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[Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com>]

Thanks so much for going to this effort.  "Crescent Bloom" is a website 
where they're selling a book called "The Compleat Botanica" but no 
plants or seed.  I've held the greatest hope for San Marcos, but as of 
now they're out of stock.  Sheffield's looks good, but seeds require 
stratification and scarification, they say.  Lotusland sounds like a 
wonderful place to visit, but not really commercial.  I found this plant 
under the name "Toona sinensis" at Cistus Nursery in Oregon, even, but 
it's the same story: out of stock.  River Rock Nursery (also in Oregon) 
says they're having trouble propagating their cuttings.  Still searching 
for a plant...

Maybe you can help solve the black mustard mystery (Brassica nigra).  
Southern Exposure was supposed to have black mustard, but when I ordered 
it, it was actually brown.  Same thing with Richter's.  I notice that 
now both seed companies have removed it from their catalogs, and now 
black mustard is extinct commerically in the U. S.  Even the mustard 
seed available for Indian cookery in shops is all brown.  All this 
coincides with the rise of commercial medicinal sources galore of "black 
mustard extract" and the concurrent denunciation of black mustard as a 
non-native invasive (in the Midwest, as I recall).

Bill
S. Oregon coast

Tvoivozhd wrote:

> tvoivozhd---here's some domestic cedrella sources.
>
>
> http://www.crescentbloom.com/Plants/Specimen/CE/Cedrela%20sinensis.htm 
> (source of cedrela sinensis)
>
> http://www.smgrowers.com/products/plants/plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=1554 
> (San Marcus Growers, another source)
>
> Sheffield's Seed Co., Inc. 269 Auburn Road, Route 34, Locke, New York 
> 13092 U.S.A.
> Fax: (315) 497-1059 Phone: (315) 497-1058 EMail: seed AT sheffields.com 
> Web: www.sheffields.com (Sheffields sells cedrella seeds)
>
> http://www.lotusland.org/catalogaz/cd.html (Lotusland at Santa 
> Barbara, California raises cedrela and could either provide seed, 
> seeklings or advice where to buy them)
>
> Cedrela sinensis , Chinese cedrela ,zone= 5 , sow @ 70ºF
>
> Cedrela sinensis Raintree� fast growing deciduous tree is beatiful 
> and easyto grow. Called "stir fry" tree becaue you can pick the new 
> leaves, which are tender and have the flavor of leeks and use them in 
> delicious stir fries, salads or other dishes. Any time during the 
> growing season you want more tender leaves, prune a branch back and it 
> will resprout new tender pinkish leaves. The upright branching tree 
> with attractive gray peeling bark, will grow 40' tall but can be ket 
> much smaller through pruning. Enjoy hanging clusters of fragrant white 
> flowers each Spring. Fall leaf color is a golden yellow. The wood, 
> similar to cedar, repels insects and is used to make cabinets.
>
>
>
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