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In message , Adrian
Tupper writes
Hello blast-from-the-past.

uk.r.w?

--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

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Following up to Stewart Robert Hinsley
wrote:

Hello blast-from-the-past.

uk.r.w?

yes, him, you and me! IIRC discussing how many true mountains* compose
the hills surrounding Glencoe.

*mountain as massif not sub peaks.
--
Mike
Remove clothing to email

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Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote in
:

In message , Adrian
Tupper writes
Hello blast-from-the-past.

uk.r.w?


Yup. Haven't been there for a few years.
I had a middle name in those days.

--
Adrian

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Following up to Adrian Tupper
wrote:

uk.r.w?


Yup. Haven't been there for a few years.
I had a middle name in those days.

"bog tupper" wasnt it? :-)
--
Mike
Remove clothing to email

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Mike..... wrote:
Following up to Adrian Tupper
wrote:

uk.r.w?


Yup. Haven't been there for a few years.
I had a middle name in those days.

"bog tupper" wasnt it? :-)

Now, now Mike, you know it was Marsh. Gosh how on earth did I remember
that

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Following up to "Ophelia" wrote:

"bog tupper" wasnt it? :-)

Now, now Mike, you know it was Marsh. Gosh how on earth did I remember
that

the question is why has Adrian drained his marsh?
--
Mike
Remove clothing to email

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Mike..... wrote:
Following up to "Ophelia" wrote:

"bog tupper" wasnt it? :-)

Now, now Mike, you know it was Marsh. Gosh how on earth did I
remember that

the question is why has Adrian drained his marsh?

that sounds awfully personal Mike G

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In message , Ophelia
writes
Mike..... wrote:
Following up to Adrian Tupper
wrote:

uk.r.w?


Yup. Haven't been there for a few years.
I had a middle name in those days.

"bog tupper" wasnt it? :-)

Now, now Mike, you know it was Marsh. Gosh how on earth did I remember
that


I remember it now you've said it, O:)
--
June Hughes

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On Dec 3, 11:20 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 3/12/07 17:00, in article ,

"Mike...." wrote:
Following up to (Nick Maclaren) wrote:

"Some sort of japonica", in normal usage, can mean only one of the
Chaenomeles. Japonica as the name of a group of plants means that
and nothing else.

are there not various "japanese" quinces? I understood the meaning to
be that. I had an ormamental one in the garden for a time.

Japanese quinces are usually understood to be Chaenomeles and then there are
named varieties of that. AFAIK, you can make jelly from them.
Cydonia is the true quince with the large, golden, roughly pear-shaped fruit
- these are real beauties when mature trees but they're not the 'mysterious
fruit' I'm trying to ID.
--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

I have some quince in my back garden and I don't have the faintest if
they are edible or not, my husband laughed when I bought quince at the
local greengrocers to make quince jelly for Christmas, he swears we
have the same thing in the garden, but I am not chancing it - with my
slight knowledge - I am bound to get them confused.

Trying to ID a mysterious fruit
 

On 10/12/07 14:35, in article
,
"judith.lea" wrote:

On Dec 3, 11:20 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 3/12/07 17:00, in article ,

"Mike...." wrote:
Following up to (Nick Maclaren) wrote:

"Some sort of japonica", in normal usage, can mean only one of the
Chaenomeles. Japonica as the name of a group of plants means that
and nothing else.

are there not various "japanese" quinces? I understood the meaning to
be that. I had an ormamental one in the garden for a time.

Japanese quinces are usually understood to be Chaenomeles and then there are
named varieties of that. AFAIK, you can make jelly from them.
Cydonia is the true quince with the large, golden, roughly pear-shaped fruit
- these are real beauties when mature trees but they're not the 'mysterious
fruit' I'm trying to ID.
--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

I have some quince in my back garden and I don't have the faintest if
they are edible or not, my husband laughed when I bought quince at the
local greengrocers to make quince jelly for Christmas, he swears we
have the same thing in the garden, but I am not chancing it - with my
slight knowledge - I am bound to get them confused.

Take them to your local greengrocer, they'll tell you. The French and
Italians are good at using whatever comes to hand and knowing how to use it
safely, too.
--
Sacha

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On Dec 10, 3:33 pm, Martin wrote:
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:27:56 +0000, Sacha
wrote:





On 10/12/07 14:35, in article
,
"judith.lea" wrote:

On Dec 3, 11:20 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 3/12/07 17:00, in article ,

"Mike...." wrote:
Following up to (Nick Maclaren) wrote:

"Some sort of japonica", in normal usage, can mean only one of the
Chaenomeles. Japonica as the name of a group of plants means that
and nothing else.

are there not various "japanese" quinces? I understood the meaning to
be that. I had an ormamental one in the garden for a time.

Japanese quinces are usually understood to be Chaenomeles and then there are
named varieties of that. AFAIK, you can make jelly from them.
Cydonia is the true quince with the large, golden, roughly pear-shaped fruit
- these are real beauties when mature trees but they're not the 'mysterious
fruit' I'm trying to ID.
--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

I have some quince in my back garden and I don't have the faintest if
they are edible or not, my husband laughed when I bought quince at the
local greengrocers to make quince jelly for Christmas, he swears we
have the same thing in the garden, but I am not chancing it - with my
slight knowledge - I am bound to get them confused.

Take them to your local greengrocer, they'll tell you. The French and
Italians are good at using whatever comes to hand and knowing how to use it
safely, too.

Let Judith's husband demonstrate that the proof is in the eating.
--

Martin- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Martin, you are sooooooooo bad :-)

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On Dec 10, 3:27 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 10/12/07 14:35, in article
,





"judith.lea" wrote:
On Dec 3, 11:20 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 3/12/07 17:00, in article ,

"Mike...." wrote:
Following up to (Nick Maclaren) wrote:

"Some sort of japonica", in normal usage, can mean only one of the
Chaenomeles. Japonica as the name of a group of plants means that
and nothing else.

are there not various "japanese" quinces? I understood the meaning to
be that. I had an ormamental one in the garden for a time.

