The wiki says that 90% of all the saffron comes from Iran Roland R de Boer 2238 Route de la Maugardiere F 27260 EPAIGNES FRANCE Phone./Fax 0033-232-576-204 Email: bulborum@gmail.com Facebook https://… Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/pages/Bulborum/… 2013/11/30 Shirley Meneice <meneice@att.net> > > > > > > Thanks for the update. This does not bode well for the saffron crop in the > future, for sure. > Shirley Meneice > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] > On Behalf Of VIJAY CHANDHOK > Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 4:59 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] Saffron crocus cultivation in Kashmir > > Roger, > I am from Kashmir and in late October and November went to Pampore to see > the saffron flowers, (surprised by the political messages with the write > up). Lately the housing boom in the area is cutting down the land under > cultivation for saffron, the labor costs of working in saffron fields is > getting to high so the farmers are selling there land, Pampore is one of > the > plateaus were all the saffron grows in Kashmir Valley. > Vijay > On Nov 29, 2013, at 12:04 PM, Rodger Whitlock wrote: > > > > > http://aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/… > > kashmir-2013112512178309440.html > > > > > > -- > > Rodger Whitlock > > Victoria, British Columbia, Canada > > Z. 7-8, cool Mediterranean climate > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >