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Re: Opium poppies

Where, please, do you buy these seeds.  I know someone mentioned
Chiltrens, but what is the address?  And what is the lating name for the 
Opium poppy?  TIA  Suzanne

On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, R. Beer wrote:

> Oh, goody, every plants group has to have the periodical Opium poppy
> discussion!  :) :)
> 
> Here in the U.S., it is legal to have seeds.  After all, it's a culinary
> item.  It's officially illegal to have any other part of the plant.  Of
> course, flower shops routinely sell the dried seedheads as ornamentals for
> arrangements.  And just about every garden in Seattle has opium poppy.
> 
> It seems that here at least, the lack of enforcement is due to a
> combination of ignorance on just what the plant looks like (how to tell it
> from P. orientale or other poppies), and apathy (they really have better
> things to do than go around arresting every other gardener).  Now if they
> think you are producing it, or doing other drug-related crimes and you
> happen to have a yard full of opium poppies, then you are asking for
> trouble.  Incidentlly, it really doesn't matter whether or not you are
> slitting hte pods; "pro's" usually extract the drug from the whole dried
> plant these days.  
> 
> I guess everyone has to decide what they are willing to do.  Here it's not
> a big deal.  I don't grow them in the front yard though.
> 
> bob
> 
> 
> On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, Michael Bailes wrote:
> 
> > At 4:49 AM +1100 4-2-98, Susannah Meininger wrote:
> > >Katherine Pyle wrote:
> > >>inspection station at the San Francisco airport ...
> > >>The inspector and I had quite a nice chat. ... He also alerted me to a few
> > >>closely related plants that WOULD be a problem because they can turn into
> > >>such horrible weeds, and to some other seeds that would be confiscated for
> > >>sure (like opium poppy and mango).
> > >
> > >Huh..what?  I live in the US, and i've ordered opium poppy seeds from
> > >Chiltern's just fine.  Harpers Magazine had a cover story on the whole
> > >silly subject of poppy seeds last summer, BTW.
> > I would love to see the article.
> > We had a vist from the drug squad when we did the same.
> > I saw sutton's peony poppies at their trial garden and fell in love.
> > Alas, a love not to be consumated.
> > "O what fools these 'pectors be"
> > 
> > 
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