners] Pomegranates
> I think most of us would have figured out the correct meaning and didn't
really
> need the correction, let alone the 'duh'.
>
> Lucinda
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Spydergrl" <spydergrl@aaris.net>
> > To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
> > Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 10:57 AM
> > Subject: [gardeners] Pomegranates
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> > > Not only in Israel (BTW- Israel grows their own Pomegranates too).
> > > There
> > is
> > > a huge demand for them in NYC, particularly around the ethically
> > > mixed areas.
> >
> > Clearly the above should have read "Ethnically" duh!!! ;P
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> > >
> > > On a personal front, I love them, particularly in the late summer.
> > > They
> > are
> > > expensive though, $2.00 a pop is a high price, but if the fruit is
> > > just right, boy is it worth it!
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> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Ron Hay" <ronhay@pacbell.net>
> > > To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 10:39 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [gardeners] Re: Sunflowers
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi, there,
> > > >
> > > > Speaking of miles of crops, David Karp, The Fruit Detective, told
> > > > of his surprise at recently driving up I-5 through the San
> > > > Fernando Valley and seeing MILES of pomegranates growing. His
> > > > first thought was, where is the market for them?
> > > >
> > > > It turns out, pomegranates are being pushed heavily in Israel, as
> > > > there is a strong belief in the medical community there that there
> > > > is a substance in pomegranates that inhibits the growth of certain
> > > > types of cancer cells.
> > > >
> > > > The family that owns Blue Diamond Walnuts....among a host of other
> > > > products, including home garden nurseries in these parts, wants to
> > > > be at the forefront, and has planted, literally, square miles of
> > > > the fruit.
> > > >
> > > > I know it has nothing to do with the price of tea in China, but
> > > > thought it might be of some interest to the group.
> > > >
> > > > Ron
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