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TWluZXLigJlzIE1hcn Now that sounds like something I'm going to try. On the topic of seeds, dandelions seem very intent on producing them even from the mostly dried-out, deadest-looking unopened buds. Doug -- Be content with what you've got What you've got is quite a lot On 5/16/2020 4:14 PM, Mary Macaulay wrote: > Well, having been introduced to the fine cuisine of the dandelion by > my Italian in-laws I expect much is due to human selection. The most > highly prized for spring Sautés has very fat delicious flowers still > stuck inside the leaves before shooting up on the stalk. When prepared > (after twice boiling to get out the bitter) in a fry of olive oil salt > and garlic the pump flower head is what provides the most delicious > flavour and texture :) > > With kindest regards > > Mary (Macaulay), P.Eng. > RememberAdventures.ca <http://RememberAdventures.ca> & > InsectRecovery.org <http://InsectRecovery.org> > 1-902-293-1533 > Twitter @RememberTata & @InsectRecovery > > On May 16, 2020, at 3:46 PM, David Webster <dwebster@glinx.com > <mailto:dwebster@glinx.com>> wrote: > >> Hi Jim and All, >> >> Further on the question of Taraxacum officinale reproduction. >> Fernald in Gray's Manual of Botany 8th. ed. says "parthenogenetically >> reproduced" and he defines Parthenogenetic as "Developing without >> fertilization" >> >> In an American Scientist article 59(6) 1971;The Population >> Biology of Dandelions; Otto T. Solbrig says on page 686 "...its >> asexual reproduction." >> >> YT, DW, Kentville >> >> On 5/16/2020 1:33 PM, Jim Wolford wrote: >>> *MAY 14/20 — Miner’s Marsh* in Kentville: >>> >>> in shallow water a big school of very small fish, presumably *banded >>> killifish*; >>> at least 3 *painted turtles* seen; >>> I heard a whinny call of a *SORA rail*; >>> lots of red-winged blackbirds (at least one female seen) and c. >>> grackles; >>> one great blue heron seen; >>> 3 *Canada geese* seen, and 2 of them had a single *gosling*; >>> only a few mallards seen, including one female with a male. >>> >>> *MAY 15/20* — At home, beautiful sunny and very warm day — oodles of >>> flower-heads of *common dandelion* attracted lots of *honeybees*. >>> >>> *QUESTION* about common dandelion: Long ago I was told, or read >>> somewhere, that common dandelion flowering is a sham, in that all >>> the seeds produced are just clones of the parent plants — any truth >>> to this?? If so, why all the meiosis and flower parts, just for >>> dispersal?? >>> >>> Also today, a single flower of *wild strawberry* seen, *Norway >>> maple* in flower, and *shadbush* almost in bloom. >>> >>> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville >>>
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