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Old 02-05-2004, 12:15 AM
Peter Ashby
 
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Default Where *does* basil come from?

Nick Maclaren wrote:


One of the main reasons that prickly pear became a pest in Australia
was that it had no parasites in that environment; the solution was to
introduce one :-)


Similarly gorse in New Zealand, they introduced the gorse pod weevil to
help control it.

Peter

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