Re: OT - Thistles
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- Subject: Re: OT - Thistles
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@cache.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 22:33:04 -0600 (MDT)
Hi Ginny!
You write (23 June 97):
> Canadian Thistles --hmmmmm I'll remember that insult next time we get a
> cold front from Alaska. Didn't you know that the pilgrims brought those
> thistles over in their wheat seed?
I don't know how the misnomer *Canada Thistle* got attached to this
particular Eurasian weed, but for the sake of historical accuracy, Samuel
de Champlain arrived in Canada in 1608, twelve years ahead of the
Massachusetts Pilgrims, no doubt carrying some seed grain that was not
certified weed free in his baggage.
BTW, in our weather reports, Arctic cold fronts are always reported as
originating in the Yukon (<g>)!
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@cache.net
"This is the Place" - Utah Pioneer Sesquicentennial: 1847-1997
