Franchi seeds, anyone familiar with them

[Trixiebelle]

Troilus and Cress???

[Trixiebelle]

[Emagggie]

King Pear?

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

yep, they'll do.

2 Gentle Mangos of Verona
The Ten Pests
Good King Henry the Fifth

[Amazin]

Italian veg?

Surely, much Ragu about nothing.

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

Cauli-olanus

The Merry Chives of Windsor

[nittynora]

Seven chives for seven brothers?  ;)

Les Legumes Dangereux? ::)

Borlotto? :o (Othello!)

I do apologise! ;D

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

Seven chives for seven brothers?  ;)

I never Knew that was Shakespeare! Is that the one where all the girls drink a sleeping potion, the blokes turn up, think they're dead, and poison themselves, the girls wake up and then stab themselves to death, to the tune of "Bless your beautiful hide"? They don't write them like that anymore :D

[Jeannine]

I still like my Dickens Tale of Two Titty Fruit.


I think the one you refer to was something to do with  a   Giant in the film industry from across the Atlantic...Howard  Dill jumps to mind Rhubarb.

XX Jeannine

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

Jeannine- if i googled "titty fruit" would I get anything sensible, or would i regret it??? I'll do it anyway. Amazing!!! aka "Apple of Sodom"!! :o I bet you also grow Naranjilla's Solanum quitoense too, tho it grows 10ft
Howard KALE surely

[gordonsveg]

2nd ythoughts after seeing tom p-b endorsing them.

[Trixiebelle]

Seven chives for seven brothers?  ;)

I never Knew that was Shakespeare! Is that the one where all the girls drink a sleeping potion, the blokes turn up, think they're dead, and poison themselves, the girls wake up and then stab themselves to death, to the tune of "Bless your beautiful hide"? They don't write them like that anymore :D

They certainly don't rhubarb.

ROFPMSL  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Jeannine]

I am not kidding, truly, I have seeds.

Titty Fruit aka Nipple Fruit. Beautiful,tall thorny plants that bear purple flowers followed by long spikes of 3 inch yellow fruit that are curiously shaped,sort of like a cows udder,and glowing yellow/orange ,they grow directly off a 2-5 foot stem. An inedible aubergine,used in flower arrangements or potted plants,they fetch a high  price  in stores. Originally from Thailand.

Cedar Creek have them and there is a picture on the site.

XX Jeannine


  Howard(type of pumpkin) and Dills, breeder of Atlantic Giant pumpkin..Ok yours is better

[Trixiebelle]

I BELIEVE YOU JEANNINE!  ;D

[Jeannine]

Good, cos I got Yugoslavian Finger fruit too. No Peter Pecker Peppers though.

[Trixiebelle]

Tsk!  ;)

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

no you're right Jeannine, very curious fruit indeed. I wonder if it's the result of human selection, like those sea crabs in Japan, whose shells look just like human faces. And where did the name "Apple of Sodom" come from?

If you're a fan of 7B for 7B, then explain me the song lyric "A man can't sleep when he sleeps with sheep"

[Jeannine]

Well Rhubarb I don't know  about the lyrics on 7b for 7b but if a man sleeps with sheep maye he has a guilty conscience and it keeps him awake nights, or maybe the sheep snore. Maybe if he follows the folks around him and has no mind if his own???

I really haven't got a clue  XX Jeannine

PS I will watch it tonight and see if it gives me a clue

[Trixiebelle]

What sea crabs? Have you got a picture?

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

Trixiebelle, the story of the crabs came from Carl Sagan's documentary series "Cosmos" from 1978ish. Very good though he did keep referring to people as "Yoomans" I remember. He said that after a historical sea battle off Japan, with lots of samurai dead, the fishermen started throwing back crabs with shells that looked like faces, so that after centuries of artificial selection all the crabs now look like human faces. only a quick Google now suggests that none of it is true

http://www.docbug.com/blog/archives/000701.html Like the bloke's blog, I remember Carl Sagan saying it vividly.
The crabs do look like faces - "samurai crab" should Google it

[gordonsveg]

  I only read your post about these seeds on friday, but sent email off for catalogue, it turned up on my email by monday. Very good going. The prints a bit small but readable
                  Looks like I will be spending my pocket money there this year.
                    Thanks Jeannine for address.   ;D ;D ;D