SC - SC: wayward peas

[Butterfield, Margaret]

Saffron crocus is a fall bloomer.  It looks like a regular crocus except it
has three long, very red "strings" hanging out of it.  The blooms should be
plucked the first day they come out and the saffron threads should be
carefully removed and set to dry.  One plant can bloom 4 to 5 times a
season.  I have tried removing the saffron threads while leaving the bloom
on the plant and ended up breaking off the threads and the plant was
satisfied that it did it's job so never made another bloom that season.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	LYN M PARKINSON [SMTP:allilyn at juno.com]
> Sent:	Friday, April 23, 1999 1:51 AM
> To:	sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject:	Re: SC - Saffron
> 
> Ras, is it too much to hope that the sort of crocus that springs up in
> Pennsylvania yards has the right sort of stamen?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Allison
> allilyn at juno.com, Barony Marche of the Debatable Lands, Pittsburgh, PA
> Kingdom of Aethelmearc
> 
> On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 20:58:48 EDT LrdRas at aol.com writes:
> >In a message dated 4/22/99 12:55:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> >msbutterfield at mail.aacc.cc.md.us writes:
> >
> ><< I grow my own.  >>
> >
> >Good for you! :-) The flavor is sooooo much better than boughten....I 
> >recommend this to anyone who has a piece of ground to spare for 
> >saffron.
> >
> >Ras
> 
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