Comments on: Who is the tallest? http://toads.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/who-is-the-tallest/ Seed saving in Denmark Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:33:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: skrubtudsen http://toads.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/who-is-the-tallest/#comment-476 skrubtudsen Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:12:11 +0000 http://toads.wordpress.com/?p=103#comment-476 In Garlic and Friends, Penny Woodward writes "The common name, garlic, comes from the Anglo-Saxon gar, a lance, and leac, a pot herb, and refers to the spear-shaped leaves" I never understood the last part, but after Gazebo Grande the first part is very obvious to me. I could pick a scape and it would easily be recognised as a lance or spear. In Garlic and Friends, Penny Woodward writes “The common name, garlic, comes from the Anglo-Saxon gar, a lance, and leac, a pot herb, and refers to the spear-shaped leaves”

I never understood the last part, but after Gazebo Grande the first part is very obvious to me. I could pick a scape and it would easily be recognised as a lance or spear.

]]> By: Patrick http://toads.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/who-is-the-tallest/#comment-475 Patrick Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:19:15 +0000 http://toads.wordpress.com/?p=103#comment-475 My Gazebo Grande is about the same height. My Susan Delafield, German Porcelain and a couple of others are also just as tall. My Gazebo Grande is about the same height. My Susan Delafield, German Porcelain and a couple of others are also just as tall.

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