Re: Mystery seed

Thank you all for trying to figure out "biave kasachten." I suspect Kitty's deduction is right or close to it. I heard from Baker Creek today and they said, in effect, they didn't know either but they were trying to find out. I told them to please let me know as soon as soon whether I should dry it and smoke it or ferment it and drink it. May never hear from them again, but that's where we are in our current pursuit of knowledge. 




On Jun 4, 2008, at 4:23 PM, Kitty wrote:


Biave appears to be a salad green.
http://tinyurl.com/47mbqu

Biave Kasachten - perhaps a salad green from Kazakhstan?

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <islandjim1@comcast.net > 
To: "Garden Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 6:33 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Mystery seed



So I ordered some heirloom vegetable seeds from Baker Creek. They
arrived today with a "gift" packet included. The gift packet is
labelled "Biave Kasachten". Anyone got any idea what they might be?
I've e-mailed Baker Creek, but haven't heard. Google drew a blank
[hehehe--Google suggested "Bijave Kasachstan", so I said OK, but it
drew a blank, too].


Island Jim
Willamette Valley
44.99 N 123.04 W
Elevation 148'
Hardiness Zone 8/9
Heat Zone 5
Sunset Zone 6
Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
Maximum 86 F [30 C]

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Island Jim
Willamette Valley
44.99 N 123.04 W
Elevation 148'
Hardiness Zone 8/9
Heat Zone 5
Sunset Zone 6
Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
Maximum 86 F [30 C]

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