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Subject: Exotic Vegetable Seeds - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 6-Mar-84 22:49:44 EST
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uicsg!patel    Mar  6 17:26:00 1984

  In these notes several seed catalogues were discussed.  I read all notes
very carefully but couldn't find what I was looking for.  I like to know
if anyone carries seeds for exotic oriental vegetables.  My interest is in
Indian Vegetables and herbs.  For some of the vegetables I don't even know the
English names!  I can tell from the picture and the description what vegetable
it is.  I have seen some of these vegetables in Indian/Chinese/Japanese
grocery stores but have no idea where to get the seeds for it.  Some of the
things I am looking for are:

Fresh Turmeric Root: Looks very much like Ginger root except it is yellow.
Karela (bitter melon?): 4 to 6 inch long bitter tasting vegetable.
Tindora : Very small 2 to 4 inch long cucumber like vegetable. I don't know
	  if it similar to "West India Gherkin" in Burpee's book.

I would be glad to trade seeds with someone, I have some seeds from India, which
I have grown in Illinois and harvested seeds from only those which grew well in
Illinois weather.  Others which did not grow well, I suspect requires a
warmer climate and/or longer growing season, and may do well in South.

-Janak Patel, Coordinated Science Lab, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801.