Re: kuduz

From: "Walter A. Moores" <wam2@Ra.MsState.Edu>



On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Glenn Simmons wrote:

> From: Glenn Simmons <glsimmon@swbell.net>
> 
> 
> 
> Walter A. Moores wrote:
> 
> >         From my view on the veranda, the only recent Blyth beauty still
> > growing and not replaced by cotton or kudzu is ELECTRIQUE!  Now, there's a
> > beauty and a winner, and it even blooms!
> >
> >         Walter Moores
> >         Enid Lake, MS 7/8
> 
>  Question for you Walter, what is "kuduz?"
> 
> Glenn
> 
> --
> Glenn & Linda Simmons
> Springfield, Southwest Missouri, USDA Zone 6


	God may have thrown Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden, but
kudzu chased out the Lord.

	Kudzu, n. A vine, Pueraria lobata, native to Japan, brought to
the US in 1876 at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia for a
Japanese garden exhibit.  It hasn't stopped growing yet, may grow up to a 
foot a day.  Planted in the South to stop erosion.  It has since
swallowed up entire towns.  You may have seen it devouring trees as you
drive along highways in the South or you may have driven over it as it
inches across the highway.

	What the water hyacinth is to southern streams, kudzu is to the
land.  A new use for the blossoms is in making kudzu jelly.  Cattle will
not eat it, but goats and sheep will, but we have few of the latter.

	Walter Moores
	Enid Lake, MS 7/8 


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