Re: Groundnut but not peanut

To: Gib Cooper <bambugib@harborside.com>
Subject: Re: Groundnut but not peanut
From: Bill Duesing <71042.2023@compuserve.com>
Date: 27 Mar 96 06:41:35 EST
Cc: SANET-MG <sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu>
March 1996 HORTIDEAS carries a notice of Roger Grinnell( Grinnell Botanical
Conservatory, 3016 Botanical Dr., Claremont, NC 28610, phone 704-459-7069.)
selling starts of several desirable native groundnuts (Apios species.) 

HORTIDEAS is a great publication.  A monthly digest of research results,
interesting businesses, reviews, recommended species and cultivar lists and
more. Most items are short. The lead story this month is "Why the endangered
species Act Should Matter to You. $22 first class from Greg and Pat Williams,
460 Black Lick Road, Gravel Switch, KY 40328.  No phone or email given. 
Article 12567 (84 more) in rec.gardens:
From: pharvey@quack.sac.ca.us (Paul Harvey)
ubject: Re: Nettles
Date: 19 Dec 1992 07:44:47 UTC

bj368@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike E. Romano) writes:
>I am interested in growing nettles as a food and herb.
>I think the common species is Urtica Dioca (not sure).
>Anyone know of a company that sells seeds for this?

Ref: Cornucopia, Kampong Pub, Vista, CA, ISBN: 0-9628087-0-9:

Urtica dioica - Stinging nettle. Young leaves make a very palatable and
nutritious potherb. They are also pureed, creamed, used in soups, made
into a beer, or mixed with leeks, broccoli, and rice to form nettle
pudding. The juice of the leaves, or a decoction of the herb, is used as
a rennet in preparing cheeses or junkets. Nettles may be blanched and
eaten like seakale. Dried leaves are brewed into an herbal tea. Eurasia,
naturalized in North America. A2, C11, C43M, C85M, F24, F80, G68, H46,
J82, K22, M16, N45, N71M, etc.

A2: Abundant Life Seed Foundation, pobox 772, Port Townsend, WA, 98368,
(206) 385-7192, CAT $1
C43M: Companion Plants, 7247 N. Coolville Ridge Rd, Athens, OH, 45701,
(614) 592-4643, CAT $2
C85M: Dam (William) Seeds Ltd., pobox 8400, Dundas, ON, L9H-6M1, Canada,
(416) 628-6641, CAT $1
F80: Hudson (J.L.), Seedsman, pobox 1058, Redwood City, CA, 94064, CAT $1
G68: Le Jardin du Gourmet, pobox 75, St. Johnsbury Center, VT, 05863,
CAT $0.50
J82: Richters, pobox 26, Goodwood, ON, L0C-1A0, Canada, (416) 640-6677,
CAT FREE
N71M: Appel (Conrad) GmbH, Bismarckstrasse 59, D-6100 Darmstadt,
Germany, 6151 852-200, CAT FREE
End of article 12567 (of 12569)--what next? [npq] Article 12568 (83 more) in rec.gardens:
From: richter@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (C. Richter)

Subject: Re: Nettles
Organization: UTCS Public Access
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 20:24:50 GMT
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In article <1gu0ngINN4js@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bj368@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike 
E. Romano) writes:
>
>I am interested in growing nettles as a food and herb.
>I think the common species is Urtica Dioca (not sure).
>Anyone know of a company that sells seeds for this?

We have seeds at $1.25/packet plus handling.  
-- 
Conrad Richter                     richter@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca
Richters Herbs                     71550.3411@compuserve.com
Goodwood, ON L0C 1AO Canada        Tel 416-640-6677 / Fax 416-640-6641