[cg] A Mystery green

2003-05-15 Thread Sharon Gordon
One of the community gardeners gifted me with some seeds of a favorite Indian green yesterday. She doesn't know the word for the green in English, but it produces a thick green leaf which is eaten like spinach. The seeds are grey and lumpy about the size of the small aquarium gravel, and they loo

RE: [cg] A Mystery green

2003-05-15 Thread Jemima Johnson
direction would be much appreciated. Thank you, Jemima Johnson -Original Message- From: Sharon Gordon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 May 2003 14:41 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [cg] A Mystery green One of the community gardeners gifted me with some seeds of a favorite Indian

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2003-05-15 Thread Don Lambert
Sharon, I would guess Malabar Spinach, Basella alba. Don Lambert Sharon Gordon wrote: One of the community gardeners gifted me with some seeds of a favorite Indian green yesterday. She doesn't know the word for the green in English, but it produces a thick green leaf which is eaten like spi