In message <87cytfj5mc.fsf@golgonooza.co.uk> at Fri, 2 Feb 2024
14:35:55, Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> writes
>Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> writes:
[]
>> A persimmon is a rose by any other name. Sharon fruit is one. The Spanish
>> call them Kaki fruit (thanks to Vicenta). Kaki can be found in Iceland’s
>> for about a week a year. If seen, she buys a bag for us.
>
>Why would you want to call a fruit Sharon? Is there a Tracey fruit too?
>(All reminding me of my 1970s classroom and why I did well to get out
>when I did)
>
>Rosie

I think it might be a Hebrew word. I always think of that famous
headline (I think it was the same era as "fog in channel - continent cut
off"): "Sharon presses suit"; it actually referred to a politician
(Israeli prime minister was it?), whose name was pronounced with the
stress on the o, who was cosying up to someone.

(I've probably mentioned before that our parents gave us simple names to
avoid embarrassment in school etc.; certainly, there were a lot of
Sharons and Tracys in my childhood.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

I admire him for the constancy of his curiosity, his effortless sense of
authority and his ability to deliver good science without gimmicks.
- Michael Palin on Sir David Attenborough, RT 2016/5/7-13

J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
> In message <87cytfj5mc.fsf@golgonooza.co.uk> at Fri, 2 Feb 2024
> 14:35:55, Rosie Mitchell <rcmitchell@golgonooza.co.uk> writes
>> Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> writes:
> []
>>> A persimmon is a rose by any other name. Sharon fruit is one. The Spanish
>>> call them Kaki fruit (thanks to Vicenta). Kaki can be found in Iceland’s
>>> for about a week a year. If seen, she buys a bag for us.
>>
>> Why would you want to call a fruit Sharon? Is there a Tracey fruit too?
>> (All reminding me of my 1970s classroom and why I did well to get out
>> when I did)
>>
>> Rosie
>
> I think it might be a Hebrew word. I always think of that famous
> headline (I think it was the same era as "fog in channel - continent cut
> off"): "Sharon presses suit"; it actually referred to a politician
> (Israeli prime minister was it?), whose name was pronounced with the
> stress on the o, who was cosying up to someone.
>
> (I've probably mentioned before that our parents gave us simple names to
> avoid embarrassment in school etc.; certainly, there were a lot of
> Sharons and Tracys in my childhood.)

Steady on Jpeg, this is a family newsgroup, what you get up to in your own
time is ….

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 02/02/2024 14:35, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
> Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> writes:
>
>> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:38:38 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver"
>>> <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In message <32031dd109af50b8b0750154e9133acd@www.novabbs.com> at Tue, 23
>>>> Jan 2024 10:52:30, tonysmith <agsmith578688@gmail.com> writes
>>>>> Tony Smith wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wednesday 13 December 2023 at 20:22:43 UTC, Tony Smith wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thursday 7 December 2023 at 14:11:37 UTC, Tony Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>> I have just found a pip/stone in a persimmon. This happened once
>>>>>>>> before and I had intended to plant it and left it on the kitchen
>>>>>>>> window sill but herself chucked it out. I'll try again.
>>>>>>> Now planted.
>>>>>
>>>>>> A month, and no signs of germination.
>>>>>
>>>>> A shoot!
>>>>
>>>> A score!
>>>>
>>> A Derby winner in 1896!!
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
>>
>> A persimmon is a rose by any other name. Sharon fruit is one. The Spanish
>> call them Kaki fruit (thanks to Vicenta). Kaki can be found in Iceland’s
>> for about a week a year. If seen, she buys a bag for us.
>
> Why would you want to call a fruit Sharon? Is there a Tracey fruit too?
> (All reminding me of my 1970s classroom and why I did well to get out
> when I did)
>
> Rosie

There is a university Electromagnetics textbook by Lorrain and Corson
which a former colleague of mine always referred to as Lorraine and Shirley.

