Re: [CH] Spring done sprung, etc

H & S Wright (nzmh@xtra.co.nz)
Wed, 23 Feb 2000 08:11:06 -0800

I'd much rather use canola than rape. P'raps the name change is simply a
marketing ploy....

Hal


Deb deForest wrote:
> 
> Dave Anderson wrote:
> <<Calgene is now owned by Monsanto and appears to be working on genetically
> modified Canola.>>
> 
> Hi, Dave.  Nice summary you gave for the newbies.
> 
> But isn't Canola already genetically modified rapeseed?  Doesn't "Canola"
> mean "Canadian Oil Low Acid" or something like that since the modification
> was to lower the fatty acid content of rapeseed oil?   So, then, Monsanto is
> planning to modify a modification?....where does it end?  Scenes from the
> Woody Allen movie with the giant bananas come to mind (don't go there
> Professor Doctor Sir Knight Gareth).
> 
> Back more on topic especially for carp's sake:  Spring is here in Houston,
> daffodils and azaleas blooming and I'm finding new growth from the base of
> one of my chile plants left in its pot outside all winter thinking it had
> died of a suprise massive dose of cold one day.  And a tiny little volunteer
> in the bottom of my piquin pot in the same place.  I'm watching and waiting
> now for some sign of new birth from my hab pots out there!  Life is pretty
> good.
> 
> Deb in Houston