A friend writing about growing up in Southland many years ago and a wonderful holiday she had on a farm, notes the following - cropsforthestock,likecorn,turnipsand*charmolan*(itcangrow5 to6 foothigh).*Charmolan* hasathicksteamlikesugar caneandwhenyoupealtheouterlayeroffitleavesasweet,juicy,crispcentre. I don't know what this charmolan is and cannot find it in my dictionaries. Can anyone please confirm that the name is correct OR suggest what my friend may have been referring to. She was a child at the time and is just writing from memories of what she heard spoken. Many thanks Judith Harper

It's chou moellier - chou being French for cabbage. It's a kale, Brassica oleracea   Stuart Park Kerikeri, New Zealand spark@xtra.co.nz >________________________________ > From: Judith Harper <quester@orcon.net.nz> >To: NZ Rootsweb list <new-zealand@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, 4 June 2014 9:32 PM >Subject: [nz] Southland farm crop - charmolan? > > > >A friend writing about growing up in Southland many years ago and a >wonderful holiday she had on a farm, notes the following - > >    cropsforthestock,likecorn,turnipsand*charmolan*(itcangrow5 to6 >    foothigh).*Charmolan* hasathicksteamlikesugar >    caneandwhenyoupealtheouterlayeroffitleavesasweet,juicy,crispcentre. > > >I don't know what this charmolan is and cannot find it in my >dictionaries.  Can anyone please confirm that the name is correct OR >suggest what my friend may have been referring to. She was a child at >the time and is just writing  from memories of  what she heard spoken. > >Many thanks > >Judith Harper > > >The List Guidelines > >http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

I think it's char mollier and I'm not sure of that spelling either! Cheers, Patsy On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 9:32 PM, Judith Harper <quester@orcon.net.nz> wrote: > > A friend writing about growing up in Southland many years ago and a > wonderful holiday she had on a farm, notes the following - > > cropsforthestock,likecorn,turnipsand*charmolan*(itcangrow5 to6 > foothigh).*Charmolan* hasathicksteamlikesugar > caneandwhenyoupealtheouterlayeroffitleavesasweet,juicy,crispcentre. > > > I don't know what this charmolan is and cannot find it in my > dictionaries. Can anyone please confirm that the name is correct OR > suggest what my friend may have been referring to. She was a child at > the time and is just writing from memories of what she heard spoken. > > Many thanks > > Judith Harper > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >