Re: True Horticultural Humor - Turkish Seed Packets

That's hilarious Bob! thanks for the laugh!

Nan




>Note:  If you are extremely easily offended consider this your
>warning, but I had a good giggle!)
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>Yesterday I went down to the Istanbul plant and bird market near the
>spice bazaar.  It's quite a trip. Plant-wise it's not
>spectacular--flats and flats of pansies and primroses and stocks,
>and a few really common shrubs.  Not to mention the occasional pile
>of wild-dug Urginea bulbs being sold at high prices as Amaryllis and
>tulips, or even as Bromeliads!
>
>But yesterday I did find a small treasure: "Stella" brand seeds.  It
>seems some unfortunate Stella fella was charged with translating the
>names and directions on the packet into English, and knowing minimal
>English, took a Turkish-English dictionary and tried to do a
>word-by-word translation.  Not a good idea when you are working from
>a language as radically "other" as Turkish, as evidenced by the
>results, which I share here:
>
>
>                   STELLA
>        Navel With Cos Lettuce Semen
>
>Specialities:
>
>This type of production is green colour and large leafs type.
>
>This kind of production isvery tight and straight navel type.
>
>This kind of production is seedling plant grove up cold pillows.
>
>This kind of production ispart of navel colour is yellow.
>
>This kind of production isvery stron about cold weather and middle early.
>
>This kind of production is weight head about 1.5 - 2 kg between changed.
>
>
>
>The other type of "Cos Lettuce Semen" (which, it must be added,
>sports a picture of a very healthy-looking pepper plant) has the
>following specialities:
>
>This kind of production is curly leafs of type.
>
>This kind of production is green colour and crackly plant.
>
>This kind of production is very delicious that for rearon many
>people prefer this type.
>
>This kind of production is main-part weight 400-500 gr.
>
>This kind of production is reaping time normally condition 65-70 days.
>
>
>
>There was also a package of with a big picture of a watermelon, and
>the simple statement, "Semen".
>
>The scariest thing is that all the above makes perfect sense to
>me...a sure sign that I have been in Turkey way too long (or just
>long enough perhaps)!  :)
>
>Bob
>
>
>P.S. Maybe I should say to any Turks on the list that this is not
>meant to belittle either Turks or Turkey - After all it works both
>ways and many times I have watched Turks, with infinite patience,
>trying to make sense (with a steadily intensifying look of
>incomprehension spreading over their face) of a westerner's best
>attempt at a coherent Turkish sentence!
>T¸rkleœtiremediklerinizdenmiœiz yani...)  :)
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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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