Re: [CH] dictionary, please!
Dave Drum (xrated@famvid.com)
Sun, 03 Sep 2000 18:59:07 -0500
> Again I have a few questions. While reading through some descriptions of
> chile plants at www.chileplants.com I came across some words that are
> unknown to me. What is prolific and what does heirloom for plants mean? I
> figured heirloom would be a native plant or something. Or that it's known to
> come from that place? Thanks for enlightning me!
Heirlooom plants are "original" seed stock grown plants. Straight, open
pollinated, non-hybrid. So much of commercial produce has been
hybridised and selectively bred to have uniform size and shipping
characteristics that flavour and nutrition has been lost to
"marketability".
And, with the lowering of the "Iron Curtain" a largish numer of
"heirloom" varieties (esp tomatoes) have surfaced. In the former Soviet
Union seed saving was a necessity. So, politics has helped those who
pursue "heirloom" planrs.
I have seeds from two of the heirloom varieties that I am going to plant
next year... Black from Tula (Ukraine - I think) Tomatoes and
Czechoslovakian Black Peppers. I'n not sure if Bulgarian Carrot Chilies
are heirlooms or not. But, they probably are.
Prolific just means that production is high. Parents with 20 children
could be said to be prolific. Used in relation to plants it means expect
a lot of (whatever) before the season ends.
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