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

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From: JC Dill <garden@vo.cnchost.com>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 7:45 PM
Subject: 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:
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>  >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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