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Old 04-04-2009, 10:35 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Derek Turner Derek Turner is offline
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On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:03:25 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 4/4/09 19:02, in article , "Derek
Turner" wrote:
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It is said that the taste of 'real' Jersey Royals was largely down to
the salt and iodine in the vraic. snip


I hope President Obama appreciated them. ;-) Certainly those grown
with vraic taste infinitely better than any others.


Any idea why we IMPORT rather than EXPORT asparagus Sacha? ISTM that we
have absolutely ideal conditions for growing it! Disease? takes too long?
can't be arsed?