I have used the styles of Crocus cartwrightianus as saffron and they're fine, just rather shorter than those of the cultigen C. sativus, selected somewhere millennia ago for its exceptional style length. John Grimshaw North Yorkshire -----Original Message----- Subject: Re: [pbs] Saffron Bonanza I have heard it said that Crocus cartwrightianus is used as a saffron substitute*, but I confess I have never tried, grown or sniffed it. Jim W.