Re: blue roses?
Hi Betsy, Thanks for answeing my e-mail. It prompted me to look it up
myself. The following website is very interesting. Verona
http://www.groworganic.com/a/item_SNV1402_OrnamentalColoredCottonseedWalnu.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "Betsy Kelson" <bkelson@ix.netcom.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] blue roses?
> Hi Verona,
> I have a cotton sweater done in patterns that show off the beige,
> brown and green tones of the cotton. I bought it in Nashville, Indiana at
> the Winona (sp?) store. The fibers were sold under the name of FoxFibre
> names for the reseacher Sarah Fox I think. I goggled on that name a year
> ago to find out where I could get more products made from this stuff and
> found a disturbing article. She was sued or something by the cotton
growers
> in New Mexico or something. CAN"T grow colored cotton or something dumb
like
> that. SO I could only find where you can buy yarn and not finished
products.
>
> betsy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judy L Browning" <judybrowning@lewiston.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 11:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] blue roses?
>
>
> > 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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