Re: True Horticultural Humor - Turkish Seed Packets

I'll never eat another lettuce leaf without - - giggling

Nan Sterman wrote:

> 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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