At 09:43 PM 3/21/01 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Aimee Farr wrote:
You gnaw at a branch and call it a root.
Opposite ends of the same thing. You can't have one without the other so in a very real way to eat a potato
Only JC would introduce a tuber into a discussion of roots and branches. Simply amazing.
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Blank Frank wrote:
At 09:43 PM 3/21/01 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Aimee Farr wrote:
You gnaw at a branch and call it a root.
Opposite ends of the same thing. You can't have one without the other so in a very real way to eat a potato
Only JC would introduce a tuber into a discussion of roots and branches.
Simply amazing.
I didn't introduce it, Amiee did. She gets all the credit. ____________________________________________________________________ If the law is based on precedence, why is the Constitution not the final precedence since it's the primary authority? The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------
At 06:20 PM 3/22/01 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Blank Frank wrote:
At 09:43 PM 3/21/01 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Aimee Farr wrote:
You gnaw at a branch and call it a root.
Opposite ends of the same thing. You can't have one without the other so in a very real way to eat a potato
Only JC would introduce a tuber into a discussion of roots and branches.
Simply amazing.
I didn't introduce it, Amiee did. She gets all the credit.
Root == Tuber is attributable to Amiee? I hope she calls it a Choatism, another fine example of Choatesque speech, or Choate-speak for short. ;) Reese
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Reese wrote:
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Blank Frank wrote:
Only JC would introduce a tuber into a discussion of roots and branches.
Root == Tuber is attributable to Amiee? I hope she calls it a Choatism, another fine example of Choatesque speech, or Choate-speak for short. ;)
A 'tuber' is a swelling on a 'stem' (that in the case of a potato happens to be underground. A stem is a 'stalk' that bears flowers, fruits, potato eyes, etc. A stalk is simply a cylindrical 'body' (the thing the xylem and floem are in). And if you look up 'tuber' and 'potato' you'll find them listed in 'root and tuber crops'. You guys failed Botany 101, clearly. ____________________________________________________________________ If the law is based on precedence, why is the Constitution not the final precedence since it's the primary authority? The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------
At 09:50 PM 3/22/01 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Reese wrote:
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Blank Frank wrote:
Only JC would introduce a tuber into a discussion of roots and branches.
Root == Tuber is attributable to Amiee? I hope she calls it a Choatism, another fine example of Choatesque speech, or Choate- speak for short. ;)
A 'tuber' is a swelling on a 'stem' (that in the case of a potato happens to be underground. A stem is a 'stalk' that bears flowers, fruits, potato eyes, etc. A stalk is simply a cylindrical 'body' (the thing the xylem and floem are in). And if you look up 'tuber' and 'potato' you'll find them listed in 'root and tuber crops'.
Gee, I thought a potato was a tuber that formed from a rhizome. You will want to notify these folks so they can update their webpage, as well pass the word to the references they cite. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotech/potato.html A rhizome is a somewhat elongated usually horizontal subterranean plant stem that is often thickened by deposits of reserve food material. It produces shoots above and roots below, and is distinguished from a true root in possessing buds, nodes, and usually scalelike leaves. Rhizome |= root, potato |= root.
You guys failed Botany 101, clearly.
Clearly. Reese
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