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1 hundredweight = 4 quarters (Avoirdupois Weight Table)
And what this has to do with aroids...well...Julius, you tell 'em!<<
Well done Petra! You would have won a ripe mango at my school! But how
many pounds equal one quarter??? Ah Ha!! 28 lbs = 1 quarter!!!!
So now you folk can request a box of 'suran' tubers weighing no less than
one quarter, and specify that they weigh no less than six to a stone! See
how simple all of this really is?? (They do grow best in beds no more than
three chains, 75 links!)
Cheers,
Julius
----- Original Message -----
To: "Multiple recipients of list AROID-L"
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: Amorpholphallus titanum pollen request
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Wilbert Hetterscheid
> To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 11:36 AM
> Subject: RE: Amorpholphallus titanum pollen request
>
>
> Hi There Lord P,
>
> Now I think back 50 years or so to my little kindergarten school in the S.
> of a Tropical Island, sitting under the shade of a tree, my Hindu teacher,
> whip in hand, leading all us little rainbow-colored multi-racial kids in
> one of the MANY 'chants we memorised--"sixteen drams one ounce, sixteen
> ounces one pound, fourteen pounds one STONE---AH HA!!!! So 'your' tuber
> weighs 154 lbs.!!! See, Colonialism was good for SOMETHING!! Anyone
out
> there in cyberspace care to find out how long a 'chain' is? Or how many
> hundredweights equal a ton???
>
> Julius
>
> J '>>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Could anyone tell me
what
> 11
> stones measures up to??????? Gads, I thought you USA'ers were a pain in
> converting to Celsius but this one takes the cake....... Stones, can you
> believe it? My crusade for the decimal/metric system on this group
obviously
> is futile........and I have tried SOOOOOOOOOOO hard. This is not going to
> work by a mile (did I say "mile"?????).
>
>
> Lord S. Tony Phalloids
>
>
>
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van: aroid-l@mobot.org [mailto:aroid-l@mobot.org]Namens Scott Hyndman
> > Verzonden: maandag 22 april 2002 4:50
> > Aan: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
> > Onderwerp: FW: Amorpholphallus titanum pollen request
> >
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Please note the request below from Greg Redwood of Kew for pollen to
> > pollinate their soon to bloom Titan Arum. For your
> > information, I think
> > that this may be the reblooming of the tuber that received all of the
> > interesting publicity back in 1996 per the URL at
> > http://www.kew.org.uk/kewscientist/ks_oct96/titan.html
> > featuring our own
> > Peter Boyce during his tenure there. Even if it is the not
> > the same, it
> > will truly be an enormous inflorescence judging by the weight
> > of the tuber!
> >
> > There were so many Amorphophallus titanum bloomings here in
> > the US and else
> > where last year that it was hard to keep up with all of them.
> > Hopefully,
> > someone can help Greg out with some stored pollen, or perhaps
> > someone knows
> > of a possible contact for fresh pollen. Please contact Greg
> > directly at
> > your earliest convenience. Also, please feel free to share firsthand
> > experience with the tricky technology and art of pollinating these
> > fascinating plants as not all hand pollination attempts have been
> > successful.
> >
> > I hope that Greg can please keep us up-to-date with the
> > status of Kew's
> > Titan Arum.
> >
> > Best regards, Scott
> >
> > -------------
> > Scott Hyndman, President
> > International Aroid Society
> > Homepage: http://www.aroid.org/
> > Vero Beach, Florida, USA
> > USDA Hardiness Zone 10a
> > E-mail: hyndman@aroid.org
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------
> > From: "Greg Redwood"
> > Organization: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
> > Reply-To: G.Redwood@rbgkew.org.uk
> > Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 16:08:36 +0000
> > To: hyndman@aroid.org
> > Subject: amorpholphallus titanum pollen
> >
> > Dear Scott,
> >
> > I found your web page whilst searching for possible sources of
> > pollen for Amorphophallus titanum. We have a very large tuber (11
> > stone) which will open its flower in approximately 4 weeks. I am
> > very keen to pollinate this and am therefor trying to find someone
> > who has stored some pollen for this purpose. If you, or anyone you
> > know, has stored some pollen from a previous flowering, we would
> > be very grateful to recieve some. We would, of course, return the
> > favour when ours opens.
> >
> > Many thanks for your time,
> >
> > Greg Redwood
> > Head of Great Glasshouses & Training Section
> > Horticulture & Public Education Department
> > Royal Botanic Gardens,
> > Kew,
> > Richmond
> > Surrey
> > TW9 3AB
> > UNITED KINGDOM
> > Phone +44-(0)20 8332-5589
> > Mobile +44-(0)7956 360165
> > Fax +44-(0)20 8332-5524
> >
> >
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