in NY it was Broccoli... in the upscale food markets or farmers' markets... regardless of what the taxonomists come up with...
FRACTAL adjective is so apt, one of the educated farmer had once labelled his with the word.... before the days of my digital camera going with me everywhere. Thanks for taking pictures of this... Usha di On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 1:42 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends > I am inaugurating the Brassicaceae Week with an interesting vegetable > photographed today from Farmer's market in Mountain view, California. > > Brassica oleracea 'Romanesco' > A fractal food that defies taxonomy > Taxonomists are not able to decide whether to classify it under var. > botrytis (cauliflower) or var. italica (broccoli) > Who knows we may soon find it in Indian markets (or it may have already > reached?) > Photographed in Mountain view Farmers' Market, California > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > > > > -- Usha di =========== --
