Lee It just so happens that I was listening to a speach from the Tasmanian Premier yesterday and he was spruiking their growing saffron industry. I will see if there is anymore I can find out however you will probably find it as quickly (more likely faster-being a rocket scientist and all) as me as this is all the info I have at the moment. If you come to a dead end and would like me to find out anymore for you please let me know. Kind Regards and Best Wishes Ron Redding Hervey Bay Australia > From: wpoulsen@pacbell.net > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:33:52 -0700 > Subject: [pbs] Southern Hemisphere Saffron Crocus bulb sources > > Weird request (but there is so much knowledge residing in this group, > I told my friend I'd try asking): > > Does anyone out there know of commercial sources of Saffron Crocus > bulbs (Crocus sativus) that are in the Southern Hemisphere (Australia, > South Africa, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, etc.)? A friend of mine > wants to purchase somewhere between 1000 and 10,000 bulbs to plant at > a farm in the southern hemisphere and doesn't want to have to attempt > switching hemispheres. (Unless the wholesale price of Dutch bulbs is > so cheap that, even with losses, it would still be cheaper to do that > than buy them from a southern hemisphere source.) > > Thanks, > --Lee Poulsen > Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ _________________________________________________________________ Take a peek at other people's pay and perks Check out The Great Australian Pay Check http://clk.atdmt.com/NMN/go/157639755/direct/01/