Japanese quinces are usually understood to be Chaenomeles and then there are
named varieties of that. AFAIK, you can make jelly from them.
Cydonia is the true quince with the large, golden, roughly pear-shaped fruit
- these are real beauties when mature trees but they're not the 'mysterious
fruit' I'm trying to ID.
--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

I have some quince in my back garden and I don't have the faintest if
they are edible or not, my husband laughed when I bought quince at the
local greengrocers to make quince jelly for Christmas, he swears we
have the same thing in the garden, but I am not chancing it - with my
slight knowledge - I am bound to get them confused.

Take them to your local greengrocer, they'll tell you. The French and
Italians are good at using whatever comes to hand and knowing how to use it
safely, too.
--
Sacha- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

You are absolutely correct, do you know that mushrooms can be taken to
the pharmacy for identification? Out of a whole basket, only one type
of mine was edible! The others could be eaten, with the exception of
one sounding like amoneta? but they would taste awful, so the
pharmacist said. I will stick to buying them in the shop I think.

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On 10/12/07 18:34, in article
,
"judith.lea" wrote:

On Dec 10, 3:27 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 10/12/07 14:35, in article
,





"judith.lea" wrote:
On Dec 3, 11:20 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 3/12/07 17:00, in article ,

"Mike...." wrote:
Following up to (Nick Maclaren) wrote:

"Some sort of japonica", in normal usage, can mean only one of the
Chaenomeles. Japonica as the name of a group of plants means that
and nothing else.

are there not various "japanese" quinces? I understood the meaning to
be that. I had an ormamental one in the garden for a time.

Japanese quinces are usually understood to be Chaenomeles and then there
are
named varieties of that. AFAIK, you can make jelly from them.
Cydonia is the true quince with the large, golden, roughly pear-shaped
fruit
- these are real beauties when mature trees but they're not the 'mysterious
fruit' I'm trying to ID.
--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

I have some quince in my back garden and I don't have the faintest if
they are edible or not, my husband laughed when I bought quince at the
local greengrocers to make quince jelly for Christmas, he swears we
have the same thing in the garden, but I am not chancing it - with my
slight knowledge - I am bound to get them confused.

Take them to your local greengrocer, they'll tell you. The French and
Italians are good at using whatever comes to hand and knowing how to use it
safely, too.
--
Sacha- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

You are absolutely correct, do you know that mushrooms can be taken to
the pharmacy for identification? Out of a whole basket, only one type
of mine was edible! The others could be eaten, with the exception of
one sounding like amoneta? but they would taste awful, so the
pharmacist said. I will stick to buying them in the shop I think.

Actually, I *did* know that. I've never done it myself but I have friends
living near Chaufailles and their nearest towns all have herbalistes in the
chemists who can do this. The fungi hunting patches are very jealously
guarded so you were probably lucky to find any at all. And glad to hear you
were using a basket. Apparently the cognoscenti, (to mix languages) always
do, as spores fall through to 'salt' the ground for the future. I'm told
plastic bags are rather frowned upon.


--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

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In message
,
judith.lea writes
On Dec 10, 3:27 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 10/12/07 14:35, in article
,





"judith.lea" wrote:
On Dec 3, 11:20 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 3/12/07 17:00, in article ,

"Mike...." wrote:
Following up to (Nick Maclaren) wrote:

"Some sort of japonica", in normal usage, can mean only one of the
Chaenomeles. Japonica as the name of a group of plants means that
and nothing else.

are there not various "japanese" quinces? I understood the meaning to
be that. I had an ormamental one in the garden for a time.

Japanese quinces are usually understood to be Chaenomeles and then
there are
named varieties of that. AFAIK, you can make jelly from them.
Cydonia is the true quince with the large, golden, roughly
pear-shaped fruit
- these are real beauties when mature trees but they're not the
'mysterious
fruit' I'm trying to ID.
--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

I have some quince in my back garden and I don't have the faintest if
they are edible or not, my husband laughed when I bought quince at the
local greengrocers to make quince jelly for Christmas, he swears we
have the same thing in the garden, but I am not chancing it - with my
slight knowledge - I am bound to get them confused.

Take them to your local greengrocer, they'll tell you. The French and
Italians are good at using whatever comes to hand and knowing how to use it
safely, too.
--
Sacha- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

You are absolutely correct, do you know that mushrooms can be taken to
the pharmacy for identification? Out of a whole basket, only one type
of mine was edible! The others could be eaten, with the exception of
one sounding like amoneta? but they would taste awful, so the
pharmacist said. I will stick to buying them in the shop I think.

Amanita. That genus contains several deadly fungi, including the death
cap, fool's mushroom and destroying angel. Wikipedia claims that Amanita
accounts for 95% of deaths by mushroom poisoning.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

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On 10/12/07 19:12, in article , "Stewart
Robert Hinsley" wrote:

In message
,
judith.lea writes
snip

You are absolutely correct, do you know that mushrooms can be taken to
the pharmacy for identification? Out of a whole basket, only one type
of mine was edible! The others could be eaten, with the exception of
one sounding like amoneta? but they would taste awful, so the
pharmacist said. I will stick to buying them in the shop I think.

Amanita. That genus contains several deadly fungi, including the death
cap, fool's mushroom and destroying angel. Wikipedia claims that Amanita
accounts for 95% of deaths by mushroom poisoning.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita

Now that Judith is living in France full time - and in the right area - I
think a friendly neighbour, who will show her what these fruits of the
forest look like while growing, would be invaluable to her!

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'