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Re: Carrots ARE Purple, Sometimes -was: The Wait is Killing me!

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On 05:20 PM 4/3/01, SSKNERR@aol.com wrote:

 >I get aggravated when teachers don't know what they are talking about.  I
 >have seen purple carrots occasionally in seed catalogues and, in trying to
 >find a site to show one to you

<http://www.hort.wisc.edu/usdavcru/simon/publications/97hort0146.html>

 ><< The ubiquitous orange carrot is a relatively recent phenomenon.

Thanks for the info, because I sure didn't know that!


 >My little 3 year old neice got in "trouble" at school for coloring the
 >carrots {C is for carrot} orange and purple. Mostly, she got in trouble for
 >insisting carrots are purple too.

I got into trouble when I was 5, in kindergarden.  We were given some 
crayons and told "take your favorite color and do..."  I just sat 
there.  The teacher complained to my mom, and mom asked me why I didn't do 
the coloring.  I said "she said 'take your favorite color' and my favorite 
color (bronze) wasn't there".  My mom went back to the teacher and chewed 
her out!  :-)

jc (always a rebel, from a *very* early age!)


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