Re: Weather/botanical names

Well, Jim, there's always a 'gotcha'.  I was thinking things like Broccoli,
Carrots, and Peaches.
The first time around I said "since I don't grow food, I tend to forget
about that..."  Now it's, since I don't eat tropical fruits, I tend to
forget about that..."

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weather/botanical names


> When it comes to most plants, Kitty. With tropical fruits, botanical
> names are absolutely necessary--since any given fruit can have as many
> as 20 different common names depending on country or dialect. And, of
> course, the too common common name is always a mystifier--we call the
> native Asimina triloba "pawpaw"; Australians call Carica papaya
> "pawpaw." Big difference in those two fruits, not even in the same
> family.
>
>
> On Apr 19, 2005, at 11:32 AM, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing
> Center wrote:
>
> > Jim, since I don't grow food, I tend to forget about that.  Yes, it
> > would be
> > pretty silly to use botanical names for most food crops.  But when it
> > comes
> > to ornamentals, botanical names really help.
> > Kitty
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:20 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weather
> >
> >
> >> And plants where the botanical name has become irrelevant with the
> >> abundance of variety names, as with tomatoes.
> >>
> >> On Apr 18, 2005, at 9:33 PM, Cathy Carpenter wrote:
> >>
> >>> As far as I'm concerned, common names are too confusing. The only
> >>> plants I address by their common names are "weeds"!
> >>> Cathy
> >>> On Monday, April 18, 2005, at 06:07 PM, Zemuly Sanders wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Good grief! What an ignorant bunch.  I don't blame Debbie for
> >>>> quitting.  I'd have done the same thing.  Our MG group is also
> >>>> terrible about using botanical names when discussing plants because
> >>>> they think they are too confusing, but they don't get as carried
> >>>> away
> >>>> as Debbie's ex-group.
> >>>> zem
> >>>
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> >> Island Jim
> >> Southwest Florida
> >> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >> Hardiness Zone 10
> >> Heat Zone 10
> >> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
>
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