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From: thom@ewj01.UUCP (Thom Leonard)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: need source for broom corn seeds
Message-ID: <207@ewj01.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Dec-85 12:38:46 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 18 12:38:46 1985
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Organization: East West Journal, Brookline, Mass.
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> 	I am interested in growing broom corn this summer.  It is a special
> variety that's top pulls out in neat little bundles, convenient for broom
> making.  I have looked through all my seed catalogs and can't find it
> anywhere.  Can somebody out there give me a hand.  I will list the catalogs 
> I've been through to avoid duplication.  Thanks.
> 		
The Redwood City Seed Company, P.O. Box 361, Redwood City, CA 94064 offered
broom corn seed in their 1985 catalog at fifty cents a packet.  Described
as follows: ``(Sorghum vulgare var. technicum) Household and whisk brooms
are made by harvesting the tops of this 6-7 ft annual.  Cut when the plant
is in late bloom.  Seed can be used as wild bird food.  Sow seed 1-2" deep,
4" apart in May.''  Redwood's current ``Catalog of Useful Plants'' costs
fifty cents.

Thom Leonard, East West Journal, Brookline, Massachusetts