Re: Origin of plants

I always want to know where a plant came from. As the saw goes, you can take the seed out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the seed--genes remember stuff a long, long time. 

On Feb 13, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:


Thanks, Jim.  That looks like a most useful site.  I'm always looking
for background material on the plants I write about in my club's
newsletter, and it gets harder and harder to find a new topic.
Auralie

In a message dated 2/13/2009 1:16:03 PM Eastern Standard Time,
inlandjim1@q.com writes:

May be of interest to some. This site shows the origin and spread of
plant seeds. Mostly food crops, but some others [aloe, opium poppy] too. 

http://tinyurl.com/c2xjsf
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