john

john ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 02/02/2024 14:35, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>> Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> writes:
>>
>>> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:38:38 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver"
>>>> <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In message <32031dd109af50b8b0750154e9133acd@www.novabbs.com> at Tue, 23
>>>>> Jan 2024 10:52:30, tonysmith <agsmith578688@gmail.com> writes
>>>>>> Tony Smith wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wednesday 13 December 2023 at 20:22:43 UTC, Tony Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Thursday 7 December 2023 at 14:11:37 UTC, Tony Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I have just found a pip/stone in a persimmon. This happened once
>>>>>>>>> before and I had intended to plant it and left it on the kitchen
>>>>>>>>> window sill but herself chucked it out. I'll try again.
>>>>>>>> Now planted.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A month, and no signs of germination.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A shoot!
>>>>>
>>>>> A score!
>>>>>
>>>> A Derby winner in 1896!!
>>>>
>>>> Nick
>>>>
>>>
>>> A persimmon is a rose by any other name. Sharon fruit is one. The Spanish
>>> call them Kaki fruit (thanks to Vicenta). Kaki can be found in Iceland’s
>>> for about a week a year. If seen, she buys a bag for us.
>>
>> Why would you want to call a fruit Sharon? Is there a Tracey fruit too?
>> (All reminding me of my 1970s classroom and why I did well to get out
>> when I did)
>>
>> Rosie
>
> There is a university Electromagnetics textbook by Lorrain and Corson
> which a former colleague of mine always referred to as Lorraine and Shirley.
>
> john
>

Shirley, they are poles apart?!

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On Wed, 07 Feb 2024 10:26:30 +0000, Mike McMillan wrote:

> john ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On 02/02/2024 14:35, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>>> Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:38:38 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver"
>>>>> <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In message <32031dd109af50b8b0750154e9133acd@www.novabbs.com> at
>>>>>> Tue, 23 Jan 2024 10:52:30, tonysmith <agsmith578688@gmail.com>
>>>>>> writes
>>>>>>> Tony Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wednesday 13 December 2023 at 20:22:43 UTC, Tony Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Thursday 7 December 2023 at 14:11:37 UTC, Tony Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I have just found a pip/stone in a persimmon. This happened
>>>>>>>>>> once before and I had intended to plant it and left it on the
>>>>>>>>>> kitchen window sill but herself chucked it out. I'll try again.
>>>>>>>>> Now planted.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A month, and no signs of germination.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A shoot!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A score!
>>>>>>
>>>>> A Derby winner in 1896!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Nick
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> A persimmon is a rose by any other name. Sharon fruit is one. The
>>>> Spanish call them Kaki fruit (thanks to Vicenta). Kaki can be found
>>>> in Iceland’s for about a week a year. If seen, she buys a bag for
>>>> us.
>>>
>>> Why would you want to call a fruit Sharon? Is there a Tracey fruit
>>> too?
>>> (All reminding me of my 1970s classroom and why I did well to get out
>>> when I did)

I like Sharon. Still remember when I got a whole trayload for 50p one
Saturday closing time at Ridley Road market.
>>
>> There is a university Electromagnetics textbook by Lorrain and Corson
>> which a former colleague of mine always referred to as Lorraine and
>> Shirley.
>>
>> john
>>
>>
> Shirley, they are poles apart?!

More likely orthogonal, as per somesuch as the Lorraine Cross Hands Rule.

On 07/02/2024 09:55, john ashby wrote:
>>
>> Why would you want to call a fruit Sharon? Is there a Tracey fruit too?
>> (All reminding me of my 1970s classroom and why I did well to get out
>> when I did)
>>
>> Rosie
>
> There is a university Electromagnetics textbook by Lorrain and Corson
> which a former colleague of mine always referred to as Lorraine and
> Shirley.

I remember a College lecturer (in the early 70s) relating the tale of
some incident on a bus involving young women. She said we'd know "the
type" if she called them Donna and Tracy. We did!
--
Jenny M Benson
Wrexham, UK

Jenny M Benson <NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> On 07/02/2024 09:55, john ashby wrote:
>>>
>>> Why would you want to call a fruit Sharon? Is there a Tracey fruit too?
>>> (All reminding me of my 1970s classroom and why I did well to get out
>>> when I did)
>>>
>>> Rosie
>>
>> There is a university Electromagnetics textbook by Lorrain and Corson
>> which a former colleague of mine always referred to as Lorraine and
>> Shirley.
>
> I remember a College lecturer (in the early 70s) relating the tale of
> some incident on a bus involving young women. She said we'd know "the
> type" if she called them Donna and Tracy. We did!

Bella & Donna perhaps?

