Off topic - cricket ball

John T Lonsdale john@johnlonsdale.net
Thu, 05 Jul 2012 08:52:45 PDT
A cricket ball is a bit bigger than a hardball (baseball) and real men catch
it without wearing huge padded gloves :)

All the best,

J.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-
> bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of arnold140@verizon.net
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 11:48 AM
> To: PacificBulbSociety
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Boophone excitement!
> 
> For the non-Yankees that's just a bit larger than a criket ball.
> 
> Arnold
> 
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>         ----- Original Message ----
>         From: "MARK MAZER AND FREDRIKA MAZER"
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>         Sent: Thursday, 05 July, 2012 09:05:38 AM
>         Subject: Re: [pbs] Boophone excitement!
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>         >
> >
> > Will Boophone bloom in a pot?  I've had one in a pot for several years
> and it has yet to bloom.  I wonder if I need to find a permanent home
> for it.
> 
> Yes, big ones.  It takes 10 years or so from seed for B. disticha.  Mine
> bloom when the bulb gets to be about the size of a hardball.
> 
> Mark Mazer
> Hertford, North Carolina USA
> Zone 8
> 
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