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22-02-2007, 10:44 PM
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Opium poppies in Britain
On 22/2/07 22:07, in article , "Des
Higgins" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... Some time ago we had a discussion about whether or not these would grow *and* ripen in Britain. AFAIR, the general opinion was that they would not. However, on the uk.food group, someone has posted a link to an interesting article: http://tinyurl.com/36htzv That is fascinating. AFAIK, the decorative ones that we are most familiar with, do not produce much worth getting your grannies opium pipe out from under the stairs for. My old granny would have been most indignant at the very suggestion she had an opium pipe! A nice brass toasting fork, now...... -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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