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

john ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 02/02/2024 14:35, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>> Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> writes:
>>
>>> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:38:38 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver"
>>>> <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In message <32031dd109af50b8b0750154e9133acd@www.novabbs.com> at Tue, 23
>>>>> Jan 2024 10:52:30, tonysmith <agsmith578688@gmail.com> writes
>>>>>> Tony Smith wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wednesday 13 December 2023 at 20:22:43 UTC, Tony Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Thursday 7 December 2023 at 14:11:37 UTC, Tony Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I have just found a pip/stone in a persimmon. This happened once
>>>>>>>>> before and I had intended to plant it and left it on the kitchen
>>>>>>>>> window sill but herself chucked it out. I'll try again.
>>>>>>>> Now planted.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A month, and no signs of germination.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A shoot!
>>>>>
>>>>> A score!
>>>>>
>>>> A Derby winner in 1896!!
>>>>
>>>> Nick
>>>>
>>>
>>> A persimmon is a rose by any other name. Sharon fruit is one. The Spanish
>>> call them Kaki fruit (thanks to Vicenta). Kaki can be found in Iceland’s
>>> for about a week a year. If seen, she buys a bag for us.
>>
>> Why would you want to call a fruit Sharon? Is there a Tracey fruit too?
>> (All reminding me of my 1970s classroom and why I did well to get out
>> when I did)
>>
>> Rosie
>
> There is a university Electromagnetics textbook by Lorrain and Corson
> which a former colleague of mine always referred to as Lorraine and Shirley.
>
> john
>

“Seasons/Availability
Sharon fruits are harvested in Israel from October through February and are
exported to markets worldwide”. From a website all about the fruit

Mrs McT

Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> john ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On 02/02/2024 14:35, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>>> Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:38:38 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver"
>>>>> <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In message <32031dd109af50b8b0750154e9133acd@www.novabbs.com> at Tue, 23
>>>>>> Jan 2024 10:52:30, tonysmith <agsmith578688@gmail.com> writes
>>>>>>> Tony Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wednesday 13 December 2023 at 20:22:43 UTC, Tony Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Thursday 7 December 2023 at 14:11:37 UTC, Tony Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I have just found a pip/stone in a persimmon. This happened once
>>>>>>>>>> before and I had intended to plant it and left it on the kitchen
>>>>>>>>>> window sill but herself chucked it out. I'll try again.
>>>>>>>>> Now planted.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A month, and no signs of germination.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A shoot!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A score!
>>>>>>
>>>>> A Derby winner in 1896!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Nick
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> A persimmon is a rose by any other name. Sharon fruit is one. The Spanish
>>>> call them Kaki fruit (thanks to Vicenta). Kaki can be found in Iceland’s
>>>> for about a week a year. If seen, she buys a bag for us.
>>>
>>> Why would you want to call a fruit Sharon? Is there a Tracey fruit too?
>>> (All reminding me of my 1970s classroom and why I did well to get out
>>> when I did)
>>>
>>> Rosie
>>
>> There is a university Electromagnetics textbook by Lorrain and Corson
>> which a former colleague of mine always referred to as Lorraine and Shirley.
>>
>> john
>>
>
> “Seasons/Availability
> Sharon fruits are harvested in Israel from October through February and are
> exported to markets worldwide”. From a website all about the fruit
>
> Mrs McT
>

Our Spanish neighbour will buy them from Lidl when available and to her,
they are Kakkies. (Sp?)

