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12-12-2007, 10:58 AM posted to rec.gardens
Cheryl Isaak
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A mystery of the botanists among us
On 12/11/07 7:44 PM, in article
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"mleblanca" wrote:
On Dec 11, 4:06 pm, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Day of the Dandelion by Peter Pringle
Just finished this - the use of the humble dandelion's ability to asexually
reproduce is grafted on a food crop and could change agriculture the world
over. But will the selfless scientist and his colleagues patent it first or
will the minions of the evil agri-business manage to steal and murder their
way to the patent.
A bit of romp across Britain and Switzerland, lot of interesting plant info
(be prepared to spend a lot of time with google) and a great anti-hero in
Arthur Hemmings. I am hoping there will be more.
A great way to spend a snowy winter evening...
Sounds like a good read, Cheryl, Oh, is it OK to read it even if
there is no snow? :^) I'll look for it. Thanks
Emilie
NorCal
Ok - a rainy day then. I really enjoyed it.
C
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