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2012-04-30 Afghanistan
Govt Distributes 65,000kg In Saffron Plants
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Posted by trailing wife 2012-04-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 Iran is the Saudi Arabia of saffron right now.

Any extra production anywhere cuts into the persian monopoly.

There is no reason safron couldn't grow well in the southern US (it probably does; safron comes from a type of crocus). However, to do so we would have to invent a mechanical harvesting machine. It takes about an acre to grow 2 pounds of the safron currently. With scientific breeding this could probably be improved a lot.
Posted by lord garth 2012-04-30 14:14||   2012-04-30 14:14|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm just wild about Saffron, Saffron's wild about me.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2012-04-30 17:05||   2012-04-30 17:05|| Front Page Top

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