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:
> Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> john ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On 02/02/2024 14:35, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
>>>> Chris <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:38:38 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver"
>>>>>> <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In message <32031dd109af50b8b0750154e9133acd@www.novabbs.com> at Tue, 23
>>>>>>> Jan 2024 10:52:30, tonysmith <agsmith578688@gmail.com> writes
>>>>>>>> Tony Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday 13 December 2023 at 20:22:43 UTC, Tony Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday 7 December 2023 at 14:11:37 UTC, Tony Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> I have just found a pip/stone in a persimmon. This happened once
>>>>>>>>>>> before and I had intended to plant it and left it on the kitchen
>>>>>>>>>>> window sill but herself chucked it out. I'll try again.
>>>>>>>>>> Now planted.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> A month, and no signs of germination.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A shoot!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A score!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> A Derby winner in 1896!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> A persimmon is a rose by any other name. Sharon fruit is one. The Spanish
>>>>> call them Kaki fruit (thanks to Vicenta). Kaki can be found in Iceland’s
>>>>> for about a week a year. If seen, she buys a bag for us.
>>>>
>>>> Why would you want to call a fruit Sharon? Is there a Tracey fruit too?
>>>> (All reminding me of my 1970s classroom and why I did well to get out
>>>> when I did)
>>>>
>>>> Rosie
>>>
>>> There is a university Electromagnetics textbook by Lorrain and Corson
>>> which a former colleague of mine always referred to as Lorraine and Shirley.
>>>
>>> john
>>>
>>
>> “Seasons/Availability
>> Sharon fruits are harvested in Israel from October through February and are
>> exported to markets worldwide”. From a website all about the fruit
>>
>> Mrs McT
>>
>
> Our Spanish neighbour will buy them from Lidl when available and to her,
> they are Kakkies. (Sp?)
>

Kakis is what I have always thought but Google translate says caquis. It
might be we’ve seen Kaki as a label in Lidl of course.

Mrs McT

On 10/02/2024 09:52, Chris wrote:
>> Our Spanish neighbour will buy them from Lidl when available and to her,
>> they are Kakkies. (Sp?)
>>
> Kakis is what I have always thought but Google translate says caquis. It
> might be we’ve seen Kaki as a label in Lidl of course.

Kaki is the Italian spelling.

BrritSki <rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> writes:

> On 10/02/2024 09:52, Chris wrote:
>>> Our Spanish neighbour will buy them from Lidl when available and to her,
>>> they are Kakkies. (Sp?)
>>>
>> Kakis is what I have always thought but Google translate says caquis. It
>> might be we’ve seen Kaki as a label in Lidl of course.
>
> Kaki is the Italian spelling.

Surely that would be cachi?

Rosie

On 10/02/2024 17:35, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
> BrritSki <rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On 10/02/2024 09:52, Chris wrote:
>>>> Our Spanish neighbour will buy them from Lidl when available and to her,
>>>> they are Kakkies. (Sp?)
>>>>
>>> Kakis is what I have always thought but Google translate says caquis. It
>>> might be we’ve seen Kaki as a label in Lidl of course.
>>
>> Kaki is the Italian spelling.
>
> Surely that would be cachi?
>
Korrekt.

BrritSki <rtilburyTAKEOUT@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/02/2024 09:52, Chris wrote:
>>> Our Spanish neighbour will buy them from Lidl when available and to her,
>>> they are Kakkies. (Sp?)
>>>
>> Kakis is what I have always thought but Google translate says caquis. It
>> might be we’ve seen Kaki as a label in Lidl of course.
>
> Kaki is the Italian spelling.
>

Ooo-err

Thanks Britters

Sincerely Mrs McT

Iain Archer wrote:

> Just to wish Persimmon 'Pip' Stone as long and successful a life.

Both "baby" cotyledons now shed and two "adult" leaves expanding.

tonysmith <agsmith578688@gmail.com> wrote:
> Iain Archer wrote:
>
>> Just to wish Persimmon 'Pip' Stone as long and successful a life.
>
> Both "baby" cotyledons now shed and two "adult" leaves expanding.
>

WooHoo!!!

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 08-Mar-24 12:33, tonysmith wrote:
> Iain Archer wrote:
>
>> Just to wish Persimmon 'Pip' Stone as long and successful a life.
>
> Both "baby" cotyledons now shed and two "adult" leaves expanding.

<sigh> They grow up too fast, don't they.

--
Sam Plusnet

Persimmon seedling has shed its leaves and is presumably dead.

RIP

On 25-Apr-24 19:15, Tonysmith wrote:
> Persimmon seedling has shed its leaves and is presumably dead.
>
> RIP

"No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting."

"Look, matey, I know a dead parrot/W persimmon when I see one, and I'm
looking at one right now."

"No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird/W plant, the
Norwegian Blue/W Persimmon, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage/W foliage!"

