Re: blue roses?

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• To: <g*@hort.net>
• Subject: Re: [CHAT] blue roses?
• From: &* L* B* <j*@lewiston.com>
• Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 10:34:34 -0700
• References: <BFF89463-AF01-11D8-A6CE-000A95B94698@igc.org> <001c01c4435d$8f3548f0$60b360d1@VeronaDunn>

Land's End had some cotton products in natural colors. Soft gold, green and
blue-green as I recall. Some of the mummies found in the Andes were shrouded
in cotton textiles with brilliant natural (not dyed) colors. The cold dry
location preserved them. I think I read this in Smithsonian magazine.
Research to duplicate colored cotton was in progress then, 1990 or so.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Verona Dunn" <vldunn@widomaker.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] blue roses?


> Interesting article.  I remember reading a long time ago that someone had
> already come up with colored cotton, but I've never seen any and a lot of
it
> grows here.  It was probably an April Fool joke.  Verona
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 6:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] blue roses?
>
>
> > Always figured it was only a matter of time before someone spliced a
> > blue gene into a rose--or any of the zillion other plants [hibiscus,
> > impatiens, caladiums, daylilies...] that do not have a true blue among
> > them.
> >
> >
> > On Tuesday, May 25, 2004, at 10:48 PM, Donna wrote:
> >
> > > An interesting little news flash.... now how true it is... we will
have
> > > to see...
> > >
> > > http://snipurl.com/6o5i
> > >
> > >
> > > Donna
> > >
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