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Old 01-04-2008, 11:31 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On 1/4/08 23:22, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
Sacha writes:
| On 1/4/08 21:48, in article
| ,
| " wrote:
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| I'm looking for "tree collard" seeds. I've read that they come from
| New Zealand. Please give a source that can provide the seeds.
|
| I'm wondering if you mean what's known as the Jersey Cabbage, is Brassica
| oleracae longata.
|
http://www.thisisjersey.com/code/sho...ticleID=000453

Or the "cabbage tree" (Cordyline australis)?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


I thought collard greens were things you could eat? The Jersey Cabbage
leaves were sometimes eaten by people but mainly fed to animals and the
stalks turned into walking sticks.
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