SC - Judging-OT

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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	allilyn at juno.com [SMTP:allilyn at juno.com]
> Sent:	Saturday, June 20, 1998 9:02 PM
> To:	sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject:	Re: SC - Borage
> 
> Alison posted:
> 
> The Fromond List, c. 1525, gives uses for borage as both herbs for
> pottage and herbs for salad.It is not starred, as a native plant.  This
> means that the plant was imported into England.
> Landsberg, Sylvia. The Medieval Garden. Thames & Hudson, 1995.  ISBN
> 0-500-01691-7.  	Thames & Hudson, Inc. 500 Fifth Avenue, NY 10110.
> 
> 
> 
> Sylvia Landsberg has this slightly wrong.  The starring on the Fromond
> list does not necessarily mean it is a native plant; it means it does not
> appear on a 13th century list of plants which was used as a comparison by
> the later writer who published the list (and MLAH and I can't remember his
> name).  This may mean it was introduced between the 13th and the end of
> the 15th century, but there are other possible explanations (the 13th
> century writer didn't happen to use it, he forgot it when making his list,
> he didn't like it or didn't approve of it so left it off the list).  The
> other point to make is that the 13th century list isn't necessarily a list
> of native plants - there were introductions before the 13th century.
> 
> Caroline
> 
> Pedantry flying high
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