Suran ?

From: The Thaumaturgist asitkghosh at yahoo.com> on 2002.09.06 at 07:44:23(9347) What is the scientific name of SURAN ? Thanks. Asit K. Ghosh +More Rockledge, Florida ================================================================ --- Randy Story wrote: > Just a follow-up : > > I did a search on the web and found a mail-order Indian grocery > that > delivers by UPS. In their section "Fresh vegetables" they list > about 50 > things, including Yam (Suran). They give a phone number to call > for fresh > vegetables, perhaps because things are seasonal. Wanting to avoid > a > possibly difficult phone conversation trying to explain that I need > the > whole tuber, I decided instead to send an e-mail describing why I > wanted to > grow the plant, etc. I sent this last Friday and haven't heard > back--perhaps they thought it was a joke! > > Right after I sent the e-mail I realized that it would be highly > unlikely > that they would send produce to California. We have strict laws > prohibiting > the import of produce (also plants) as anyone who has driven into > the state > can attest to! (a private individual can usually get away sending > a plant > or tuber without it being confiscated, though...). So I figure it > would > probably be pointless for me personally to pursue the matter. > However if > anyone else is interested in trying, here is the info: > > Patel Brothers: http://www.patelbrothersusa.com/new/ > Click "go shopping" on the left, then under the groceries list > click on > "fresh vegetables" > Their phone number to order fresh vegetables is: 718-539-4646 > > I'm curious what the result is, if anyone is interested enough to > try. > > Randy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com

From: "Randy Story" story at caltech.edu> on 2002.09.06 at 16:58:48(9352) Suran is Amorphophallus paeoniifolius ---------- >From: The Thaumaturgist +More >To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu >Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Suran ? >Date: Fri, Sep 6, 2002, 12:44 AM > > What is the scientific name of SURAN ? > Thanks. > > Asit K. Ghosh > Rockledge, Florida > ================================================================ > --- Randy Story wrote: >> Just a follow-up : >> >> I did a search on the web and found a mail-order Indian grocery >> that >> delivers by UPS. In their section "Fresh vegetables" they list >> about 50 >> things, including Yam (Suran). They give a phone number to call >> for fresh >> vegetables, perhaps because things are seasonal. Wanting to avoid >> a >> possibly difficult phone conversation trying to explain that I need >> the >> whole tuber, I decided instead to send an e-mail describing why I >> wanted to >> grow the plant, etc. I sent this last Friday and haven't heard >> back--perhaps they thought it was a joke! >> >> Right after I sent the e-mail I realized that it would be highly >> unlikely >> that they would send produce to California. We have strict laws >> prohibiting >> the import of produce (also plants) as anyone who has driven into >> the state >> can attest to! (a private individual can usually get away sending >> a plant >> or tuber without it being confiscated, though...). So I figure it >> would >> probably be pointless for me personally to pursue the matter. >> However if >> anyone else is interested in trying, here is the info: >> >> Patel Brothers: http://www.patelbrothersusa.com/new/ >> Click "go shopping" on the left, then under the groceries list >> click on >> "fresh vegetables" >> Their phone number to order fresh vegetables is: 718-539-4646 >> >> I'm curious what the result is, if anyone is interested enough to >> try. >> >> Randy > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > http://finance.yahoo.com >

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