info on Broccolini seeds - Sakata

**M* D* <m*@gmail.com>**

Here's another link of interest on the broccolini hunt
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/cornucop/msg1216415717630.html
"You can not get "brocollini" seed. It is something being used as a
marketing plan to capture more value through strategic partnerships between
Mann Produce and Sakata. I don't think they will be releasing any seed to
garden seed distributors. The closests you are going to get is gai lan and
yu choy sum. You could make you own cross if you like. They say they crossed
chinese kale and brocolli in the article above."

Or go to
http://www.sakata.com/uploads/catalog_pdfs/vegetable/vegcatalog_english.pdf
and search for the hybrid.
Martha http://muskogeephoenixonline.com/blogs/MollyDay/

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 7:00 PM, C.L. Fornari <clfornari@mail.com> wrote:

>  Dear All,
> I had a call to GardenLine last week from a listener who is trying to find
> where she can get seeds for Broccolini. I found the following on line:
> "Broccolini was developed by Sakata Seed Company, the seed is produced under
> contract by a Thailand Company and in the U.S. it can only be grown by a
> California Packing Company that has an exclusive contract. Broccolini is a
> hybrid between a cultivar of Gai Lon (or Kailan), a white flowered brassica
> sometimes known as Chinese Kale (Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra) and a
> selection of standard broccoli."
>
> Does anyone on this list know anything more than this?
>
> with thanks,
> C.L.
>
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