--
Sam Plusnet

In message <4CyWN.50327$T%2.6170@fx08.ams1> at Thu, 25 Apr 2024
20:58:57, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> writes
>On 25-Apr-24 19:15, Tonysmith wrote:
>> Persimmon seedling has shed its leaves and is presumably dead.
>> RIP
>
>"No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting."
>
>"Look, matey, I know a dead parrot/W persimmon when I see one, and I'm
>looking at one right now."
>
>"No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird/W plant, the
>Norwegian Blue/W Persimmon, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage/W foliage!"
>
>
<BG>

My hippeastrum (amaryllis) put out a shoot in the last week, having done
its usual imitation of a dead pot of soil for many months. (I think it
might be just leaves rather than flower shoot, as it's not shooting up,
but I really had thought it was dead this time. But the shoot definitely
appears healthy.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Now, don't worry. We'll be right behind you. Hiding. (First series, fit the
sixth.)

On 25/04/2024 19:15, Tonysmith wrote:
> Persimmon seedling has shed its leaves and is presumably dead.
>
> RIP

Sad news. I was looking forward to hearing Pip Stone's first album.

--
Ric

Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com> wrote:
> On 25/04/2024 19:15, Tonysmith wrote:
>> Persimmon seedling has shed its leaves and is presumably dead.
>>
>> RIP
>
> Sad news. I was looking forward to hearing Pip Stone's first album.
>

I’d assumed that Persimmon Seedling was Pip Stone’s acid/psych folk band,
and that it’s demise allows Pip Stone (performing as Pip/Stone) to have a
solo career as a singer/songwriter.

On 26/04/2024 16:11, Wenlock wrote:
> Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com> wrote:
>> On 25/04/2024 19:15, Tonysmith wrote:
>>> Persimmon seedling has shed its leaves and is presumably dead.
>>>
>>> RIP
>>
>> Sad news. I was looking forward to hearing Pip Stone's first album.
>>
>
> I’d assumed that Persimmon Seedling was Pip Stone’s acid/psych folk band,
> and that it’s demise allows Pip Stone (performing as Pip/Stone)

They/Them

> to have a
> solo career as a singer/songwriter.
>

Opening concert in Derry/LondonDerry for obvious reasons.

john

In message <v0gh9l$3oiia$1@dont-email.me> at Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:29:57,
john ashby <johnashby20@yahoo.com> writes
>On 26/04/2024 16:11, Wenlock wrote:
>> Joe Kerr <joe_kerr@cheerful.com> wrote:
>>> On 25/04/2024 19:15, Tonysmith wrote:
>>>> Persimmon seedling has shed its leaves and is presumably dead.
>>>>
>>>> RIP
>>>
>>> Sad news. I was looking forward to hearing Pip Stone's first album.
>>>
>> I’d assumed that Persimmon Seedling was Pip Stone’s acid/psych
>>folk band,
>> and that it’s demise allows Pip Stone (performing as Pip/Stone)
>
>They/Them
>
>> to have a
>> solo career as a singer/songwriter.
>>
>
>Opening concert in Derry/LondonDerry for obvious reasons.
>
>john

When this subject first appeared, I thought it was something to do with
Ruth and David's daughter!

(Hmm, wonder how Hippeastrum Amaryllis would do as a band or singer?)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

a joke doesn't become a dad joke until it's full groan

J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
> In message <4CyWN.50327$T%2.6170@fx08.ams1> at Thu, 25 Apr 2024
> 20:58:57, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> writes
>> On 25-Apr-24 19:15, Tonysmith wrote:
>>> Persimmon seedling has shed its leaves and is presumably dead.
>>> RIP
>>
>> "No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting."
>>
>> "Look, matey, I know a dead parrot/W persimmon when I see one, and I'm
>> looking at one right now."
>>
>> "No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird/W plant, the
>> Norwegian Blue/W Persimmon, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage/W foliage!"
>>
>>
> <BG>
>
> My hippeastrum (amaryllis) put out a shoot in the last week, having done
> its usual imitation of a dead pot of soil for many months. (I think it
> might be just leaves rather than flower shoot, as it's not shooting up,
> but I really had thought it was dead this time. But the shoot definitely
> appears healthy.)

Jpg, you’ll remember our Spanish friend, Vicenta. She can do almost
anything with plants. She’s just had a second year amaryllis flower. I’m
to take mine to her and she’ll look after it. She does have a cold frame
and a greenhouse to choose from whereas I’d put mine outside for the
summer. She also keeps them moist through the summer. Must take it to
her.

Mrs McT